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After a few weeks of searching for an answer, I decided to ask here.

I want to accept a Bitcoin payment, to a specific wallet, and immediately, when the user approved the payment, to receive an indication that the payment was made.

The problem is, I don't want to wait until it is verified in a block, which takes around 10 minutes, I need the approval in seconds, not minutes.

How can I receive an indication that a Bitcoin transaction was occured to my wallet, in the last seconds?

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    The standard Bitcoin client will show pending transactions as soon as they hit the network. There is some risk in accepting a zero confirmation transaction. If this is for a brick and mortar establishment it is not likely that a double spend attack can be performed. However online I would be more conservative. Particularly if the item being sold is not revocable such as a digital download. – Mark S. Feb 01 '14 at 19:05
  • Related: How do I accept bitcoin payments at a real world store? – Murch Feb 01 '14 at 20:38

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If using the walletnotify option in bitcoin.conf, you can get a notification any time a transaction occurs on the network that matches a bitcoin address in the wallet. To use this, of course, you'll have to keep Bitcoin-QT or bitcoind running at all times.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin

Once you have the transaction id, you'll have to look up the transaction, either at an online service like blockchain.io or use a bitcoind json-rpc command to learn more about the transaction and what action you would like to take.

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