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Topic: Query address balance (Read 1000 times)

legendary
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Merit: 1174
May 06, 2011, 07:39:45 PM
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It's possible in theory, but it would require scanning the whole blockchain for unspent transaction outputs addressed to that particular address. It would take a while, and I don't think it's implemented anywhere.
full member
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May 06, 2011, 07:31:14 PM
#1
Since every user stores a complete copy of the block-chain, in principle it should be possible to query the balance for any address, not just addresses belonging to the current user. Is there a remote procedure call for bitcoind that allows the user to query the balance of a public address?
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