<p>That's a SegWit transaction, not all of it is part of the transaction hash preimage (see <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/113697/what-are-the-parts-of-a-bitcoin-transaction-in-segwit-format">here</a> for details). You have to exclude the SegWit parts. This Bash one-liner returns the correct TXID:</p>
<pre><code>echo '0100000001189a3f6fbfb614264c8176cd2d3836882afc3c0940d698d6b481f3e5cb733c200000000000ffffffff0240420f00000000001976a914341b568f59229818c460b1795ad48cd78895c54d88ac6eeefa4a00000000160014d701ce5e753bd9454d343c8a3b86d84a3c34dbf500000000' | tr -d '\n' | xxd -r -p | sha256sum | grep -oE '^[0-9a-f]+' | xxd -r -p | sha256sum | grep -oE '^[0-9a-f]+' | tac -rs '..'; echo
</code></pre>
<p>Output</p>
<p><code>9d2d91b764ba2559b098cdd30525e2160bb15c6e27d6869e7b121a9037d8bd86</code></p>
<h3>Explanation</h3>
<p>Your TX can be disassembled as follows, and you have to hash everything <strong>except the bold parts</strong>:</p>
<p>TX version: <code>01000000</code><br />
<strong>Witness marker and flag: <code>0001</code></strong><br />
Input count: <code>01</code><br />
Prevout reference: <code>189a3f6fbfb614264c8176cd2d3836882afc3c0940d698d6b481f3e5cb733c2000000000</code><br />
Unlocking script length: <code>00</code><br />
<em>Unlocking script: EMPTY</em> (note: non-SegWit inputs will have script length &gt;0 and have the unlocking script here instead of in the witness, so for non-SegWit this will not be EMPTY)<br />
Sequence: <code>ffffffff</code><br />
Output count: <code>02</code><br />
Output 01: <code>40420f00000000001976a914341b568f59229818c460b1795ad48cd78895c54d88ac</code><br />
Output 02: <code>6eeefa4a00000000160014d701ce5e753bd9454d343c8a3b86d84a3c34dbf5</code><br />
<strong>Witness count: <code>02</code></strong><br />
<strong>Witness 01: <code>473044022001609cd43eb8e9b8f8438eded9f6b10bad32efd7620724ccd2ed5277c0c6a3ae02200f0c1c3f4c409ada536d2363a2d8bdad418df67fed9b36bfa4482bd9985bf39601</code></strong><br />
<strong>Witness 02: <code>2102ee3c98964dd1bfe13bee16c0b95fcf8281f12c5885d1fcb7b59fc2cb01ca7632</code></strong><br />
TX locktime: <code>00000000</code></p>
<p>Concatenating only the non-SegWit parts gives us the TX hash preimage: <code>0100000001189a3f6fbfb614264c8176cd2d3836882afc3c0940d698d6b481f3e5cb733c200000000000ffffffff0240420f00000000001976a914341b568f59229818c460b1795ad48cd78895c54d88ac6eeefa4a00000000160014d701ce5e753bd9454d343c8a3b86d84a3c34dbf500000000</code></p>

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Thank you bca-0353f40e for you answer, would you be able to edit my python code so that all is needed from the user is the TXID? Thanks
RabbitHole6565
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That's too much work for me. You can figure it out, just parse the transaction according to format specification and skip over SegWit parts.
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Do you know of any API's which will return a TX hash preimage, from a TXID?
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Don't know, but maybe you can look for a library. I found PyPI which implements "tx_hash : (hex or bin tx) -> hash" https://pypi.org/project/pycryptotools/0.2.1/
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Source seems to have been deleted, here's a mirror: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5445428.0

Link to tx_hash implementation: https://github.com/ZenulAbidin/pycryptotools/blob/main/pycryptotools/transaction.py#L278
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bca-0353f40e
<p>there, I've already looked at other similar posts on here but with little luck. All im trying to do is calculate the TXID of a transaction after downloading the transaction in hexadecimal from a blockchain explorer VIA an API.</p>
<p>The problem is that the TXID calculated Isn't the TXID we expect.</p>
<p>Here's the code, I'm using bitcoin-utils</p>
<pre><code>
from bitcoinutils.transactions import Transaction
import requests


# Fetch the raw transaction data from the blockchain.info API
tx_hash = '9d2d91b764ba2559b098cdd30525e2160bb15c6e27d6869e7b121a9037d8bd86'
api_response = requests.get(f'https://blockchain.info/rawtx/{tx_hash}?format=hex')

if api_response.status_code == 200:
    raw_tx_hex = str(api_response.text)
else:
    print(f&quot;Error fetching transaction data: {api_response.status_code}&quot;)


mytrans = Transaction.from_raw(raw_tx_hex)
print(mytrans.get_txid())

</code></pre>

<python><transaction-id>
How to compute a TXID of any bitcoin transaction in Python
RabbitHole6565
# How to compute a TXID of any bitcoin transaction in Python

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-11-07)

there, I've already looked at other similar posts on here but with little luck. All im trying to do is calculate the TXID of a transaction after downloading the transaction in hexadecimal from a blockchain explorer VIA an API.

