<p>-1 means not in local mempool and not in a block</p>

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2017-06-13T16:45:07.853Z
I ended up resolving this by running a `-rescan`, which made the transaction disappear from the mempool, which would imply that it was ONLY in the local mempool...so are you sure about this?
markasoftware
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Jonas Schnelli
<p>I sent a transaction on a small altcoin, and running <code>listtransactions</code> an hour later or so says <code>-1</code> confirmations. It is forked from Bitcoin Core 0.8 and barely modified. What does this mean?</p>

<transactions><bitcoin-core><json-rpc><confirmations>
What does a negative "confirmations" value in listtransactions mean?
markasoftware
# What does a negative "confirmations" value in listtransactions mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-06-12)

I sent a transaction on a small altcoin, and running `listtransactions` an hour later or so says `-1` confirmations. It is forked from Bitcoin Core 0.8 and barely modified. What does this mean?

**Tags:** transactions, bitcoin-core, json-rpc, confirmations


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-06-12. Score: 3

-1 means not in local mempool and not in a block

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: I ended up resolving this by running a `-rescan`, which made the transaction disappear from the mempool, which would imply that it was ONLY in the local mempool...so are you sure about this?  

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