Questions tagged [transactions]
This tag should be used for questions related to transactions. Transactions are signed messages regarding the transfer or generation of bitcoins. They are broadcast throughout the Bitcoin network and, if accepted, integrated in the blockchain.
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Can we construct a UTXO which is spendable only via proof of work?
Do the current Bitcoin opcodes and transaction size limit allow constructing a UTXO which is only spendable if a specified amount of work has been performed?
So the spender, would provide a nonce as ...
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Cannot create a transaction
I am trying to create a transaction on the bitcoin testnet, using bitcore:
Error Message :
SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data
Here is my code:
var ...
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How to explore transaction chain via Original Bitcoin API as blockexplorer does it
Is there any possibility to explore transaction chain via Original Bitcoin API (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client/API_Calls_list) as the blockexplorer does it.
If not, why?
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How to directly query leveldb database to get get a record by transaction hash or by sender's address?
I learned that the blocks and transactions are stored locally in .bitcoin/blocks/index and .bitcoin/chainstate databases, respectively.
I want to make a direct query to those databases to measure the ...
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Building Signed Bitcoin Transaction in Java
I have been attempting to build my own raw transaction generator in Java which I can then broadcast on the testnet network. The problem is when I attempt to broadcast the transaction it says there is ...
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Electrum transaction still says unconfirmed parent
A transaction from Electrum is still showing unconfirmed parent even though the previous transaction in the chain has completed. Electrum has shown this for 24 hours now. I realize that my fee is ...
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C# BC, successfully creating and signing raw transaction
First time on stackexchange to ask for help, sorry if i make mistakes (english is not my native language).
I try to create a valid raw transaction on C# with bouncycastle and i seems stuck, not able ...
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Whisper Implementation in Bitcoin
Is there some kind of implementation in bitcoin to communicate between nodes, which is similar to the Whisper Communication in Ethereum ?
Whisper, is a communication protocol for DApps to communicate ...
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Please help. BTC has left Armory wallet and shows as gray, but says “Not in the blockchain yet”
I sent 1.5BTC in the usual way from my Armory wallet, but the transaction shows in gray as if it is still pending. When I click more details it says "Not in the blockchain yet". If I search for the ...
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Cannot obtain a lock - Already deleted lock file
I am trying to open Bitcoin Core of "Cannot obtain a lock on C:User/App..." I deleted the lock. file like previously suggested but cannot find a solution after that! If I reinstall will I loose the ...
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How to ignore balance check to cancel unconfirmed transaction (double spending)
I need to cancel a transaction that was sent without fee (using Blockchain.info). It is currently "Unconfirmed". The only way I have found is to do a double spend of the whole wallet, specifying a ...
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Get transaction that spent a transaction id
The blockchain.info API allows for querying information about a particular Transaction by its ID. But if you want to follow the coins to the next transaction, I'm not seeing what the next query should ...
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What is transaction “finality”?
bitcoind IsFinalTx() as seen here checks the properties of a transaction in this order:
Is nLockTime exactly 0? That's final. return.
If it's not 0, is it below the current block height / time? If so,...
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Script and DER in P2PKH
Im trying to figure out the script and DER
In P2PKH, the "first part (scriptsig)" push in stack (<sig><pubK>) because is it DER?
Instead the "second part (scriptPubKey)" you can map the ...
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Broadcasting signed transaction from Watching wallet using bitcoinj
I am working with watching wallet and Offline wallet using bitcoinj,
I created Watching Wallet using tpub key of Offline Wallet
I am receiving payment on watching wallet Fine,
now I want to ...
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API for multiple blockchains
Is there an API to get data for multiple blockchains? Most blockchain explorers already offer an API but I'd like to be able to get information for different blockchains through the same API.
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How do exchanges set their transaction fees?
I was reading on the Bitcoin wiki (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction_fees
) that a user can set his own fees when conducting a bitcoin transaction. Like many, I have a Coinbase account, but I ...
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Abandon Transaction or Increase fee
I'm using Bitcoin core v0.15.1 and I am trying to send my BTC to coinbase. I have waited over 72 hours since initiating a transaction and when I right click the "abandon transaction" and "Increase fee"...
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Format transactions into “from”, “to”, “value” and “cost”
I'm trying to write a script that parses the entire blockchain into a database. But I'm having issues figuring out how to store what I need to then aggregate the results and build a transaction list ...
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How is the transaction fee for sending bitcoins using Electrum wallet calculated ?
I am trying to understand how is the fee for transaction calculated for desktop wallets like electrum.
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manually signing bitcoin transaction
I'm trying to create a BTC transaction with one input and two outputs, one for change and one OP_RETURN to anchor data. And I'm doing all of that on my regtest backend. The raw unsigned transaction is
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How do you apply “-zapwallettxes” for multbit 0.5.15
I made a transaction a few months ago but the transaction is still not confirmed, the Bitcoins are debited from my account and the balance in my wallet is zero.
Information on the transaction
The ...
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Double spend a tx output already spent but unconfirmed because of low fee
In the protocol rules for validating transactions it says:
Rule 9:
For each input, if the referenced output exists in any other tx in the
pool, reject this transaction.[5]
I assume that when a ...
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Manually checking for credited bitcoins
If I have the bitcoin address, the private key and a transaction ID from Bitcoin (regtest mode) in shell variables, what Python code do I need to run to claim the Bitcoins are indeed intended for this ...
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Banned bitcoinj node ip
I've created many raw transactions today and after an hour I found out that my bitcoin node is only connected to 3 peers (testnet). Is it possible that my node has been banned due to wrong or double ...
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What bitcoin clients provide GUI support for “BIP 125 Opt-in Full Replace-by-Fee Signaling”?
