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Unspent Transaction Output

Fleeting

When a UTXO is spent in a transaction it is destroyed, and one or more new UTXOs are created

https://river.com/learn/terms/u/unspent-transaction-output-utxo/

If Alice owns a UTXO worth 1 BTC and wishes to pay Bob 0.4 BTC, she must spend the entire 1 BTC as an input

https://river.com/learn/terms/u/unspent-transaction-output-utxo/

Alice creates two outputs: the first to Bob, in the amount of 0.4 BTC, and the second back to herself, in the amount 0.59 BTC, assuming that she paid a 0.01 BTC transaction fee.

https://river.com/learn/terms/u/unspent-transaction-output-utxo/

consume one UTXO and create 2 new ones

https://river.com/learn/terms/u/unspent-transaction-output-utxo/

the fee paid is not itself an output

https://river.com/learn/terms/u/unspent-transaction-output-utxo/