<p>It's just intended to be a human readable note intended to contain information about who the transaction was sent to.  It's entirely optional and has no effect on the transaction itself.</p>

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2021-01-01T10:09:52.150Z
2021-01-01T10:09:52.150Z
Shebla Tsama
<p>There's no riddle here. The <code>to</code> field is a string that contains the comment associated with the transaction contained within the wallet, if there is one. The output of the help command is generally meant to be one line explanations rather than an actual manual, there's <a href="https://btcinformation.org/en/developer-reference#listsinceblock" rel="nofollow noreferrer">various commentary</a> around that gives some more context.</p>

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2021-01-01T03:17:22.583Z
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Claris
<p><a href="https://bitcoincore.org/en/doc/0.20.0/rpc/wallet/listsinceblock/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bitcoincore.org/en/doc/0.20.0/rpc/wallet/listsinceblock/</a></p>
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<p>&quot;to&quot; : &quot;str&quot;                         (string) If a comment to is associated with the transaction.</p>
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<p>I've read that extremely short &quot;description&quot; hundreds of times by now, having no idea what they mean.</p>

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What exactly is the new (?) "to" field in the Bitcoin Core RPC API?
Alexxander
# What exactly is the new (?) "to" field in the Bitcoin Core RPC API?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-01-01)

<https://bitcoincore.org/en/doc/0.20.0/rpc/wallet/listsinceblock/>

> "to" : "str" (string) If a comment to is associated with the transaction.

I've read that extremely short "description" hundreds of times by now, having no idea what they mean.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, json-rpc


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-01-01. Score: 0

It's just intended to be a human readable note intended to contain information about who the transaction was sent to. It's entirely optional and has no effect on the transaction itself.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-01-01. Score: 0

There's no riddle here. The `to` field is a string that contains the comment associated with the transaction contained within the wallet, if there is one. The output of the help command is generally meant to be one line explanations rather than an actual manual, there's [various commentary](https://btcinformation.org/en/developer-reference#listsinceblock) around that gives some more context.


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