Topic: Is it possible to transfer BTC between addresses in the same wallet? (Read 3735 times)

It is possible but why would you want to do that?

There is more than one address in a wallet. We can receive different payments using these addresses. But all the pays are in the same wallet. When we make an address payment, we will send our through which address.

For example, MyWallet is my purse. I have my A, B, C, D addresses in this wallet.

A: 0.2 BTC
B: 0.1 BTC
C: 0.7 BTC
D: 0 BTC

MyWallet: 1 BTC

I want to send the address bitcoin to D. Now when I write address D in my wallet, 0.5 BTC will be sent from which address.

I understand the invoice example. Bitcoin addresses are not account numbers. Bitcoin addresses are more like invoice numbers. Ok.

Yes, that's what I really want to learn. "Which of the payments previously received will be spent?"

I transferred BTC from my wallet to D. The wallet decided according to its own algorithm. Bitcoin transfer to address D has been performed.
Now, when I check address D at blockchain.info, which one will appear as the transfer address? A, B, C ?

Also would I have a problem if I wanted to transfer 0.8 BTC? I have a total of 1 BTC in my wallet. But none of the addresses in the wallet have 0.8 BTC. What would happen in such a situation?

In past blockchain.info have feature to send out bitcoin with multiple bitcoin address to single bitcoin address in one transaction but it is not possible this days. But if you have all of this four addresses imported in blockchain.info wallet than you will have ability to send out bitcoin from one address to another.

Both A and B don't have enough bitcoin to send out 0.5BTC so It should be address C. If you send 0.5BTC from C to D you will have following input and output.

C 0.70BTC ---------> C 0.20BTC
                         D 0.50BTC

Yes.


Bitcoin is NOT sent FROM ADDRESSES.  It is sent TO ADDRESSES.

Bitcoin addresses are NOT account numbers. They are more like an invoice number.  They provide you a way to determine who sent the money, when they sent it, and why they sent it.

If you were a merchant and you sold 4 items to 3 different people, then you sent each customer a different invoice to be paid:

Invoice A: $0.20
Invoice B: $0.10
Invoice C: $0.70

The total amount that your business would receive once all payments were received would be $1.00.

Then if you sent $0.50 from your checking account to your savings account, the $0.50 would be sent from which invoice?

It's a silly question, isn't it?  It isn't sent "from" an invoice.

Now, you could keep track of the individual payments and store them all separately (like a bitcoin wallet does).  Then when you spend it, you could choose specific coins to spend (like a bitcoin wallet does).  In that case, you could say that this money being spent was RECEIVED as part of a specific invoice.  You aren't "spending from" the invoice, but you can be aware of specifically which invoice payment provided the units you are using.

If that's what you are asking:
Which of the payments previously received will be spent?

Then the answer is:
It depends on your wallet.  The wallet gets to choose which of the unspent transaction outputs to spend.  The creator of the wallet implements an algorithm for making that decision.  Some wallets also provide advanced features commonly called "coin control" which allow the user to specify which unspent transaction outputs they want to spend.

There is more than one address in a wallet. We can receive different payments using these addresses. But all the pays are in the same wallet. When we make an address payment, we will send our through which address.

For example, MyWallet is my purse. I have my A, B, C, D addresses in this wallet.

A: 0.2 BTC
B: 0.1 BTC
C: 0.7 BTC
D: 0 BTC

MyWallet: 1 BTC

I want to send the address bitcoin to D. Now when I write address D in my wallet, 0.5 BTC will be sent from which address.

It is not problem in wallet like coinbase, blockchain.info. You can easily switch your BTC between ur addresses with fee 10000 satoshi.

There is more than one address in a wallet. We can receive different payments using these addresses. But all the pays are in the same wallet. When we make an address payment, we will send our through which address.

For example, MyWallet is my purse. I have my A, B, C, D addresses in this wallet.

A: 0.2 BTC
B: 0.1 BTC
C: 0.7 BTC
D: 0 BTC

MyWallet: 1 BTC

I want to send the address bitcoin to D. Now when I write address D in my wallet, 0.5 BTC will be sent from which address.

I've been curious of this as well.

This is something I have also tried doing but I couldnt even get an headway. I have a new address added and funded it now I want to transfer from that new wallet to previous wallet but what I noticed was it seems the money didnt move out and I have had difficulty in this. For those who were able to perform this on blockchain.info kindly give the steps necessary to make this happen...

This is something I have also tried doing but I couldnt even get an headway. I have a new address added and funded it now I want to transfer from that new wallet to previous wallet but what I noticed was it seems the money didnt move out and I have had difficulty in this. For those who were able to perform this on blockchain.info kindly give the steps necessary to make this happen...

While you can do it, as you have seen from the posts preceding this one, why would you want to do that?  All those addresses come from the same SEED and/or all share the same master public key.  In fact on most of the better wallets when you send coins from one of your addresses, ANY coins left in the sending coin address are automatically moved to a new "change" address (Electrum as example).  Still, I can visualize why you might want to move coins from a publicly available address where you repeatedly receive coins.  There is NO harm in simply moving them to another address in the same wallet.  Just remember that all those addresses are mathematically related, should the MPK ever get discovered, OR if someone does a trace through the blockchain to follow your transactions from that one initial address.  You may not care about this, but for some, this it a factor worth consideration.  Just sayin!!

Yes it is possible, i've tried this on my coinbase wallet out of curiosity. I have 5 addreses there and the 4 of them wasn't been used for a long time. I'm wondering if it still works so i use the same wallet to send to the 4 addresses. I send the minimum amount to 4 of them to see if it will still can receive and yes, my experimentation succeed.