The problem is that the TXID calculated Isn't the TXID we expect.

Here's the code, I'm using bitcoin-utils

```

from bitcoinutils.transactions import Transaction
import requests

# Fetch the raw transaction data from the blockchain.info API
tx_hash = '9d2d91b764ba2559b098cdd30525e2160bb15c6e27d6869e7b121a9037d8bd86'
api_response = requests.get(f'https://blockchain.info/rawtx/{tx_hash}?format=hex')

if api_response.status_code == 200:
    raw_tx_hex = str(api_response.text)
else:
    print(f"Error fetching transaction data: {api_response.status_code}")

mytrans = Transaction.from_raw(raw_tx_hex)
print(mytrans.get_txid())

```

**Tags:** python, transaction-id


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-11-07. Score: 3

That's a SegWit transaction, not all of it is part of the transaction hash preimage (see [here](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/113697/what-are-the-parts-of-a-bitcoin-transaction-in-segwit-format) for details). You have to exclude the SegWit parts. This Bash one-liner returns the correct TXID:

```
echo '0100000001189a3f6fbfb614264c8176cd2d3836882afc3c0940d698d6b481f3e5cb733c200000000000ffffffff0240420f00000000001976a914341b568f59229818c460b1795ad48cd78895c54d88ac6eeefa4a00000000160014d701ce5e753bd9454d343c8a3b86d84a3c34dbf500000000' | tr -d '\n' | xxd -r -p | sha256sum | grep -oE '^[0-9a-f]+' | xxd -r -p | sha256sum | grep -oE '^[0-9a-f]+' | tac -rs '..'; echo

```

Output

`9d2d91b764ba2559b098cdd30525e2160bb15c6e27d6869e7b121a9037d8bd86`

### Explanation

Your TX can be disassembled as follows, and you have to hash everything **except the bold parts**:

TX version: `01000000`  
**Witness marker and flag: `0001`**  
Input count: `01`  
Prevout reference: `189a3f6fbfb614264c8176cd2d3836882afc3c0940d698d6b481f3e5cb733c2000000000`  
Unlocking script length: `00`  
*Unlocking script: EMPTY* (note: non-SegWit inputs will have script length >0 and have the unlocking script here instead of in the witness, so for non-SegWit this will not be EMPTY)  
Sequence: `ffffffff`  
Output count: `02`  
Output 01: `40420f00000000001976a914341b568f59229818c460b1795ad48cd78895c54d88ac`  
Output 02: `6eeefa4a00000000160014d701ce5e753bd9454d343c8a3b86d84a3c34dbf5`  
**Witness count: `02`**  
**Witness 01: `473044022001609cd43eb8e9b8f8438eded9f6b10bad32efd7620724ccd2ed5277c0c6a3ae02200f0c1c3f4c409ada536d2363a2d8bdad418df67fed9b36bfa4482bd9985bf39601`**  
**Witness 02: `2102ee3c98964dd1bfe13bee16c0b95fcf8281f12c5885d1fcb7b59fc2cb01ca7632`**  
TX locktime: `00000000`

Concatenating only the non-SegWit parts gives us the TX hash preimage: `0100000001189a3f6fbfb614264c8176cd2d3836882afc3c0940d698d6b481f3e5cb733c200000000000ffffffff0240420f00000000001976a914341b568f59229818c460b1795ad48cd78895c54d88ac6eeefa4a00000000160014d701ce5e753bd9454d343c8a3b86d84a3c34dbf500000000`

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you username_1 for you answer, would you be able to edit my python code so that all is needed from the user is the TXID? Thanks  
> **username_1**: That's too much work for me. You can figure it out, just parse the transaction according to format specification and skip over SegWit parts.  
> **username_0**: Do you know of any API's which will return a TX hash preimage, from a TXID?  
> **username_1**: Don't know, but maybe you can look for a library. I found PyPI which implements "tx_hash : (hex or bin tx) -> hash" https://pypi.org/project/pycryptotools/0.2.1/  
> **username_1**: Source seems to have been deleted, here's a mirror: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5445428.0  Link to tx_hash implementation: https://github.com/ZenulAbidin/pycryptotools/blob/main/pycryptotools/transaction.py#L278  

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