Confirmations in block and trasaction

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From the bitcoin RPC, both gettransaction and getblock returns a confirmation number in their response, are they always the same? Is there a case a transaction's confirmations isn't the same as its containing block's confirmation number?

https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#gettransaction

https://bitcoin.org/en/developer-reference#getblock

fluter

Posted 2018-01-05T08:12:51.720

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Is there a case a transaction's confirmations isn't the same as its containing block's confirmation number?

No, by definition the number of confirmations on a transaction is the number of confirmations on the block it is contained in.

Pieter Wuille

Posted 2018-01-05T08:12:51.720

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So that is a yes? the two confirmations are the same thing? – fluter – 2018-01-05T08:31:11.467

Yes, they're the same, by definition. – Pieter Wuille – 2018-01-05T09:53:28.880

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