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Board Bitcoin Technical Support
Re: Why generation coins require 100 confirmations
by
konradp
on 28/08/2014, 09:30:44 UTC
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Only blocks are orphaned so typically a tx that has ended up in an orphaned block will appear in the orphan's replacement block (or one very soon after it) but this is not the case with "coinbase" txs as they are tied to the one "specific" block that they were mined in (so effectively such txs are orphaned due to being unique to one specific block).

OK, thanks, I've got it now. But now, the difference is huge, what were the reasons behind this value?