<p>This is an exchange withdrawal, and presumably they are batching multiple user withdrawals into one transaction to reduce the overhead cost. In particular, <code>17A16QmavnUfCW11DAApiJxp7ARnxN5pGX</code> belongs to Poloniex.</p>

<p>This is not uncommon, and many companies that must make frequent payments to multiple people will batch the payouts to reduce fees.</p>

<p>Most wallet software will not let you set multiple change addresses for a single transaction, but nothing prevents you from creating such a transaction manually at a protocol level.</p>

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Raghav Sood
<p><a href="https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/bc0ad425315d8c918942d52964b0a82ad6612385063742e0103ef48ed1446918" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This transaction</a> results in 6 outputs in total. Why did it end up with having 4 unspent outputs? I read <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/43136/86479">this answer</a> from another question, and wondering, could it be because the user actually chooses to distribute the spare change to 4 of the addresses he owns?</p>

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Why does this transaction results in more than 1 unspent output?
Darius
# Why does this transaction results in more than 1 unspent output?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-08-16)

[This transaction](https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/bc0ad425315d8c918942d52964b0a82ad6612385063742e0103ef48ed1446918) results in 6 outputs in total. Why did it end up with having 4 unspent outputs? I read [this answer](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/43136/86479) from another question, and wondering, could it be because the user actually chooses to distribute the spare change to 4 of the addresses he owns?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-08-16. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

This is an exchange withdrawal, and presumably they are batching multiple user withdrawals into one transaction to reduce the overhead cost. In particular, `17A16QmavnUfCW11DAApiJxp7ARnxN5pGX` belongs to Poloniex.

This is not uncommon, and many companies that must make frequent payments to multiple people will batch the payouts to reduce fees.

Most wallet software will not let you set multiple change addresses for a single transaction, but nothing prevents you from creating such a transaction manually at a protocol level.


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