what happens to spent bitcoins gained from a block of a soon to be dropped chain as a result of a fork?

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lets say i gained bitcoins for mining a block and then spent them on a transaction, then later the chain im using gets replaced because of a longer chain. assuming the block difference is up to where i got my spent bitcoins, what will happen to the transactions and coins i gained and spent from mining in my dropped chain?

artemis

Posted 2017-11-17T16:23:49.987

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all coinbase transactions are timelocked from when they are mined, so they are not spendable for a few days i believe. by that time, the block is near impossible to reverse and you can spend the new coins.

Sean Byrne

Posted 2017-11-17T16:23:49.987

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Correct, they are not mature until 100 blocks have been mined on top – MeshCollider – 2017-11-17T17:33:00.897

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