Crox Road on Nostr: Stop looking for a balance sheet. Bitcoin doesn’t track balances; it tracks unspent ...
Stop looking for a balance sheet. Bitcoin doesn’t track balances; it tracks unspent outputs (UTXOs). Like distinct physical coins, each UTXO must be fully spent or split, with no fractional leftovers. This design enables stronger privacy and validation because nodes verify individual transaction inputs against the ledger, not aggregate account states. Next time you send BTC, look for that tiny satoshi change returned to your own wallet.
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"content": "Stop looking for a balance sheet. Bitcoin doesn’t track balances; it tracks unspent outputs (UTXOs). Like distinct physical coins, each UTXO must be fully spent or split, with no fractional leftovers. This design enables stronger privacy and validation because nodes verify individual transaction inputs against the ledger, not aggregate account states. Next time you send BTC, look for that tiny satoshi change returned to your own wallet.",
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