<p>Yes, absolutely.</p>

<p>You can chop a 1 BTC input into 5 equal 0.2 BTC outputs, all to the same address.  These are not strange at all.</p>

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mike belshe
<p>Is it technically possible to send a payment consisting of several outputs, of which two (or more) are the same?</p>

<p>ie input collected 10 btc -> output to 1abc 1btc, output to 1abc 1btc, output to self 8btc (change)?</p>

<p>Will the client allow it? Can it be handcrafted?</p>

<p>I'm building a merchant-type app, and am trying to account for strange, non-standard transactions.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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I'd expect so. No reason to specifically invalidate this, and it should be valid (though a little wasteful, in terms of transaction size and processing fees for both you and the owner of 1abc). I think this falls under the "go ahead and try it" category.
Tim S.
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Is it technically possible to send a transaction with two identical destination output addresses?
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# Is it technically possible to send a transaction with two identical destination output addresses?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-05-02)

Is it technically possible to send a payment consisting of several outputs, of which two (or more) are the same?

ie input collected 10 btc -> output to 1abc 1btc, output to 1abc 1btc, output to self 8btc (change)?

Will the client allow it? Can it be handcrafted?

I'm building a merchant-type app, and am trying to account for strange, non-standard transactions.

Thanks!

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I'd expect so. No reason to specifically invalidate this, and it should be valid (though a little wasteful, in terms of transaction size and processing fees for both you and the owner of 1abc). I think this falls under the "go ahead and try it" category.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-05-02. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Yes, absolutely.

You can chop a 1 BTC input into 5 equal 0.2 BTC outputs, all to the same address. These are not strange at all.


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