Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1WFfro-00045i-76 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 08:17:24 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of riseup.net designates 198.252.153.129 as permitted sender) client-ip=198.252.153.129; envelope-from=odinn.cyberguerrilla@riseup.net; helo=mx1.riseup.net; Received: from mx1.riseup.net ([198.252.153.129]) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.76) id 1WFfrm-0001m7-39 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 08:17:24 +0000 Received: from fruiteater.riseup.net (fruiteater-pn.riseup.net [10.0.1.74]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.riseup.net", Issuer "Gandi Standard SSL CA" (not verified)) by mx1.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EECA051375; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:17:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (Authenticated sender: odinn.cyberguerrilla@fruiteater.riseup.net) with ESMTPSA id 91111ED0 Received: from localhost (127.0.0.1) (SquirrelMail authenticated user odinn.cyberguerrilla) by fruiteater.riseup.net with HTTP; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:17:15 -0800 Message-ID: <85767ed60882da6fe3675cba9733777e.squirrel@fruiteater.riseup.net> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 00:17:15 -0800 From: "Odinn Cyberguerrilla" To: "Denis Andrejew" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.21 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.8 at mx1 X-Virus-Status: Clean Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -2.1 (--) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain -0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at http://www.dnswl.org/, no trust [198.252.153.129 listed in list.dnswl.org] -0.0 SPF_HELO_PASS SPF: HELO matches SPF record -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -0.6 RP_MATCHES_RCVD Envelope sender domain matches handover relay domain 0.0 UNPARSEABLE_RELAY Informational: message has unparseable relay lines X-Headers-End: 1WFfrm-0001m7-39 Cc: bitcoin-development Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] bitcoind json API (gettx/raw) (newbie questions #2) X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 08:17:24 -0000 > Hey everybody, > > here's another question that I have: > > I'd like a small bit of clarification about the gettx / getrawtransacti= on > (decoded) api call. I understand that I can find the address that a > transaction output is directed at / available to for future use sits in > the > vout array in the scriptPubKey.addresses array. I'm a little uncertain = as > to why that piece of information would be typed as an array when all it > ever seems to contain is one (not more, not less) address(es). > > Are there any cases of transactions right now that don't contain exactl= y 1 > item in that array, i.e. more or less than a single address (per single > vout element, not per tx)? Or is the thinking behind this array to some= how > make the data structure more extensible for potential future use? But t= hen > I can't think of any use cases where it appears to make any sense to pu= t > more than 1 address there... This might be such a use case, just maybe --> https://coinb.in/multisig Also I recommend checking out http://abis.io These may be things you are thinking about in the context of this. > Or am I even asking the wrong questions? For spending those coins, i.e. > using them in a future transaction it's all about owning the > public/private > key that is contained in the vout script, right? So the address doesn't > really matter and it could be 2 or more (or none at all?) addresses in > there, and what matters is just that the next guy has the key to spendi= ng > those coins... ? > > Once again I'm coming to these questions from a project where I'm tryin= g > to > calculate unspent outputs and from that balances for all accounts and I= 'm > not sure yet what other special cases there might be in the blockchain > that > I need to be aware of and handle properly in order to (re-)produce > accurate > data! > > Thanks for your help, much appreciated! > - Denis > > "Be the change you want to see in the world." 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