# Is it technically possible that one can transfer grin even if the receiving party is offline?

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**Created:** [March 10, 2018, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/is-it-technically-possible-that-one-can-transfer-grin-even-if-the-receiving-party-is-offline/255 "2018-03-10T10:09:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/is-it-technically-possible-that-one-can-transfer-grin-even-if-the-receiving-party-is-offline/255/22 "2018-05-11T16:17:10Z")

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This technique wouldn’t help Alice.

How does Alice prove Bob is the right Bob and not an imposter when sending a regular transaction? I assume if there is need of proof, they use a regular transaction and/or some extra protocol that proves Bob is Bob.

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