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Economy => Web Wallets => Topic started by: btc3769 on July 05, 2016, 03:51:20 PM



Title: Mysterious extra charge on transaction to shapeshift from blockchain.info?
Post by: btc3769 on July 05, 2016, 03:51:20 PM
I recently sent some BTC to an altcoin via shapeshift.io from my blockchain.info wallet. Shapeshift gives you a single address to send it to, which I did, in the amount of roughly .152BTC, but of that, only .1486 arrived and .0038 went to another address I didn't see in the initial transaction. There was an additional .00027 BTC mining fee, which I expected, but why did that .0038 get sent to a different address? Is this a blockchain.info fee for sending from their wallet? Is there a way to avoid this second fee? And why does my 'Estimated BTC Transacted' number only show .1486? This is the amount I sent minus this extra destination-I'm just not clear on where that went...

Thanks in advance...


Title: Re: Mysterious extra charge on transaction to shapeshift from blockchain.info?
Post by: odolvlobo on July 05, 2016, 04:28:32 PM
That address is called a "change" address. That is how bitcoin works. Your wallet controls that address so you haven't lost the bitcoins.

Read this:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Change


Title: Re: Mysterious extra charge on transaction to shapeshift from blockchain.info?
Post by: btc3769 on July 05, 2016, 05:27:47 PM
Aha-that makes a lot of sense, I was just worried there were odd charges in there I didn't know about-perfect-thanks!