Electrum marks mined (coinbase) transactions as confirmed before 100 confirmations
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- Python
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Description
It's a minor issue with coinbase transactions. They require 100 blocks maturation, yet Electrum treats them as regular ones and marks them with a green tick even though they are not spendable. Spending them results in rejection by full nodes with an error "bad-txns-premature-spend-of-coinbase".
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by locating Electrum's transaction confirmation and coinbase-maturation handling, then identify the existing status tests. Done means coinbase transactions are not marked confirmed or spendable until 100 confirmations, with coverage for the premature-spend case.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- blockchain
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100