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Transaction hash

Meaning in blockchain & crypto, with examples

nounCommon term

In blockchain & crypto, transaction hash means: A unique code that identifies one transaction on a blockchain. You can paste it into a block explorer to see the sender, receiver, amount, fee and status.

In Turkish: işlem kimliği, işlem özeti, TXID

How it is used

Also called transaction ID, TXID or tx hash. Support teams ask customers for it whenever a deposit or withdrawal seems to be missing, and exchanges show it in the withdrawal history.

Example sentences

  1. Please share the transaction hash so we can trace your deposit.

  2. The transaction hash shows that the funds were sent on the wrong network.

Common collocations

  • copy the transaction hash
  • share the transaction hash
  • tx hash
  • look up a transaction hash
  • transactionAny action recorded on a blockchain, such as sending coins from one address to another or calling a smart contract. It must be signed with the sender's private key.
  • hashA short, fixed-length code produced from any piece of data by a mathematical function. Even a tiny change to the data produces a completely different hash, which makes tampering easy to detect.
  • block explorerA website that lets anyone search a blockchain and see blocks, transactions, addresses and smart contracts in readable form.
  • confirmationProof that a transaction has been included in a block. Each new block added after it counts as one more confirmation, and more confirmations make the transaction harder to reverse.

More terms: Transactions & Fees

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