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move('', 'person-5', 2.5, 0, 'play-money')Creates two transactions...
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[
{"account"=>"", "category"=>"move", "time"=>1390254155, "amount"=>-2.5, "otheraccount"=>"person-5", "comment"=>"play-money"},
{"account"=>"person-5", "category"=>"move", "time"=>1390254155, "amount"=>2.5, "otheraccount"=>"", "comment"=>"play-money"}
]
The balances appear correct...
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getbalance('') -> -2.5
getbalance('person-5') -> 2.5The results look correct, but I don't understand why two transactions are needed for one operation. Is this common practice among "ledger" systems?
I suppose... if I think about the first transaction as a "debit", it makes sense that a corresponding "credit" exists. Is the "otheraccount" attribute used as a form of connecting the two transactions?
Example... if I made a debit object like the one above, minus the "otheraccount" attribute, I would know that a debit was made on account "", but I'd have no indication of where that bitcoin was to be moved to.
Okay. I guess I answered my own question. Cool.
Also, if "account" is meant to mean "from this account", and "otheraccount" is meant to mean "to this account", I think the existing labels are terrible. Not a question, just a complaint.