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The problem with Testnet is all types of transactions are allowed, so how can I know if a transaction would be rejected on mainet ?










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          You can use Bitcoin Core's testmempoolaccept RPC. It will tell you whether the transaction you give it would be accepted into your node's mempool at that time but won't actually add it to the mempool or broadcast it.






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          • But then the question is how to convert a transaction to a full raw hex transaction ?

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          • @user2284570 In what format do you have the transaction, if not raw hex?

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          You can use Bitcoin Core's testmempoolaccept RPC. It will tell you whether the transaction you give it would be accepted into your node's mempool at that time but won't actually add it to the mempool or broadcast it.






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          • But then the question is how to convert a transaction to a full raw hex transaction ?

            – user2284570
            11 hours ago











          • @user2284570 In what format do you have the transaction, if not raw hex?

            – Pieter Wuille
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          You can use Bitcoin Core's testmempoolaccept RPC. It will tell you whether the transaction you give it would be accepted into your node's mempool at that time but won't actually add it to the mempool or broadcast it.






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          • But then the question is how to convert a transaction to a full raw hex transaction ?

            – user2284570
            11 hours ago











          • @user2284570 In what format do you have the transaction, if not raw hex?

            – Pieter Wuille
            3 hours ago














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          You can use Bitcoin Core's testmempoolaccept RPC. It will tell you whether the transaction you give it would be accepted into your node's mempool at that time but won't actually add it to the mempool or broadcast it.






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          You can use Bitcoin Core's testmempoolaccept RPC. It will tell you whether the transaction you give it would be accepted into your node's mempool at that time but won't actually add it to the mempool or broadcast it.







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          • But then the question is how to convert a transaction to a full raw hex transaction ?

            – user2284570
            11 hours ago











          • @user2284570 In what format do you have the transaction, if not raw hex?

            – Pieter Wuille
            3 hours ago



















          • But then the question is how to convert a transaction to a full raw hex transaction ?

            – user2284570
            11 hours ago











          • @user2284570 In what format do you have the transaction, if not raw hex?

            – Pieter Wuille
            3 hours ago

















          But then the question is how to convert a transaction to a full raw hex transaction ?

          – user2284570
          11 hours ago





          But then the question is how to convert a transaction to a full raw hex transaction ?

          – user2284570
          11 hours ago













          @user2284570 In what format do you have the transaction, if not raw hex?

          – Pieter Wuille
          3 hours ago





          @user2284570 In what format do you have the transaction, if not raw hex?

          – Pieter Wuille
          3 hours ago


















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