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summary: 'Monero sent as part of a transaction, that returns to your account instead of going to another recipient'
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terms: ["change"]
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2020-08-16 17:11:02 +00:00
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{% include disclaimer.html translated="no" translationOutdated="no" %}
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2019-05-13 15:23:14 +00:00
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### The Basics
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Monero sent as part of a transaction, that returns to your account instead
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of going to another recipient.
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### More Information
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The @wallet in the Monero software makes change automatically, but when you
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send a transaction, you are taking an input that you control and telling the
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Monero network what to do with it. The input is a "deposit" to your account
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that you are able to spend. Outputs are the part of the transaction that
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tells the Monero network where to send the funds.
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You might have multiple inputs in your account, in many different
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denominations (For example: you deposited 0.5 XMR on Friday, and 0.75 XMR on
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Saturday). So, when have a transaction with an input of 0.5 XMR, but you
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only want to send 0.1 XMR, your transaction will include a fee to pay the
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@miner, an output for 0.1 XMR to send to the recipient, and the rest that
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you want to send back to yourself will be an output back to you (this is
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called "change"). Once the transaction is completed, the change becomes
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available to you as an input that you can again split and send with a new
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transaction.
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