Definition
A deliberate blockchain fork, where a user with a sufficiently large amount of mining power/stake sends a transaction moving some currency offchain (e.g., exiting into fiat money or making an offchain purchase) then reorganizing the blockchain to remove that transaction. A successful double-spend leaves the attacker with both their on and offchain assets.
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double spend
Also known as
double-spenddouble-spending
Translations
| Language | Prose |
|---|---|
| العربية Arabic | الإنفاق المزدوج |
| বাংলা Bengali | ডাবল স্পেন্ড |
| Čeština Czech | dvojí útratě |
| Deutsch German | Doppelausgabe |
| Español Spanish | doble gasto |
| Français French | double dépense |
| हिन्दी Hindi | दोहरा खर्च |
| Bahasa Indonesia Indonesian | pengeluaran ganda |
| Italiano Italian | doppia spesa |
| 日本語 Japanese | 二重支払い |
| 한국어 Korean | 이중 지불 |
| मराठी Marathi | दुहेरी खर्च |
| Polski Polish | podwójnemu wydatkowaniu |
| Português Portuguese (Brazil) | gasto duplo |
| Русский Russian | двойной траты |
| Kiswahili Swahili | matumizi mara mbili |
| தமிழ் Tamil | இரட்டைச் செலவை |
| తెలుగు Telugu | జంట వ్యయం |
| Türkçe Turkish | çifte harcamayı |
| Українська Ukrainian | подвійної витрати |
| اردو Urdu | دہرا خرچ |
| Tiếng Việt Vietnamese | chi tiêu kép |
| 简体中文 Chinese (Simplified) | 双重支付 |
| 繁體中文 Chinese (Traditional) | 雙重支付 |