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Unspent Transaction Output (UTXO)

An Unspent Transaction Output (UTXO) refers to the amount of cryptocurrency that an individual user’s wallet that has not yet been used in any transactions.

When an individual receives cryptocurrency, it gets added to his crypto wallet as a UTXO. When the individual spends that cryptocurrency, the UTXO is used up and the remaining amount is transferred to a new UTXO in such individual’swallet.