Author

Topic: What does "Unable to decode output address" mean? (Read 1157 times)

legendary
Activity: 4214
Merit: 1313
When I looked up an address on blockchain.info, I found a transaction with the message "Unable to decode output address " standing above the receiving address. What does this mean?  Roll Eyes



There is a similar discussion here:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/how-is-this-possible-blockchain-unable-to-decode-output-address-1453347

With a bit more detail.
staff
Activity: 3458
Merit: 6793
Just writing some code
When I looked up an address on blockchain.info, I found a transaction with the message "Unable to decode output address " standing above the receiving address. What does this mean?  Roll Eyes


It means that the output script is not an address but rather a custom script. Typically this is an OP_RETURN output which encodes 80 bytes of arbitrary data into the transaction.
tyz
legendary
Activity: 3360
Merit: 1533
When I looked up an address on blockchain.info, I found a transaction with the message "Unable to decode output address " standing above the receiving address. What does this mean?  Roll Eyes

Jump to: