Bitcoin Q&A: Unspent transaction output (UTXO)

What are unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) and where are they stored? What is dust UTXO? What should you do if all your coins are in a single address? How should you consolidate UTXOs while maintaining privacy?

More about dust: https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/10986/what-is-meant-by-bitcoin-dust

These questions are from the January and February monthly subscriber sessions, and the fifth session of MOOC 11, which took place on January 26th, February 23rd, and March 1st 2019, respectively.

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MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://amzn.to/2xcdsY9

Translations of MASTERING BITCOIN: https://bitcoinbook.info/translations-of-mastering-bitcoin/

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://amzn.to/2ykmXFs

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://amzn.to/2IIG5BJ

Translations of THE INTERNET OF MONEY:
Spanish, ‘Internet del Dinero’ (v1) – https://amzn.to/2yoaTTq
French, ‘L’internet de l’argent’ (v1) – https://www.amazon.fr/Linternet-largent-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/2856083390
Russian, ‘Интернет денег’ (v1) – https://www.olbuss.ru/catalog/ekonomika-i-biznes/korporativnye-finansy-bankovskoe-delo/internet-deneg
Vietnamese, ‘Internet Của Tiền Tệ’ (v1) – https://alphabooks.vn/khi-tien-len-mang

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