<p>Each fragment starts it's own chain.</p>

<p>Edit: I randomly selected a transaction for you to see.  Try this link: <a href="http://blockchain.info/tree/7514743" rel="nofollow">http://blockchain.info/tree/7514743</a> and click on the yellow circles.</p>

<p><strong>Edit2:</strong>: Actually, this one is more interesting: <a href="http://blockchain.info/tree/50429084" rel="nofollow">http://blockchain.info/tree/50429084</a>  In the former, the payments mostly returned in part to the original address.  That's odd.  The usual way of doing things is sending to one address and returning to yourself at yet another address.</p>

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Do you have a reference?
Randomblue
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Just added a random transaction for you to inspect.
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<p>The <a href="http://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf" rel="nofollow">original Bitcoin paper</a> states:</p>

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  <p>We define an electronic coin as a chain of digital signatures.</p>
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<p>What happens when a coin is subdivided and transferred to multiple owners? Does each coin fragment form its own chain of digital signatures, or are all the fragments still part of this one original chain of digital signatures?</p>

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What happens when a coin is split?
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# What happens when a coin is split?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-04-06)

The [original Bitcoin paper](http://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf) states:

> We define an electronic coin as a chain of digital signatures.

What happens when a coin is subdivided and transferred to multiple owners? Does each coin fragment form its own chain of digital signatures, or are all the fragments still part of this one original chain of digital signatures?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-04-06. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Each fragment starts it's own chain.

Edit: I randomly selected a transaction for you to see. Try this link: <http://blockchain.info/tree/7514743> and click on the yellow circles.

**Edit2:**: Actually, this one is more interesting: <http://blockchain.info/tree/50429084> In the former, the payments mostly returned in part to the original address. That's odd. The usual way of doing things is sending to one address and returning to yourself at yet another address.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Do you have a reference?  
> **username_1**: Just added a random transaction for you to inspect.  

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