Questions tagged [transaction-verification]
Refers to the process of checking the validity of transactions.
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Bitcoin wallet key pair change and transaction validation
For anonymity reasons key pair of a wallet can change. Then how does miner validate if a sender has enough bitcoins?
After key pair change blockchain history contains only old public key as a wallet ...
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What does verifying a fake transaction mean?
Dear China: please ban bitcoin mining.
Four large Chinese mining pools control almost 60% of bitcoin supply and could in theory collude to verify a fake transaction: Goldman
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Error validating a transaction with blockcypher
I've created a testnet transaction using blockcypher API (https://api.blockcypher.com/v1/btc/test3/txs/new) and then signed the transaction using the signer (go lang). And then sent signed transaction ...
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Function combinerawtransaction is not working
I have multiple partially signed transactions that I want to combine into one transaction. All those transactions were signed using the same key so it should be possible to combine all those partial ...
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How are the unlocking script + locking script executed?
I just wanted to verify the input of transaction 7de75. The related output is index 10 of transaction 00f64.
The locking script defined in 76a91 (index 10) is:
OP_DUP
OP_HASH160
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Inner working of OP_IF and OP_ELSE
How does OP_ELSE work exactly? Is there an else if in Script?
According to https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script#Flow_control, the statements after an OP_ELSE are executed in three cases. It says:
If ...
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Why does the value range of outputs need to be restricted?
In the 'tx messages' section for protocol rules we have
Each output value, as well as the total, must be in legal money range
For each input, if the referenced output does not exist (e.g. never ...
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Generating zero-amount transactions in regtest mode?
I'm setting up a larger test network of regtest nodes in which all of them should be easily capable of creating blocks and sending transactions.
To this end, I'm looking for a simple way for the nodes ...
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How does the blockchain resolve arbitration issues?
I understand that a bitcoin wallet is nothing but a transaction record performed on the block chain.
How are transaction details updated in the decentralised block chain?
In a centralised system a ...
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Final Balance -Balance showing different then Coinspot BTC wallet
Bit of a beginner question
I have been using crypto wallets for a few months and have basically learned through trial and error.
The question is my BTC wallet on Coinspot has a $0 and 0.0 BTC balance.
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What exactly does the “For each input, if the referenced output exists in any other tx in the pool, reject this transaction.” tx validation rule mean?
I am currently following the "tx" messages section of en.bitcoin.it/wiki website, and I need some clarity about the following rule regarding the validity of a transaction:
For each input, ...
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How are transactions verified with only the Bitcoin address, not the public key?
I understand how asymmetric cryptosystems and digital signatures work:
You generate a (private key, public key) pair. You never share the private key, you make the public key ... well, public.
You ...
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Why has there not been any confirmation for an entire hour? What do you recommend that I do to speed them up for myself and others? [duplicate]
I made a transaction an entire hour ago. Still in the damn "memory pool". I've had extremely varied experiences over the years with transaction speed, but I'm really starting to feel as if ...
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How do Bitcoin transaction signatures actually work? [duplicate]
So I recently got interested in Bitcoin, and have been trying to learn more. I was reading the Satoshi whitepaper on Bitcoin and came across a diagram of transactions (I can't post pictures yet so I ...
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How does a miner verify a transaction which is spending an output of another transaction in the same block?
It is mentioned in this post that:
If all validation of all transactions in a block succeeds, the consumed inputs are removed from the database, and all outputs of those transactions added as fresh ...
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How do i debug a bitcoin transaction
My main problem is understanding how to convert the response from bitcoin-cli "decoderawtransaction" to the script format i am supposed to put in the debugginng tool. i.e my problem is ...
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Verifying a P2WSH by hand
To test my understanding of the signing and verifying process i tried to verify some random Bitcoin transactions by hand. Sadly i got stuck with a P2WSH transaction, i choose the following transaction ...
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Can't Make Sense of Why OP_CHECKSIG Fails Here
I'm try to get to grips with verifying the signature of a P2PKH transaction.
I have an example transaction:
9ec4bc49e828d924af1d1029cacf709431abbde46d59554b62bc270e3b29c4b1
I am trying to verify the ...
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Full list of “special cases” during Bitcoin Script execution (p2sh, p2wsh, etc.)?
When executing a Bitcoin Script, there are some "special cases" where the interpreter performs extra verification beyond just executing scriptSig and then scriptPubKey.
For example, if the ...
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When the UTXO in the cache is full, what strategy is used to replace one UTXO with another in the cache?
The UTXO set is stored on the disk, but some UTXOs are also stored in the cache. When validating a transaction, you need to query the UTXO pointed to by the input of the transaction. First, you go to ...
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why is transaction history from genesis to date necessary to store on the blockchain to prevent double spending?
I am beginning to understand the mechanism of bitcoin blockchain, and I was wondering something.
The transactions history represents the 'state' of the bitcoin at any point (or EVM according to the ...
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How can be proven that a signature is valid with it's public key
If someone wants to make a transaction, they need to sign the transaction data with their private key. For example Sign(transactionData, privateKey) creates the signature. What is exactly this Sign ...
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Signing Transaction Failed
Tried to make a transfer from Bitcoin QT from version 0.9.3 and an error appears "Signing Transaction Failed" but wallet was not fully synced with network yet, im still waiting. Core wallet ...
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Will the Bitcoin network discredit a transaction if you do a simple transfer on a multi-sig after you found the collision on that address?
Let's say you found a collision for an address on the Bitcoin network. You have its private key.
Will you be able to transfer any money around or will the network prevent it or does it get verified?
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how does bitcoin solve the same chain replay attack?
Let's say I send 10BTC to Bob. I have 30 BTC. So after transferring, I should have 20.
Now, after I transfered 10, transaction can be copied and broadcasted to the network again by Bob(he might have ...
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Do full nodes store the complete merkle tree or do they regenerate it when creating a merkle proof?
I understand what the merkle root is for. And I understand that blocks don't store the merkle tree.
Question 1) Is there any place that the complete merkle trees get stored? I don't mean the merkle ...
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Is this Merkle hash root problem existent in Bitcoin?
In the Wikipedia article about Merkle trees, I was just reading this, unable to understand where the problem lies:
Second preimage attack
The Merkle hash root does not indicate the tree depth, ...
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What's the blocksize limit after segwit and how do legacy nodes deal with segwit transactions?
Normally, I heard that the bitcoin blocksize is 1MB, but with the Segwit update the blocksize can be up to 4MB, so we should say that the blocksize is 4MB, right? Moreover legacy nodes only receive ...
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Time allowed to a node to react to verify a transaction and number of verifications?
Do the person acting as full nodes have to be active and online around for a particular decided time, like a job where you have to be around your machine because a transaction for verification can pop ...
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How do SPV clients acquire transactions from other nodes and verify that they are part of the blockchain?
I explored SPV clients as a subject from a lot of different resources, but there are a few of things that are keeping me confused:
I found out that SPV clients have no mempool even though SPV clients ...
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How are transations validated? [duplicate]
As per my understanding whenever someone sends a bitcoin it gets added to the transaction pool. The miner then take these transactions from the pool and add it to the block. However, I wanted ...
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How to verify if a transaction is signed correctly?
Given an arbitrary signed raw transaction, how can we easily verify if all inputs are correctly signed (assuming all inputs are existent/unspent and the fee is higher than zero)? Bitcoin core's RPC ...
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Basic question about transaction verification
I am fairly new to crypto and had some questions about how transactions are verified by the nodes
Would it be correct to say that the full nodes check to see if the sender(Alice’s) signature is valid. ...
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Can an unsynchronized node create a valid transaction?
I'm trying to understand how bitcoin transactions work. From what I understand, in the Bitcoin network nodes hold different versions of the Blockchain and after some time the different chains start ...
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What can I do with “unspent” transactions? Can I transmit them to a chain?
I withdrew some bitcoin from a service's account I maintain. The transaction shows up in my wallet, but it has been marked as "unspent" ever since. What does this mean?
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Why is 'script' used in a transaction instead of the output address?
I see transactions contain script for each output, but this "script" seems to be deterministically derived from the address associated with the output.
Why does the bitcoin protocol opt for the use ...
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Unspent bitcoin transaction
So about two weeks ago i sent bitcoin to a friend, and it was confirmed but in the summary it was listed unspent, he claimed not to have received. I was really confused since then, now this morning i ...
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Why is there no such thing as a redirected, forged, or fake transaction?
In the past, we had numerous questions about "fake" or "forged" transactions. Such transactions could supposedly be created even without holding any bitcoins, yet would end up in the mempool or even ...
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If two parties submit a conflicting transaction between each other, how does the network decide which one is correct?
Let's say parties A and B both submit a transaction to the blockchain with a different version of what happened. Party A submits a transaction saying Party B gave him 3 BTC and Party B submits a ...
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How many bitcoin transactions can be verified per second on commodity hardware in 2020?
I am trying to figure out how many Bitcoin transactions could be verified per second.
Am I correct that signature verification is more expensive than computing Merkletrees and hashes and therefore ...
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Is there any open source tool to verify segwit transaction without publishing it?
I have created below transaction:
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Given a Bitcoin transaction as JSON data, how can I determine the number of confirmations?
According to blockchain.info, 4,198 confirmations have been received on the following Bitcoin transaction at the time of this writing. Give then following Bitcoin transaction as JSON (ref: transaction ...
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Is it possible to skip verification of blockchain data when using bitcoin core?
Because I need bitcoin core client only for JSON-RPC requests. Will I need pruned initialization or normal initialization of bitcoin core client for successfully running such requests? (I guess client ...
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How do people using thin clients know the correct merkle path of transactions they've sent without knowing the full block?
User A send a transaction to user B. Those transactions are bundled together into a merkle tree. User A and B can both use the transaction plus the merkle root, plus the merkle path to prove the ...
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Transaction validation cost
what relation is between transaction size or a number of input and validation cost? for example, It's o(n) or o(n^2)?
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Bitcoins stuck in memory pool [duplicate]
I sent my 0.1 bitcoin on the 8th of January from an offline wallet (Bitcoin Core), to an online wallet. Still haven't got the btc in my new wallet. The status on the offline wallet says: "unconfirmed, ...
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How do nodes validate that a UTXO in a new transaction is unspent?
Does it check every block in between where the UTXO first appeared and the current time to make sure it didn't get spent then? Or is there some other caching or other method to make the check faster?
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How can a reciever verify that transaction data was not altered by 3rd party?
My scenario:
My web server:
- Generates private and public, and a wallet address from the public key for a user website account
- Server can not connect to the outside (Can not connect to the Bitcoin ...
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At what block height may locktimed transactions get included?
Transactions with outputs whose sequence is smaller than UINT_MAX are interpreted as locked until the timestamp or block height specified in nLockTime is reached.
Specifically regarding the block ...
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Get transaction data from full node
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I am building an application that requires the ability to query any bitcoin full node (from a python script using raw tcp sockets) in order to read the OP_Return value listed ...
