<p>Normally, a transaction output will contain a list of address + amount.
Each element in this list has an associate output number, "vout".
For example:</p>

<p>Transaction outputs:</p>

<pre><code>vout=0: addr=m111111, amount=100 
vout=1: addr=m222222, amount=200
</code></pre>

<p>My question is: would it be legal for a transaction output to contain
the same target address more than once?  Take for instance the example below, where address "m222222" appears in vout=1 and vout=2:</p>

<pre><code>vout=0: addr=m111111, amount=100
vout=1: addr=m222222, amount=100
vout=2: addr=m222222, amount=100
</code></pre>

<p>I know this seems silly.  I'm just wondering if it is the sort of
thing one might encounter "in the wild".</p>

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Can the same target address appear more than once on transaction output?
Jon Smark
# Can the same target address appear more than once on transaction output?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-08-18)

Normally, a transaction output will contain a list of address + amount.
Each element in this list has an associate output number, "vout".
For example:
Transaction outputs:
vout=0: addr=m111111, amount=100 
vout=1: addr=m222222, amount=200

My question is: would it be legal for a transaction output to contain
the same target address more than once?  Take for instance the example below, where address "m222222" appears in vout=1 and vout=2:
vout=0: addr=m111111, amount=100
vout=1: addr=m222222, amount=100
vout=2: addr=m222222, amount=100

I know this seems silly.  I'm just wondering if it is the sort of
thing one might encounter "in the wild".

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