# Gavin Andresen
# 2013-03-10 19:34:12
# https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=151348.msg1608325#msg1608325

It is a problem if you send a transaction from one of the copies of the wallet while it is catching up with the blockchain. You can easily accidentally double-spend yourself, and end up with a transaction that will never confirm. @p{par}

Deterministic wallets don't solve that problem. @p{par}