Invalid Transaction Decoded #19648

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Expected Behavior Receive a properly decoded transaction

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Actual Behavior An invalid transaction

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To reproduce

Run:

bitcoin-cli getrawtransaction 2874a382bcc170b0cbdc6ab282e87ceb568d2998d1d5eecd2830df4a1a536615

Received:

01000000000101ffbaa9de558163e0859a4009c127aabb9068680677c88946debff0f9fc6bd7470200000000ffffffff024d540100000000001976a9140c1170010364444ccb4ba04acfa044e35f1b60f088ac6202f23d00000000220020f68b3314f2c35d6a3747d69aadf224b3a474508cbe68929d6493cb9008d53edc0300483045022100ef5e1f720745fc6ddc3199f93ab95fb2a0ad12c1940d64dffb0d624b0520f37c02207242f4751a078f741d83f3956612bbda484c0ab23932de7637bd44883ad8f6f8012551210260fc3f0c73f03d1a72d6feb688f368151f6d25a0dbeec30d718903a0e77c307e51ae00000000

Decode:

bitcoin-cli decoderawtransaction withTheAboveString

Decoded to:

{
  "txid": "af028057b9ba1585c5ec91308141c15bff91ad41f2115bc47db4bbf1757e7840",
  "hash": "af028057b9ba1585c5ec91308141c15bff91ad41f2115bc47db4bbf1757e7840",
  "version": 1,
  "size": 243,
  "vsize": 243,
  "weight": 972,
  "locktime": 0,
  "vin": [
  ],
  "vout": [
    {
      "value": 71701064965.69245441,
      "n": 0,
      "scriptPubKey": {
        "asm": "OP_OR OP_BOOLAND 09c127aabb9068680677c88946debff0f9fc6bd7470200000000ffffffff024d540100000000001976a9140c1170010364444ccb4ba04acfa044e35f1b60f088 OP_CHECKSIG OP_VER 15858 0 0 0 0 0020f68b3314f2c35d6a3747d69aadf224b3a474508cbe68929d6493cb9008d53edc 3164160 022100ef5e1f720745fc6ddc3199f93ab95fb2a0ad12c1940d64dffb0d624b0520f37c02207242f4751a078f741d83f3956612bbda484c0ab23932de7637bd44883ad8f6f8 37 1 0260fc3f0c73f03d1a72d6feb688f368151f6d25a0dbeec30d718903a0e77c307e 1 OP_CHECKMULTISIG",
        "hex": "859a4009c127aabb9068680677c88946debff0f9fc6bd7470200000000ffffffff024d540100000000001976a9140c1170010364444ccb4ba04acfa044e35f1b60f088ac6202f23d00000000220020f68b3314f2c35d6a3747d69aadf224b3a474508cbe68929d6493cb9008d53edc0300483045022100ef5e1f720745fc6ddc3199f93ab95fb2a0ad12c1940d64dffb0d624b0520f37c02207242f4751a078f741d83f3956612bbda484c0ab23932de7637bd44883ad8f6f8012551210260fc3f0c73f03d1a72d6feb688f368151f6d25a0dbeec30d718903a0e77c307e51ae",
        "type": "nonstandard"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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System information

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Bitcoin Core version v0.20.99.0-24f702906

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Linux AMD64

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This was on a fully synced node. The transaction hash is valid, and the actual transaction is a valid one when inspecting on block explorers, however my node consistently responds with this raw string that translates into this odd transaction.

Try decoderawtransaction <hex> true.

This is a known issue, but inherent to transaction encoding. It is ambiguous whether this is a valid transaction with inputs, or a partial transaction without inputs. By specifying true, you let the decoder know that it is to be interpreted as a valid one.

ah ok, thanks for the quick response