what's going on at that address?

[flatfly]

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?

[BurtW]

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.

[flatfly]

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.

[jl2012]

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

[frankenmint]

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.

Wow Nice Title

[BurtW]

Yes, I am a legend in my own mind   

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