You need to wait for a certain number of confirmations of the payment on the network before your coins are mature.
I can't remember how many, or how long this takes. Anyone here know?
and what does mature and minting mean? thx for your awnser
mature means how many ticks later a coin will "mature"... some need 50, others much higher or lower... all depends on the coin. Until the set number is reached the coins that were transferred are not "mature".
Minting is the process whereby new coins are created in XC. 3.33% more coins are created each year. They're created in the wallets of users who leave their wallets running so that they can "stake".
Once coins are created, it's still possible that a different wallet will process transactions in such a way as to leave out the coins you've just earned; this record of the blockchain will compete against yours as different nodes accept either your or the other wallet's version. Whichever version gets the majority wins out and all the nodes have to accept it. For this reason you can't spend coins for a while - until it's certain that your coins are well established in the blockchain.
is it true that the more coins i have in my wallet, the more chance i have of earning coins?