<p>When you first received some coins, especially if they were mined rather than transfered, you cannot go and immediately spend them - for security reasons, you're foced to wait for a number of blocks. Once your coins have appeared in all those blocks then you can indeed go and spend them.</p>

<p>E.g. for Primecoin, should you receive some coins you just mined, you have to wait for 2 days before spending them. If they were transferred to you by someone else, you just have to wait for 3 mins (3 blocks). Likewise with other coins.</p>

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2014-01-28T13:10:42.087Z
2014-01-28T13:10:42.087Z
Joe Pineda
<p>Once your client finishes downloading the block chain then everything should show as confirmed.</p>

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2014-01-28T05:46:28.147Z
2014-01-28T05:46:28.147Z
Aaron Axvig
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/gqDWS.png" alt="Bitcoin wallet"></p>

<p>Here is my BTC wallet page. Is it normal that I have 0.00 ?</p>

<wallet><bitcoin-core><client><hacking>
Why does my wallet say that I have 0.00BTC and 8.91 unconfirmed, when I had done nothing with them?
clementgamache
# Why does my wallet say that I have 0.00BTC and 8.91 unconfirmed, when I had done nothing with them?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-01-28)

![Bitcoin wallet](https://i.sstatic.net/gqDWS.png)

Here is my BTC wallet page. Is it normal that I have 0.00 ?

**Tags:** wallet, bitcoin-core, client, hacking


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-01-28. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

Once your client finishes downloading the block chain then everything should show as confirmed.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-01-28. Score: -1

When you first received some coins, especially if they were mined rather than transfered, you cannot go and immediately spend them - for security reasons, you're foced to wait for a number of blocks. Once your coins have appeared in all those blocks then you can indeed go and spend them.

E.g. for Primecoin, should you receive some coins you just mined, you have to wait for 2 days before spending them. If they were transferred to you by someone else, you just have to wait for 3 mins (3 blocks). Likewise with other coins.


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