|
jack102938 (OP)
|
 |
July 01, 2011, 08:38:35 PM |
|
Hi all, just a basic question really.... is it possible to prove that A sent X BTC to B? Thanks  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
If you see garbage posts (off-topic, trolling, spam, no point, etc.), use the "report to moderator" links. All reports are investigated, though you will rarely be contacted about your reports.
|
|
|
Advertised sites are not endorsed by the Bitcoin Forum. They may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FooDSt4mP
|
|
July 01, 2011, 08:40:21 PM |
|
Blockexplorer.com
|
As we slide down the banister of life, this is just another splinter in our ass.
|
|
|
kokjo
Legendary
 Offline
Activity: 1050
Merit: 1000
You are WRONG!
|
|
July 01, 2011, 08:40:50 PM |
|
|
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves and wiser people so full of doubts." -Bertrand Russell
|
|
|
|
error
|
|
July 01, 2011, 08:41:44 PM |
|
You can prove you sent bitcoins to an address by spending the change. You cannot prove who received the bitcoins without their cooperation.
|
3KzNGwzRZ6SimWuFAgh4TnXzHpruHMZmV8
|
|
|
|
jack102938 (OP)
|
|
July 01, 2011, 08:42:34 PM |
|
You can prove you sent bitcoins to an address by spending the change. You cannot prove who received the bitcoins without their cooperation.
Hi, Can you explain more please? Thanks! |
|
|
|
|
|
bitlotto
|
|
July 01, 2011, 08:43:23 PM |
|
Not really. Unless:
-all your money is in one address in one wallet
-you announce you will send another amount to another address of yours and then do (has to be a pretty unique amount)
-but even then, someone else could see the announcement and send it again
-all that would prove is the from address is the same and was sent again after you announced
|
*Next Draw Feb 1* BitLotto: monthly raffle (0.25 BTC per ticket) Completely transparent and impossible to manipulate who wins. TOR TOR2WEB Donations to: 1JQdiQsjhV2uJ4Y8HFtdqteJsZhv835a8J are appreciated. |
|
|
|
error
|
|
July 01, 2011, 08:43:39 PM |
|
You can prove you sent bitcoins to an address by spending the change. You cannot prove who received the bitcoins without their cooperation.
Hi, Can you explain more please? Thanks! Which part do you want to have explained? |
3KzNGwzRZ6SimWuFAgh4TnXzHpruHMZmV8
|
|
|
|
jack102938 (OP)
|
|
July 01, 2011, 08:44:31 PM |
|
You can prove you sent bitcoins to an address by spending the change. You cannot prove who received the bitcoins without their cooperation.
Hi, Can you explain more please? Thanks! Which part do you want to have explained? The "change" part... and how I find it and spend it. |
|
|
|
|
|
John Tobey
|
|
July 01, 2011, 08:46:30 PM |
|
You could come pretty close, but the software support is rather lacking. With a patched client, you can sign a message with the key pair used in the transaction. The message could say "Jack owns this coin". That would be pretty good evidence, though there is always the chance the real owners gave you the key pair after they spent the coin, or you paid them to sign a false message.
If you haven't yet sent it, you could in theory create a transaction and send its hash to the recipient before you execute it. Again, the current software doesn't help much here, but with the command line you can at least find the transaction hash after the fact. The recipient could check the hash in a database like Block Explorer.
|
|
|
|
|
error
|
|
July 01, 2011, 08:48:00 PM |
|
You can prove you sent bitcoins to an address by spending the change. You cannot prove who received the bitcoins without their cooperation.
Hi, Can you explain more please? Thanks! Which part do you want to have explained? The "change" part... and how I find it and spend it. Send somebody some money. View your transaction in Block Explorer. You will see that your money went to your recipient, AND some more money went to another address. That is the change, and it returns to your wallet at a newly generated address. You merely need to spend that particular coin. |
3KzNGwzRZ6SimWuFAgh4TnXzHpruHMZmV8
|
|
|
|
John Tobey
|
|
July 01, 2011, 09:05:58 PM |
|
Send somebody some money. View your transaction in Block Explorer. You will see that your money went to your recipient, AND some more money went to another address. That is the change, and it returns to your wallet at a newly generated address. You merely need to spend that particular coin.
