<p>They mainly signify the number of block confirmations that have occurred since the transaction was sent. Block confirmations are metric used to determine the immutability of an entry(in this case, transaction).</p>
<p>Why is it important? Trust and assurance in a transaction. Different transactions usually require different levels of assurance. For example paying for a cup of coffee probably doesn’t need anything beyond 4-6 block confirmations, it’s coffee. However buying a car could require something like 20-50 confirmations because, well, it’s a car.</p>
<p>Hopefully this helps. More info regarding your question can be found here: <a href="https://iohk.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360033969174-Transaction-Assurance-Security-Level" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://iohk.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360033969174-Transaction-Assurance-Security-Level</a></p>

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<p>When you make a transaction with the wallet, the status shown for the transaction goes from <code>Low</code> -&gt; <code>Medium</code> -&gt; <code>High</code>. What does <code>Low</code>, <code>Medium</code> and <code>High</code> signify? How are these statuses calculated?</p>

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How is the 'status' of a transaction shown in the wallet determined?
# How is the 'status' of a transaction shown in the wallet determined?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-07-07)

When you make a transaction with the wallet, the status shown for the transaction goes from `Low` -> `Medium` -> `High`. What does `Low`, `Medium` and `High` signify? How are these statuses calculated?

**Tags:** wallet, daedalus, transaction, yoroi

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-07-07. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

They mainly signify the number of block confirmations that have occurred since the transaction was sent. Block confirmations are metric used to determine the immutability of an entry(in this case, transaction).

Why is it important? Trust and assurance in a transaction. Different transactions usually require different levels of assurance. For example paying for a cup of coffee probably doesn’t need anything beyond 4-6 block confirmations, it’s coffee. However buying a car could require something like 20-50 confirmations because, well, it’s a car.

Hopefully this helps. More info regarding your question can be found here: <https://iohk.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360033969174-Transaction-Assurance-Security-Level>


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