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Tells a user how to pay a recipient. Bitcoin addresses are strings consisting of numbers and letters that begin with '1', '3', or 'bc1'. Addresses encode the recipient's output script that includes either a public key or a hash of a public key or script. Bitcoin addresses should not be confused with mailing addresses or IP addresses.

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How the hell was I able to receive BTCs via an address I do not own?

Check if that address appeared on the blockchain before that mystery payment. If it does, they could have gotten it from there. … Also if you used it as a change address for a payment to someone, maybe you overpaid and they are refunding your overpayment (possibly in an automated process) …
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listreceivedbyaddress returns empty list

The default is to only return addresses that have already received coins, so use bitcoind listreceivedbyaddress 0 true. The true indicates that you want to include "empty" addresses. Source: https:/ …
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How get address from pk_script?

See the wiki. Basically you have to extract the 20 byte pubKeyHash (shown as bytes to push) from the scriptPubKey and convert it to Base58 (which is also described in the wiki. There is no need to be …
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Step by Step - how does sending 1 bitcoin work?

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Address https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transaction https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Script https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Network https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Block One concept you did …
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