<p>You are trying to use addresses for accounting, but they aren't designed for that.</p>

<p>What you actually want is the <code>accounts</code> feature of <code>bitcoind</code>, though I doubt any mobile wallet implements such a thing.</p>

<p>If you say explicitly <em>why</em> do you think you need to do that, someone might have an answer. Meanwhile, just use the whole balance, and create a new address for each incoming payment, without worrying about specific address balances.</p>

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2013-06-07T13:15:02.457Z
Maybe I got a very wrong impression of bitcoin address.  I always think that bitcoin address is individually holding on to a particular amount of bitcoin.  My question is, if I have 2 addresses in this wallet, AAAA and BBBB, how can I find out which address is used to send the bitcoin out?  Would it appear to the receiver as two addresses?  Or the wallet will just use one?
beemachine
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2013-06-07T13:37:33.963Z
@beemachine that's the point: every address contains a number of bitcoins, but you should (almost) never care about which address is used to _send_ coins.
o0'.
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o0'.
<p>Very few, if any wallet client softwares will enable the user to view an address's individual balance. The client will handle sending amounts from multiple addresses seamlessly if a single address does not have a sufficient balance to satisfy request transaction amount.</p>

<p>The only way to do that is to copy the address to the clipboard and use an online service such as <a href="http://blockchain.info" rel="nofollow">Blockchain.info</a>.</p>

<p>If you are wanting to completely separate addresses and make it impossible to mix addresses, you'll need to use two different clients. It may be possible to use one of the web wallets on your phone for one purpose and use Bitcoin for Android for another purpose.</p>

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2013-06-07T13:12:54.493Z
Does all bitcoin wallet work like this?
beemachine
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2013-06-08T17:54:06.320Z
I've not encountered a wallet that separated addresses.
Colin Dean
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Colin Dean
<p>I have just installed the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.schildbach.wallet&amp;feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImRlLnNjaGlsZGJhY2gud2FsbGV0Il0" rel="nofollow">bitcoin wallet for android</a> on my device and created two addresses.
I transferred some BTC to one address and some to the second one.  I thought the wallet will show the individual balance associated with each of those addresses, but I was wrong.  Bitcoin wallet is now showing me one single balance for the BTC associated with these two addresses.</p>

<p>My question is, I assume that since I cannot send BTC out of each address for more than what it owns in the address (for example, address A - 0.5 BTC, address B - 1.5 BTC), I cannot send 1 BTC out of address A.  But now since bitcoin wallet is mixing the two together I am unable to find out how much BTC each of them own...<br>
Or there is some other way that I am not aware of?</p>

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How do I figure out the balance of an individual address on Bitcoin for Android?
beemachine
# How do I figure out the balance of an individual address on Bitcoin for Android?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-06-03)

I have just installed the [bitcoin wallet for android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.schildbach.wallet&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImRlLnNjaGlsZGJhY2gud2FsbGV0Il0) on my device and created two addresses.
I transferred some BTC to one address and some to the second one. I thought the wallet will show the individual balance associated with each of those addresses, but I was wrong. Bitcoin wallet is now showing me one single balance for the BTC associated with these two addresses.

My question is, I assume that since I cannot send BTC out of each address for more than what it owns in the address (for example, address A - 0.5 BTC, address B - 1.5 BTC), I cannot send 1 BTC out of address A. But now since bitcoin wallet is mixing the two together I am unable to find out how much BTC each of them own...  
Or there is some other way that I am not aware of?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-06-05. Score: 3

You are trying to use addresses for accounting, but they aren't designed for that.

What you actually want is the `accounts` feature of `bitcoind`, though I doubt any mobile wallet implements such a thing.

If you say explicitly *why* do you think you need to do that, someone might have an answer. Meanwhile, just use the whole balance, and create a new address for each incoming payment, without worrying about specific address balances.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Maybe I got a very wrong impression of bitcoin address.  I always think that bitcoin address is individually holding on to a particular amount of bitcoin.  My question is, if I have 2 addresses in this wallet, AAAA and BBBB, how can I find out which address is used to send the bitcoin out?  Would it appear to the receiver as two addresses?  Or the wallet will just use one?  
> **username_1**: @username_0 that's the point: every address contains a number of bitcoins, but you should (almost) never care about which address is used to _send_ coins.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2013-06-05. Score: 1

Very few, if any wallet client softwares will enable the user to view an address's individual balance. The client will handle sending amounts from multiple addresses seamlessly if a single address does not have a sufficient balance to satisfy request transaction amount.

The only way to do that is to copy the address to the clipboard and use an online service such as [Blockchain.info](http://blockchain.info).

If you are wanting to completely separate addresses and make it impossible to mix addresses, you'll need to use two different clients. It may be possible to use one of the web wallets on your phone for one purpose and use Bitcoin for Android for another purpose.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Does all bitcoin wallet work like this?  
> **username_2**: I've not encountered a wallet that separated addresses.  

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