True... if you have not already spent it and its descendants... and if the transaction did not happen to come out even (without change). I think in the future transaction creation will be separate from execution, and sending the transaction hash first will be the straightforward solution in cases where you know beforehand that you will need proof. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
jack102938 (OP)
|
|
July 01, 2011, 09:27:49 PM |
|
Send somebody some money. View your transaction in Block Explorer. You will see that your money went to your recipient, AND some more money went to another address. That is the change, and it returns to your wallet at a newly generated address. You merely need to spend that particular coin.
Thanks! Just out of interest, how long does it take for a transaction to appear in BlockExplorer? |
|
|
|
|
kokjo
Legendary
Offline
Activity: 1050
Merit: 1000
You are WRONG!
|
|
July 01, 2011, 09:38:49 PM |
|
Send somebody some money. View your transaction in Block Explorer. You will see that your money went to your recipient, AND some more money went to another address. That is the change, and it returns to your wallet at a newly generated address. You merely need to spend that particular coin.
Thanks! Just out of interest, how long does it take for a transaction to appear in BlockExplorer? it appears when it confirmed, and included in a block. |
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves and wiser people so full of doubts." -Bertrand Russell
|
|
|
|
jack102938 (OP)
|
|
July 01, 2011, 10:06:28 PM |
|
Send somebody some money. View your transaction in Block Explorer. You will see that your money went to your recipient, AND some more money went to another address. That is the change, and it returns to your wallet at a newly generated address. You merely need to spend that particular coin.
How do I spend that particular coin? |
|
|
|
|
koin
Legendary
Offline
Activity: 873
Merit: 1000
|
|
July 01, 2011, 11:03:43 PM |
|
That is the change, and it returns to your wallet at a newly generated address. You merely need to spend that particular coin.
How do I spend that particular coin? how do you spend your change? the ability to spend the change never left your wallet, so you can just spend using the bitcoin client as normal.oh, i hadn't read back to see what you are trying to do. the bitcoin client chooses for you which coins to use in spending. there is a patch that you can use to help though: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=23354.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
jack102938 (OP)
|
|
July 02, 2011, 12:55:40 PM |
|
That is the change, and it returns to your wallet at a newly generated address. You merely need to spend that particular coin.
How do I spend that particular coin? how do you spend your change? the ability to spend the change never left your wallet, so you can just spend using the bitcoin client as normal.oh, i hadn't read back to see what you are trying to do. the bitcoin client chooses for you which coins to use in spending. there is a patch that you can use to help though: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=23354.0Thanks for that, although I sent the payment using a web-based client (mybitcoin.com) and would this therefore not work in my case? |
|
|
|
|
|
bitlotto
|
|
July 02, 2011, 02:39:09 PM |
|
Thanks for that, although I sent the payment using a web-based client (mybitcoin.com) and would this therefore not work in my case?
That's correct. You would have to have access to mybitcoin's logs as well. |
*Next Draw Feb 1* BitLotto: monthly raffle (0.25 BTC per ticket) Completely transparent and impossible to manipulate who wins. TOR TOR2WEB Donations to: 1JQdiQsjhV2uJ4Y8HFtdqteJsZhv835a8J are appreciated. |
|
|
FreeMoney
Legendary
Offline
Activity: 1246
Merit: 1014
Strength in numbers
|
|
July 02, 2011, 06:04:40 PM |
|
Someone being able to spend the change is not sure proof of sending the original tx. What you read as change could be another payment made simultaneously using SendMany. You need to see the person use the IN address again.
None of that is needed just to show that the tx happened though, just look in block explorer.
|
Play Bitcoin Poker at sealswithclubs.eu. We're active and open to everyone. |
|
|
|
jack102938 (OP)
|
|
July 02, 2011, 06:52:39 PM |
|
Another really n00b question, apologies... can someone explain to me how to read BlockExplorer.com... like which addresses mean what? For example, on http://www.bitlotto.com it says you can send a payment (the winnings) back to the person who sent the winning ticket bitcoin... so I assume another address is created which is associated with the sender of bitcoins? so confusing  |
|
|
|
|
|
