Technical principles | How long must a transaction wait before it truly can’t be reversed?
On chains that use Tendermint (CometBFT) consensus, such as Cosmos Hub, blocks are final as soon as they’re committed—there’s no need to wait for subsequent blocks.
The number of confirmations an exchange requires for a deposit is essentially how long it waits for the transaction to reach a level of finality the platform considers safe.
On Ethereum, the $ETH staked ETH serves as a guarantee of finality: rewriting a finalized block would result in the loss of a large amount of staked ETH.
Every reward comes with a corresponding risk. Take a closer look at how much you could lose in the worst case.
#ETH
On chains that use Tendermint (CometBFT) consensus, such as Cosmos Hub, blocks are final as soon as they’re committed—there’s no need to wait for subsequent blocks.
The number of confirmations an exchange requires for a deposit is essentially how long it waits for the transaction to reach a level of finality the platform considers safe.
On Ethereum, the $ETH staked ETH serves as a guarantee of finality: rewriting a finalized block would result in the loss of a large amount of staked ETH.
Every reward comes with a corresponding risk. Take a closer look at how much you could lose in the worst case.
#ETH