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Re: New transaction malleability attack wave? Another stresstest?
by
arnuschky
on 02/10/2015, 07:49:04 UTC
The real problem am facing here because of this is not 0 confirmation but something else...
one incoming tx is pending , which will sooner or later be ok i suppose....
BUT, i sent some coins and now when i open my wallet and check - it shows me two similar tx to same address - one confirmed and one not....
How does it affect me ??



The bitcoins has been deducted twice and am not getting it back i suppose...

any ideas?

This is the malleability problem: someone is creating copies of transactions that result in the same result but look different to the network (different transaction id).
In your screenshot, you see that both transactions are "doing" the same thing. They are basically the same tx under a different name.
As long as one of the two confirms, you're good. You can ignore the one that does not confirm.

And no, bitcoins aren't deducted twice, don't worry. Only confirmed ones count towards your balance.
Note that your wallet software might be confused and thus show an incorrect balance until the unconfirmed tx is discarded.