---
# This file is licensed under the MIT License (MIT) available on
# http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.

layout: base
id: you-need-to-know 
---
<h1>{% translate pagetitle %}</h1>
<p class="summarytxt">{% translate summary %}</p>

<h2 id="secure"><img class="titleicon" src="/img/icons/ico_key.svg" alt="Icon" />{% translate secure %}</h2>
<p>{% translate securetxt %}</p>

<h2 id="volatile"><img class="titleicon" src="/img/icons/ico_market.svg" alt="Icon" />{% translate volatile %}</h2>
<p>{% translate volatiletxt %}</p>

<h2 id="irreversible"><img class="titleicon" src="/img/icons/ico_irreversible.svg" alt="Icon" />{% translate irreversible %}</h2>
<p>{% translate irreversibletxt %}</p>

<h2 id="anonymous"><img class="titleicon" src="/img/icons/ico_anon.svg" alt="Icon" />{% translate anonymous %}</h2>
<p>{% translate anonymoustxt %}</p>

<h2 id="instant"><img class="titleicon" src="/img/icons/ico_fast.svg" alt="Icon" />{% translate instant %}</h2>
<p>{% translate instanttxt %}</p>

{% case page.lang %}
{% when 'id' or 'da' or 'de' or 'es' or 'fr' or 'it' or 'hu' or 'nl' or 'pl' or 'pt_BR' or 'ro' or 'sl' or 'sv' or 'tr' or 'el' or 'bg' or 'ru' or 'uk' or 'ar' or 'fa' or 'hi' or 'ko' or 'ja' or 'zh_CN' or 'zh_TW' %}
{% else %}
{% comment %}
<!-- In the table below, not making arabic numerals a translated string
     so that we can easily change them if confirmations become more or
     less reliable. -->
{% endcomment %}

<br>
<table class="center">
  <tr>
    <th>{% translate confirmations %}</th>
    <th>{% translate lightweight_wallets %}</th>
    <th>{% translate bitcoin_core %}</th>
  </tr>

  <tr>
    <th>0</th>
    <td colspan="2">{% translate unconfirmed_only_safe %}</td>
  </tr>

  <tr>
    <th>1</th>
    <td>{% translate somewhat_reliable %}</td>
    <td>{% translate mostly_reliable %}</td>
  </tr>

  <tr>
    <th>3</th>
    <td>{% translate mostly_reliable %}</td>
    <td>{% translate highly_reliable %}</td>
  </tr>

  <tr>
    <th>6</th>
    <td colspan="2">{% translate high_value_minimum %}</td>
  </tr>

  <tr>
    <th>30</th>
    <td colspan="2">{% translate alert_recommendation %}</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<br>
{% endcase %}

<h2 id="experimental"><img class="titleicon" src="/img/icons/ico_lab.svg" alt="Icon" />{% translate experimental %}</h2>
<p>{% translate experimentaltxt %}</p>

<h2 id="tax"><img class="titleicon" src="/img/icons/ico_invoice.svg" alt="Icon" />{% translate tax %}</h2>
<p>{% translate taxtxt %}</p>