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  <p>Is there a way to add or associate utxos with a particular address without creating a transaction?</p>
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<p>No. UTXO stands for Unspent Transaction Output. The only operations on UTXOs are creating and spending them, and both of those operations involve a transaction.</p>

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2018-03-24T18:51:56.157Z
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Pieter Wuille
<p>Is there a way to add or associate utxos with a particular address without creating a transaction?</p>

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There's some typo or mistake in your question that's preventing me to understand it
Osias Jota
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I corrected the mistake
Errol
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How are utxos associated with a particular address?
Errol
# How are utxos associated with a particular address?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-03-24)

Is there a way to add or associate utxos with a particular address without creating a transaction?

**Tags:** transactions, utxo

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: There's some typo or mistake in your question that's preventing me to understand it  
> **username_0**: I corrected the mistake  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2018-03-24. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

> Is there a way to add or associate utxos with a particular address without creating a transaction?

No. UTXO stands for Unspent Transaction Output. The only operations on UTXOs are creating and spending them, and both of those operations involve a transaction.


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