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I'm not about to hand over my wallet to anybody. I appreciate it if somebody walked me through the steps, as I'm sure that I'm not the only one that this is going to happen to.
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Ok, lets start with something simple and safe.
- Start up Bitcoin-Qt
- Click on the "Help" menu option
- Choose "Debug Window"
- In the Debug Window, choose "Console"
- In the Console, type the following command:
listunspent
You will receive a list of all the unspent outputs that your wallet is tracking. These are what the wallet spends when it builds a transaction for you. Each unspent output in the list will have:
- txid = The transactionID of the transaction that sent you the bitcoins
- vout = The output index to the specific output from that transaction that sent you the bitcoins
- scriptPubKey = Not important for our current purpose, but sets up the requirements for spending the output
- amount = the amount of bitcoins the output would contribute to a transaction if it is used as an input
- confirmations = the number of confirmations received on the output so far
How many outputs does your wallet have?
What is the largest "amount" value of the unspent outputs in your wallet?
What is the value of "confirmations" on the output with the largest "amount" value?
What is the total value of all outputs in your wallet?
I can use the answers to those questions to help you build a raw transaction.