Read your activity
Intended reader: anyone waiting on a transaction, or checking what happened. Goal: correctly reading the state of your own money. Prerequisites: an unlocked wallet.
The states
Section titled “The states”| State | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Pending | Broadcast, sitting in the mempool, not in a block. It can still be dropped. |
| Confirmed | Included in a block. Each new block adds a confirmation. |
| Failed | The network rejected it. Nothing moved and no fee was paid. |
How many confirmations
Section titled “How many confirmations”There is no universal answer, only a risk judgement.
- One confirmation is enough for a small payment between people who trust each other.
- Three confirmations is a common threshold for ordinary amounts.
- Six confirmations is the traditional benchmark for something you would mind losing.
An unconfirmed transaction is not a payment. If someone tells you they have sent funds and your wallet shows pending, you have a promise, not money.
When something will not confirm
Section titled “When something will not confirm”The fee rate was below what blocks are currently clearing.
Marking a transaction replaceable at creation does not give you a control in this wallet for replacing it later. That is why choosing the fee carefully the first time matters more here than in wallets that offer a bump.
Reading an entry
Section titled “Reading an entry”Each entry shows the amount, the direction, the fee, the counterparty address, and the transaction id. The transaction id is the thing you can hand to anyone: it is public, it is verifiable independently, and it does not reveal anything about your wallet beyond what the chain already shows.
Where asset movements appear
Section titled “Where asset movements appear”Asset transfers appear alongside payments, subject to the wallet being able to read them. Asset data comes from indexers, which read the chain and decide what a transaction meant. Indexers can lag behind confirmations, so a confirmed transaction can briefly show a payment without its asset effect.
If the wallet cannot read a protocol at all, the payment still appears and the asset effect does not. See What this release authorizes.
Common failures
Section titled “Common failures”| What you see | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Pending for hours | Fee below current clearing rate | Wait. See the warning above. |
| A transaction you do not recognise | Either a change output you misread, or a real problem | Check whether the destination is your own address. If not, go to If your wallet is compromised |
| Confirmed but the asset has not moved | Indexer lag, or an unsupported protocol | Wait, then check Troubleshooting |
| Activity is empty after a restore | Wrong address type or derivation path | See Address types |