Nodes<\/a> will check the transaction for its validity to see if a transaction is labeled as spent, this means coins can only be used as an input once before a new UTXO is created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unspent means that a new transaction input hasn't been added to reference the previous transaction output. Unspent coins\/tokens just haven't been used yet - when coins are unspent this means they can still be used in future transactions.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Unspent Transaction Output (UTXO)","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"unspent-transaction-output","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-08-30 20:52:02","post_modified_gmt":"2022-08-30 10:52:02","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=6617","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_13"};
When an output is used as an input in a transaction it becomes spent this prevents double-spending. The output is labeled as spent if and when it is used as an input in a different transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat Does Unspent Mean In Blockchain?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n