<p>No need to keep the client open. Whatever client that is.
The confirmations take place in the bitcoin network, not locally.</p>

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2013-08-03T04:09:57.843Z
2013-08-03T04:09:57.843Z
Cyrus
<p>You don't need to keep MultiBit running whilst a transaction confirms no as it will automatically sync with the network when it starts up.</p>

<p>How long a transaction takes to confirm is quite variable as it depends on how quickly blocks arrive, your fee and how busy the network is.</p>

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2013-07-02T12:27:49.860Z
Now it's 16 hours past since I started transaction,seems the transaction stopped at 4-th block. when I withdraw from MTgox, I chosed add fee to speed up transaction. can't imagine it takes such long for just 4 BTC. are you sure there's no bug here?
user5783
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2013-07-02T12:58:47.483Z
not 4-th block, status icon is still empty, it has just "Seen by 4 peers" means it did'n even start confirm
user5783
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2013-07-02T08:42:01.273Z
2013-07-02T08:42:01.273Z
jim618
<p>Do I need to keep the client(I use multiBit) running while transaction is being confirmed? I have started a transaction at 1:00 nignight, when I get up at 6:00, it still didn't finish! they say a transaction need 6 confirm witch cost about 1,5 hours.</p>

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2013-07-02T09:51:04.217Z
Are you sending or receiving?
David Schwartz
<transactions><multibit>
Do I need to open the client(I use multiBit) while transaction is being confirmed?
user5783
# Do I need to open the client(I use multiBit) while transaction is being confirmed?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-07-02)

Do I need to keep the client(I use multiBit) running while transaction is being confirmed? I have started a transaction at 1:00 nignight, when I get up at 6:00, it still didn't finish! they say a transaction need 6 confirm witch cost about 1,5 hours.

**Tags:** transactions, multibit

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Are you sending or receiving?  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2013-08-03. Score: 3

No need to keep the client open. Whatever client that is.
The confirmations take place in the bitcoin network, not locally.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2013-07-02. Score: 0

You don't need to keep MultiBit running whilst a transaction confirms no as it will automatically sync with the network when it starts up.

How long a transaction takes to confirm is quite variable as it depends on how quickly blocks arrive, your fee and how busy the network is.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Now it's 16 hours past since I started transaction,seems the transaction stopped at 4-th block. when I withdraw from MTgox, I chosed add fee to speed up transaction. can't imagine it takes such long for just 4 BTC. are you sure there's no bug here?  
> **username_0**: not 4-th block, status icon is still empty, it has just "Seen by 4 peers" means it did'n even start confirm  

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