<p>They're planning to add 'watch-only addresses' to bitcoind; <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/4045" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/4045</a></p>

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<li>this is already the 4th pull request, they've been working on it for a long time, should be getting into the next version or something I'd guess</li>
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<p>once that is in you can get this kind of data out of the basic wallet, until then you'll need to use a blockexplorer or a 'better' wallet (eg Armory) that supports watch-only addresses.</p>

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2014-05-01T08:47:29.513Z
2014-05-01T08:47:29.513Z
Ruben de Vries
<p>Is there a way to query all unspent outputs for an arbitrary address (which I don't have the private key for), without resorting to a third party service (like Blockchain.info).</p>

<p>bitcoind apparently only lets you do that with addresses that belong to your wallet, even though it internally maintains the list of all unspent transaction outputs.</p>

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2014-03-11T10:15:01.830Z
duplicate of [Calculating address balance](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/10895/3347)?
Janus Troelsen
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Query unspent outputs for arbitrary address
Flavien
# Query unspent outputs for arbitrary address

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-15)

Is there a way to query all unspent outputs for an arbitrary address (which I don't have the private key for), without resorting to a third party service (like Blockchain.info).

bitcoind apparently only lets you do that with addresses that belong to your wallet, even though it internally maintains the list of all unspent transaction outputs.

**Tags:** blockchain, bitcoind

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: duplicate of [Calculating address balance](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/10895/3347)?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-05-01. Score: 2

They're planning to add 'watch-only addresses' to bitcoind; <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/4045>

* this is already the 4th pull request, they've been working on it for a long time, should be getting into the next version or something I'd guess

once that is in you can get this kind of data out of the basic wallet, until then you'll need to use a blockexplorer or a 'better' wallet (eg Armory) that supports watch-only addresses.


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