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Quest: First Transaction Between Two Persons - Satoshi to Hal Finney
This is the transaction hash of the first transaction between two persons:
f4184fc596403b9d638783cf57adfe4c75c605f6356fbc91338530e9831e9e16
Task
In the Overview panel, The From field has: Satoshi 2 sending 50 Bitcoins. And in the To field Hal received his Bitcoins and Satoshi 2 received some Bitcoins back.
How much "change" did Satoshi2 received in this transaction?
Key Insight:
- Bitcoin addresses behave like "bills" or "checks."
- When sending Bitcoin, the full amount in the address must be transferred, and the "change" is sent back to the sender.
- At the beginning, Bitcoin addresses contained amounts in multiples of 50 BTC because they were obtained from mining rewards.