What bitcoin clients provide GUI support for "BIP 125 Opt-in Full Replace-by-Fee Signaling"? If there are no GUI bitcoin clients that support it are there supported command line bitcoin clients?
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Specific fee in transaction
Is there any possible way to send transaction with specific fee (not fee per kb) from wallet in bitcoinj? Where should I look to find a solution :)? My code:
Address address = Address.fromBase58(...
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I need to send a message to the person resposible for a specific wallet
Using Multibit, we sent btc to an incorrect wallet address. We have sent a small amount of BTC to this address before, so it is listed in our wallet's Transaction list, but is unfortunately not ...
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Bitcoin sending transaction error
I recently bought some Bitcoins(around 0.5) and sent some to a friend. He got them direct. Today I wanted to transfer some more but it didn't work. Every transaction was an error, besides one very ...
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Creation of <20-byte hash of redeem Script> in a P2SH Transaction
According to this example:
Redeem Script: 2 PubKey1 PubKey2 PubKey3 PubKey4 PubKey5 5 OP_CHECKMULTISIG
Locking Script: OP_HASH160 <20-byte hash of redeem script> OP_EQUAL
Unlocking Script: Sig1 ...
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Include Bitcoin-Transaction within database-Transaction
I am writing a system that uses the Bitcoin Core JSON-RPC API.
Use case: user wants to withdraw some BTC to his BTC address.
My application handles this request by the following logic:
Check if ...
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How to sign a transaction using BitcoinJ
I am having problem signing the transaction using BitcoinJ library without the Wallet instance, I only have the Transaction class instance and the ECKey in order to sign the transaction.
Is there a ...
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Coinbase lost my transaction from Bitstamp
I'm moving my coins out of Bitstamp I was looking for another exchange. I have sent 0.00007 BTC to just test the transaction. I got the address where I want to send coins to from coinbase.com/...
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Need to do 400 transactions, how do I get them confirmed?
I tried to send 0.00000001 btc to about 7 addresses, and paid the 0.0001 fee. But it seems like this transaction won't go through ever. Those coins are lost :(.
I have about 400 sponsors, and they ...
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Broadcast a Transaction
I have a:
Wallet public/private key pair with X BTC
Wallet Address I want to sent Y BTC to
I'm developing an app in NodeJS and trying to initiate payments automatically. I'm very confused how I'm ...
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Missing transactions with blockchain.info
All of the quick send transfers I've made on blockchain.info do not show up in my blockchain.info history. Furthermore, a person I have made a few quick send transaction with is claiming 0 ...
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What is the required input for python-bitcoinlib getrawtransaction command?
I am running a bitcoin node on my machine, fully synced with RPC commands enabled, rpc server live and txindex=1.
In the command-line I can run the following RPC call and obtain the information ...
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Is there any party who is archiving all transactions that have been broadcast?
There is a person claiming that Blockchain.info/wallet sent a transaction but for whatever reason that transaction never got included in a block.
If the transaction is valid today but perhaps just ...
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Processed withdrawal not reflecting in my blockchain wallet
Given below are the transaction details for the transaction which is not reflecting in my blockchain wallet,
Transaction batch :f28888630e090d083ce2be5658f526b148d3e8259a33bbcfa58063cc13e8a4c0
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How can I check my transaction signature is correct?
I have tried recreating the exact transaction from "Appendix B: Funding Transaction Test Vectors" from BOLT 3 from the Lightning RFCs. My transaction looks exactly the same when parsed, except my ...
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Multi-destination transaction from paper wallet
As far as I know, I can make a transaction to a single destination by sweeping/importing private key. How can I make a transaction to multiple destinations?
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How to send & receive bitcoin using bitcoinjs-lib?
First I create HD Wallet using BIP32 using mnemonics.
Now I want to generate new child addresses with private key using xpub & xpriv for every receive.
Then for example, I received BTC in 2 ...
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demonstrate tracking some bitcoin transactions with a program like an explorer
Recently I started to read BITCOIN protocol and it's events when a transaction created. I want to create a program a bitcoin explorer.
as you know probably, Each non-coinbase input spends an outpoint ...
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How to combine separately signed inputs from different users?
With two separate signed raw transactions from two users, how would one go about 'batching' these manually (combining the inputs and outputs into a single transaction)?
Is this a viable solution for ...
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Stripped segwit data
I have two client Bitcoin, 0.17.0 and 0.12.0 and I want to see the difference between the same transaction.
0.17 has segwit, 0.12 doesn't have.
If I do that RPC call in 0.17.0
/bin/bitcoin-cli -...
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How do I know when a transaction never confirms and is removed from the mempool
I created a light wallet which can receive and send transactions. It works fine in normal situation.
My (first) question is what are the situations where things can go wrong ? Is there a reference ...
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Verify bitcoin address and amount from sign transaction
Is there a way i can extract the fromAddress, toAddress, amount and fees from a bitcoin sign transaction?
eg: SignTransactionValue = signAddress(fromAddress, toAddress, amount, fees, privateKey)
How ...
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Find specific transaction in merkel's tree
We know the merkel tree is branchs of transaction hash so that root of tree is hash that show in block header. If i want to find a specific transaction, how i can?
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Transaction broadcast mechanism
After initiation of transaction, transaction will remain in the memory pool of all peered nodes.
How Transaction reach to the memory pool after receiving by the
node?
Do transaction broadcast to all ...
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Electrum: Transaction Error with Restored Wallet
I am trying to import my bitcoin privatekey to my electrum wallet and use that wallet to create transactions.
I restored the wallet using the command electrum restore <private key>
The restore ...
