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Other => Beginners & Help => Topic started by: iraszl on May 12, 2014, 07:11:42 PM



Title: Add metadata into transactions
Post by: iraszl on May 12, 2014, 07:11:42 PM
What sort of meta-data can be added to a bitcoin transaction? And which wallet or web app can do that? Thanks


Title: Re: Add metadata into transactions
Post by: shorena on May 13, 2014, 07:53:47 AM
What sort of meta-data can be added to a bitcoin transaction? And which wallet or web app can do that? Thanks

You cant add data to a transaction. Meta-data would be the Bitcoinaddresses used. Not sure if you use "meta-data" wrong or I dont understand your question.


Title: Re: Add metadata into transactions
Post by: iraszl on May 13, 2014, 06:58:01 PM
Thanks! I assumed there is a field you can include some text with your transactions. So the only data you can include in a transaction is the address, the amount and the fee, right?


Title: Re: Add metadata into transactions
Post by: shorena on May 13, 2014, 10:53:03 PM
Thanks! I assumed there is a field you can include some text with your transactions. So the only data you can include in a transaction is the address, the amount and the fee, right?

Well there is more https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Transactions
but no message currently.


Title: Re: Add metadata into transactions
Post by: lda1000 on May 14, 2014, 08:26:16 PM
Things like blockchain.info use to allow users to add message to a transaction. This would be stored on the web site's database not the actual btc blockchain I presume.


Title: Re: Add metadata into transactions
Post by: Chemistry1988 on May 14, 2014, 08:34:03 PM
What sort of meta-data can be added to a bitcoin transaction? And which wallet or web app can do that? Thanks

You cant add data to a transaction. Meta-data would be the Bitcoinaddresses used. Not sure if you use "meta-data" wrong or I dont understand your question.

Indeed you can add data to a tx (up to 80 bytes) with OP_RETURN since qt 0.9.0.

FYR: https://bitcoinfoundation.org/2013/10/24/core-development-update-5/