From 4d59777f6d1155c4ea47ca2c2f147e13fe8a6db0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wakgill <76528604+wakgill@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 13:00:48 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update 24.md --- docs/forum/bitcoin-forum/24.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/docs/forum/bitcoin-forum/24.md b/docs/forum/bitcoin-forum/24.md index dc574fc..577e4fe 100644 --- a/docs/forum/bitcoin-forum/24.md +++ b/docs/forum/bitcoin-forum/24.md @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ the list but I'm up to 131 Blocks under "Status". Is this the way it's supposed to happen? Does it keep processing on the same transaction and generating coinsevery 120 blocks or so? Or is it supposed to start a new transaction? +------------- The number of blocks of a transaction is the amount of new blocks that have been generated by the whole network after the transaction. Each new block in the chain means new coins to its creator. One "generated" -transaction in your transaction list means that you have generated one block. You're not the first one to find the concept of a "block" a bit confusing on the first sight. -------------