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For the Bitcoin business, see [[Coinbase (business)]]. | For the Bitcoin business, see [[Coinbase (business)]]. | ||
The '''coinbase''' is the content of the 'input' of a generation transaction. While regular transactions use the 'inputs' section to refer to their parent transaction outputs, a generation transaction has no parent, and creates new coins from nothing. | |||
The coinbase can contain any arbitrary data. The [[genesis block]] famously contains the dated title of an FT article: | |||
The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks | |||
==See also== | |||
* [[Transactions]] | |||
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Revision as of 04:16, 24 May 2013
For the Bitcoin business, see Coinbase (business).
The coinbase is the content of the 'input' of a generation transaction. While regular transactions use the 'inputs' section to refer to their parent transaction outputs, a generation transaction has no parent, and creates new coins from nothing.
The coinbase can contain any arbitrary data. The genesis block famously contains the dated title of an FT article:
The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks
See also
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