<p>This transaction (<a href="https://blockchain.info/tx/e8c5489abcb60ecdb925ac880ec1e238c9a65ca4c5480065a6ca268bf00ea7ba" rel="nofollow">e8c5...</a>) will never confirm because its inputs have already been spent by transaction <a href="https://blockchain.info/tx/93cc4fe50e6069dccb827f56636bb4cd20f9865dd4d7e3b7946bbbca97576e80" rel="nofollow">93cc4fe50e6069dccb827f56636bb4cd20f9865dd4d7e3b7946bbbca97576e80</a>, which currently has 9 confirmations.</p>

<p>There isn't any inherent need to cancel transaction e8c5; the network is never going to consider it valid.  You might want to remove it from your wallet client software in order to avoid having it display an incorrect balance or other confusion.  How to do that will depend on what software you are using.</p>

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2015-12-26T19:38:17.933Z
2015-12-26T19:38:17.933Z
Nate Eldredge
<p>Can someone tell me how to get a confirmation please or cancel this;</p>

<p>e8c5489abcb60ecdb925ac880ec1e238c9a65ca4c5480065a6ca268bf00ea7ba-000</p>

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Why is this unconfirmed?
user31462
# Why is this unconfirmed?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-26)

Can someone tell me how to get a confirmation please or cancel this;

e8c5489abcb60ecdb925ac880ec1e238c9a65ca4c5480065a6ca268bf00ea7ba-000

**Tags:** unconfirmed-transactions, zero-confirmation


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-12-26. Score: 4

This transaction ([e8c5...](https://blockchain.info/tx/e8c5489abcb60ecdb925ac880ec1e238c9a65ca4c5480065a6ca268bf00ea7ba)) will never confirm because its inputs have already been spent by transaction [93cc4fe50e6069dccb827f56636bb4cd20f9865dd4d7e3b7946bbbca97576e80](https://blockchain.info/tx/93cc4fe50e6069dccb827f56636bb4cd20f9865dd4d7e3b7946bbbca97576e80), which currently has 9 confirmations.

There isn't any inherent need to cancel transaction e8c5; the network is never going to consider it valid. You might want to remove it from your wallet client software in order to avoid having it display an incorrect balance or other confusion. How to do that will depend on what software you are using.


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