bx validate tx

Determine if a transaction is valid for submission to the blockchain.

$ bx validate-tx --help

Usage: bx validate-tx [-h] [--config VALUE] [TRANSACTION]                

Info: Determine if a transaction is valid for submission to the          
blockchain. Requires a Libbitcoin server connection.

Options (named):

-c [--config]        The path to the configuration settings file.        
-h [--help]          Get a description and instructions for this command.

Arguments (positional):

TRANSACTION          The Base16 transaction. If not specified the        
                     transaction is read from STDIN.

This command supports configuration settings.

Example 1

inputs invalid

$ bx validate-tx 0100000001b3807042c92f449bbf79b33ca59d7dfec7f4cc71096704a9c526dddf496ee0970100000069463044022039a36013301597daef41fbe593a02cc513d0b55527ec2df1050e2e8ff49c85c202204fcc407ce9b6f719ee7d009aeb8d8d21423f400a5b871394ca32e00c26b348dd2103c40cbd64c9c608df2c9730f49b0888c4db1c436e8b2b74aead6c6afbd10428c0ffffffff01905f0100000000001976a91418c0bd8d1818f1bf99cb1df2269c645318ef7b7388ac00000000

Validation of inputs failed

There are several possible error messages. Success is indicated by either of the following two messages.

The transaction is valid.

The transaction is valid, with unconfirmed inputs at index: 0, 2.