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legendary
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August 18, 2014, 11:30:15 PM
#6
Yes, I am a legend in my own mind  Grin 

There are a few of us that have been here a very long time and have spent way too much time on this forum.  However, even after all this time I still learn new things about Bitcoin on a regular basis.  That is what I love most about Bitcoin.
legendary
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August 18, 2014, 09:25:51 PM
#5
I think they are "consolidating" all the coins they have mined in to one large UTXO so that when they pay the miners in the pool the transaction is one large UTXO to many, many outputs instead of the alternative without consolidation:  many mined blocks of about 25 BTC to many, many outputs to all the miners.  The alternative to consolidating the mined blocks into one large UTXO would cost more to send because it would be a much larger transaction.

Just a guess.

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legendary
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August 18, 2014, 09:16:21 PM
#4
Could some explain what's the point of these transactions?

https://blockchain.info/address/1KFHE7w8BhaENAswwryaoccDb6qcT6DbYY

Seems like coins just keep going out and back into the same address - only 1 output, and 1 input.  

Example:
  https://blockchain.info/tx/21e9c728ceb47450e7098c14208183c0c951e0b210dc4bbbb0a647e31aa2e033


How would that be useful? Am I missing something?

It's 4 inputs and 1 outputs. Turn on the Advanced mode in blockchain.info
legendary
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090930
August 18, 2014, 05:09:29 PM
#3
I think they are "consolidating" all the coins they have mined in to one large UTXO so that when they pay the miners in the pool the transaction is one large UTXO to many, many outputs instead of the alternative without consolidation:  many mined blocks of about 25 BTC to many, many outputs to all the miners.  The alternative to consolidating the mined blocks into one large UTXO would cost more to send because it would be a much larger transaction.

Just a guess.

Thanks, that's what I vaguely suspected too, but I wasn't sure.
legendary
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August 18, 2014, 12:04:51 PM
#2
I think they are "consolidating" all the coins they have mined in to one large UTXO so that when they pay the miners in the pool the transaction is one large UTXO to many, many outputs instead of the alternative without consolidation:  many mined blocks of about 25 BTC to many, many outputs to all the miners.  The alternative to consolidating the mined blocks into one large UTXO would cost more to send because it would be a much larger transaction.

Just a guess.
legendary
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090930
August 18, 2014, 01:48:30 AM
#1
Could some explain what's the point of these transactions?

https://blockchain.info/address/1KFHE7w8BhaENAswwryaoccDb6qcT6DbYY

Seems like coins just keep going out and back into the same address - only 1 output, and 1 input.  

Example:
  https://blockchain.info/tx/21e9c728ceb47450e7098c14208183c0c951e0b210dc4bbbb0a647e31aa2e033


How would that be useful? Am I missing something?
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