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An odd looking tx.
by
CuriousCarl
on 03/02/2015, 21:32:31 UTC
⭐ Merited by ABCbits (2)

What happened to the tx input in this transaction? The output says "nulldata". What does that mean?

Code:
C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\daemon>bitcoin-cli.exe getrawtransaction db3cc99eb91533
bf0973b62c572589925df8e1f1501678d54034261b5a4ccfbf 1
{
    "hex" : "010000000151693cb178b2d7396532865aaa35d054be0db6aaf2ca3b5adbf90bcf7
28eaabb3a0000008a47304402202b0c035d0075adae560688dae0fcf78142e96bcaf9fafd510940c
76c5629936d0220037e006368f3fc09af40f862df4bcc10cf0f239a40364cffcd1fabb0904f5f830
14104bd184b34e4e20698a7670854e16f68c4ca2f9326572342998bdf1b1c4685644c2374e40c19c
a20eeb3439e3255d468d3e92aa32f577df99bdb409c8f064462f7ffffffff0100000000000000002
a6a28444f4350524f4f46f303df84d32e8c5c3433a807d4b6da36f782bc4e03c6cf41a907ea2193a
0e16b00000000",
    "txid" : "db3cc99eb91533bf0973b62c572589925df8e1f1501678d54034261b5a4ccfbf",

    "version" : 1,
    "locktime" : 0,
    "vin" : [
        {
            "txid" : "bbaa8e72cf0bf9db5a3bcaf2aab60dbe54d035aa5a86326539d7b278b1
3c6951",
            "vout" : 58,
            "scriptSig" : {
                "asm" : "304402202b0c035d0075adae560688dae0fcf78142e96bcaf9fafd5
10940c76c5629936d0220037e006368f3fc09af40f862df4bcc10cf0f239a40364cffcd1fabb0904
f5f8301 04bd184b34e4e20698a7670854e16f68c4ca2f9326572342998bdf1b1c4685644c2374e4
0c19ca20eeb3439e3255d468d3e92aa32f577df99bdb409c8f064462f7",
                "hex" : "47304402202b0c035d0075adae560688dae0fcf78142e96bcaf9faf
d510940c76c5629936d0220037e006368f3fc09af40f862df4bcc10cf0f239a40364cffcd1fabb09
04f5f83014104bd184b34e4e20698a7670854e16f68c4ca2f9326572342998bdf1b1c4685644c237
4e40c19ca20eeb3439e3255d468d3e92aa32f577df99bdb409c8f064462f7"
            },
            "sequence" : 4294967295
        }
    ],
    "vout" : [
        {
            "value" : 0.00000000,
            "n" : 0,
            "scriptPubKey" : {
                "asm" : "OP_RETURN 444f4350524f4f46f303df84d32e8c5c3433a807d4b6d
a36f782bc4e03c6cf41a907ea2193a0e16b",
                "hex" : "6a28444f4350524f4f46f303df84d32e8c5c3433a807d4b6da36f78
2bc4e03c6cf41a907ea2193a0e16b",
                "type" : "nulldata"
            }
        }
    ],
    "blockhash" : "0000000000000000000119f88871f8a3c3b7be053c98b31e9c4676df30243
cfe",
    "confirmations" : 7913,
    "time" : 1418331464,
    "blocktime" : 1418331464
}

Blockchain.info also has trouble showing this transaction. I.e. it doesn't have an output address?
https://blockchain.info/tx/db3cc99eb91533bf0973b62c572589925df8e1f1501678d54034261b5a4ccfbf?show_adv=true

There is btc input, but there doesn't seem to be any output address. How does that work?