How can I create a transaction that collects inputs from many addresses and sends them to one address in bitcoind?

I'm using bitcoind and would like to understand how to create transactions that send inputs from many specifically selected addresses (from my wallet) to one destination address. I want to do manually what the sendtoaddress command does automatically.

If this operation requires me to create a raw transaction could you please provide a working example? I already read bitcoin.it:raw_transactions, but it is hard to understand without an example and unfortunately the wiki article doesn't provide any.

I would appreciate help greatly.

Arsenius

Posted 2013-09-16T11:58:25.253

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1Please be careful, I have seen many people accidently mess up with raw transactions. Such as sending hundreads of BTC as a miners fee or the likes. – MaxSan – 2013-09-16T14:44:45.423

I will plan to test dipply with small amounts first. – Arsenius – 2013-09-16T15:28:44.167

There is also the "testnet" which is made for testing – RentFree – 2013-11-17T05:36:03.040

Look this, you have a example: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/68820/createrawtransaction-and-fundrawtransaction

– Thamer Mazzuca Martins – 2018-01-17T18:38:34.823

Answers

When you have a bitcoin balance, that balance is actually unspent outputs from transactions your addresses have already received.

So when you want to send a raw transaction, what you include in that is the transactions and unspent outputs from those transactions... these can be from any address in your wallet.

The basic idea is;

createrawtransaction signrawtransaction sendrawtransaction

If you google around, you'll find plenty of examples of their use.

ManreeRist

Posted 2013-09-16T11:58:25.253

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Cool, please mark as answer to give me some cred :) – ManreeRist – 2013-09-17T23:39:21.780

Not enough reputation to do it, but I will. – Arsenius – 2013-10-03T04:56:21.993

Coinbin seem to require internet/blockchain access in order to create a raw transaction. Is this true with all methods of creating raw transactions? – Alex Millar – 2015-05-29T21:51:13.217