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@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ $ bitcoin-cli gettransaction 9ca8f969bd3ef5ec2a8685660fdbf7a8bd365524c2e1fc66c30
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Transaction IDs are not authoritative until a transaction has been confirmed. Absence of a transaction hash in the blockchain does not mean the transaction was not processed. This is known as "transaction malleability," as transaction hashes can be modified prior to confirmation in a block. After confirmation, the txid is immutable and authoritative.
Transaction IDs are not authoritative until a transaction has been confirmed. Absence of a transaction hash in the blockchain does not mean the transaction was not processed. This is known as "transaction malleability," because transaction hashes can be modified prior to confirmation in a block. After confirmation, the txid is immutable and authoritative.
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The transaction form shown with the command +gettransaction+ is the simplified form. To retrieve the full transaction code and decode it we will use two commands: +getrawtransaction+ and +decoderawtransaction+. First, +getrawtransaction+ takes the _transaction hash (txid)_ as a parameter and returns the full transaction as a "raw" hex string, exactly as it exists on the bitcoin network: