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| author | super3 <me@super3.org> | 2013-10-15 23:14:30 -0400 |
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| committer | super3 <me@super3.org> | 2013-10-15 23:37:30 -0400 |
| commit | 27e2d8bfb5678e79d956b9f1aa50c1b14177d748 (patch) | |
| tree | a5eb2108ca9cc82af6f5e393608db80a456544cf /contrib/spendfrom | |
| parent | dd9bd863cfc52c17753c75a983ea49870e9b1c53 (diff) | |
| download | bitcoin-27e2d8bfb5678e79d956b9f1aa50c1b14177d748.tar.xz | |
Finished /Contrib Index. Standardized READMEs.
File and Link Fix.
Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/spendfrom')
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/spendfrom/README.md (renamed from contrib/spendfrom/README) | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/spendfrom/README b/contrib/spendfrom/README.md index 8a087a0c1e..bc4def5f74 100644 --- a/contrib/spendfrom/README +++ b/contrib/spendfrom/README.md @@ -1,16 +1,18 @@ +### SpendFrom ### + Use the raw transactions API to send coins received on a particular address (or addresses). -Depends on jsonrpc +Depends on `jsonrpc` Usage: -spendfrom.py --from=FROMADDRESS1[,FROMADDRESS2] --to=TOADDRESS --amount=amount \ - --fee=fee --datadir=/path/to/.bitcoin --testnet --dry_run + spendfrom.py --from=FROMADDRESS1[,FROMADDRESS2] --to=TOADDRESS --amount=amount \ + --fee=fee --datadir=/path/to/.bitcoin --testnet --dry_run With no arguments, outputs a list of amounts associated with addresses. -With arguments, sends coins received by the FROMADDRESS addresses to the TOADDRESS. +With arguments, sends coins received by the `FROMADDRESS` addresses to the `TOADDRESS`. You may explictly specify how much fee to pay (a fee more than 1% of the amount will fail, though, to prevent bitcoin-losing accidents). Spendfrom may fail if @@ -18,11 +20,11 @@ it thinks the transaction would never be confirmed (if the amount being sent is too small, or if the transaction is too many bytes for the fee). If a change output needs to be created, the change will be sent to the last -FROMADDRESS (if you specify just one FROMADDRESS, change will go back to it). +`FROMADDRESS` (if you specify just one `FROMADDRESS`, change will go back to it). -If --datadir is not specified, the default datadir is used. +If `--datadir` is not specified, the default datadir is used. -The --dry_run option will just create and sign the the transaction and print +The `--dry_run` option will just create and sign the the transaction and print the transaction data (as hexadecimal), instead of broadcasting it. If the transaction is created and broadcast successfully, a transaction id |