Is this possible ?

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Danny Austin

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May 5, 2014, 3:42:26 PM5/5/14
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Hello my name is danny and i dont know much about bitcoins and other crypto currency in terms of "under the hood" .

I needed to know if there is any way we can generate a false transaction in the network .
For example i send coins to an address and it shows up in blockchain but does not get confirmation and gets rejected . Is something of this sorts possible ?

Brooks Boyd

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May 5, 2014, 3:51:41 PM5/5/14
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Hey Danny! Sorry, no, that's not possible: you're asking if something can be "in the blockchain" and also "not get confirmation" at the same time, which is not possible, because being "in the blockchain" is the definition of getting confirmed. "Not getting confirmed" means the transaction never gets into the blockchain at all. Yes, it's possible to create a transaction that never gets into the blockchain (it may be valid, but has too low a miner's fee, so doesn't get included in a block in a timely fashion, or it may be "non-standard", which only gets mined by certain clients and rejected by others), that would be a transaction in the "memory pool" awaiting confirmation.

Brooks

Sidney Zhang

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May 5, 2014, 5:21:10 PM5/5/14
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I am not sure what your intentions are, but frankly this sounds a bit scammy.
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