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@ 2014-07-13 23:32 Richard Moore
  2014-07-14  2:25 ` Aaron Voisine
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From: Richard Moore @ 2014-07-13 23:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hey all,

I'm working on the UTXO database for my Python implementation of bitcoind and have found a situation I did not realize was valid, but since it seems to be, had a quick question.

If you look at block #546 the 4th transaction's first input uses its own block's 3rd transaction as an input.
https://blockchain.info/block/000000005a4ded781e667e06ceefafb71410b511fe0d5adc3e5a27ecbec34ae6

My question is, would the other way be valid, that is, could the 3rd transaction of a block, use the 4th transaction from the same block as an input? Or are transactions processed strictly top to bottom?

Thanks,
RicMoo

P.S. If it is valid, another question; what would happen if a transaction was self-referencing? I realize it would be very difficult to find one, but if I could find a transaction X whose input was X and had an output Y, would Y be a new valid utxo, without being a generation transaction input?

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Richard Moore ~ Founder
Genetic Mistakes Software inc.
phone: (778) 882-6125
email: ricmoo@geneticmistakes.com
www: http://GeneticMistakes.com


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