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diff --git a/contrib/spendfrom/README.md b/contrib/spendfrom/README.md index bc4def5f74..809540b7b1 100644 --- a/contrib/spendfrom/README.md +++ b/contrib/spendfrom/README.md @@ -1,11 +1,10 @@ ### SpendFrom ### Use the raw transactions API to send coins received on a particular -address (or addresses). +address (or addresses). -Depends on `jsonrpc` - -Usage: +### Usage: ### +Depends on [jsonrpc](http://json-rpc.org/). spendfrom.py --from=FROMADDRESS1[,FROMADDRESS2] --to=TOADDRESS --amount=amount \ --fee=fee --datadir=/path/to/.bitcoin --testnet --dry_run @@ -14,21 +13,23 @@ With no arguments, outputs a list of amounts associated with addresses. 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 +### Notes ### + +- 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 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 +- 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). -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 +- If the transaction is created and broadcast successfully, a transaction id is printed. -If this was a tool for end-users and not programmers, it would have much friendlier +- If this was a tool for end-users and not programmers, it would have much friendlier error-handling. |