Manage UTXOs meaning choosing which outputs you want to use as your transaction inputs.
You would want to do this if you want to have some privacy by not allowing two addresses to be spend linked with each other.
Perfect got it thanks, I probably would want to go the raw transaction route in that caseYou would want to do this if you want to have some privacy by not allowing two addresses to be spend linked with each other.
If you want to manage the change address, you will need to use a raw transaction. sendtoaddress will create a change address for you.
seems like I would need a rawtransaction anyway, as you mentioned with regards to spend linkedI am aware of the damage that raw transaction can do, and having lets say even a digit or value wrong could result in a lost transaction/btc. Obviously I want to understand this fully before I code and again test on the testnet before I consider running it normally.
I am really just doing this to be able to do it and learn more, not necessarily something to be used in production/as a service, but I would like it to be as good as something that could be used in production if that makes sense.
Thanks again
It's not just getting a digit wrong. If you don't create a change output, the change will become your fee. If you don't add correctly, you may end up having too high a fee or too low.I am really just doing this to be able to do it and learn more, not necessarily something to be used in production/as a service, but I would like it to be as good as something that could be used in production if that makes sense.
Thanks again
So raw transaction while more complicated seems to be the way I should approach this as again im trying to learn as much as possible and not take the easy shortcut.
And again I would use the testnet and not play around with actual bitcoins on the main blockchain
