Da2ce7:New Transaction

New Transaction is an proposal for a new extendable method of creating transactions.
Each new transaction is defined by a random txnumber that should be unique globally.
Advanced functions, such as transaction scripts, and importing and exporting can appropriately be done using the group of supporting functions.

Transaction life-cycle

Every New Transaction goes through the following steps. (not always in the same order)

Build

In this stage, a transaction is being built:

• Any feature of the transaction may be modified.
• Users can add, remove, any input, output or script.

Ready

In this stage, only certain features may be modified:

• Only inputs may be changed. (is this correct, or will past signatures be destroyed if we change them?)
• Any other attribute that doesn't effect the existing signatures.

Done

In this stage, the transaction is complete, and would be accepted by the network:

• User still can add inputs, however all the outputs have already been fulfilled, these new inputs will be counted as fees.
• After any change, a 'done' transaction gets automatically demoted to 'Ready' state.

Submitted

In this stage the transaction has been published to the bitcoin network and is in/or is awaiting to be included in a block.

Terms

txnumber is a random string given to every transaction for identification purposes.
pubkey is assumed to be owned by the client that preforms the 'readying' of the transition (build > ready states)

This entire processing is lazy! Bitcoin will automatically fill-out everything just as it dose at-the-moment with the readytransaction stage.

Please not this draft doesn't include all possible error responses.

commands:

 /// make a new transaction (1 override)
 newtransaction
 newtransaction {name}
 
 response {txnumber}

 /// add an input to the transaction. (1 overrides)
 addinput {txnumber} {txid} {pubkey}
 addinput {txnumber} {txid} {pubkey} {comment}
 
 response {txnumber} {inid}

 /// add outputs to the transaction (6 overrides)
 /// add fee to transaction
 addoutput {txnumber} {amount} {forced|suggested|optional}
 addoutput {txnumber} {amount} {forced|suggested|optional} {comment}
 
 // add change address to transaction
 addoutput {txnumber} {pubkey}
 addoutput {txnumber} {pubkey} {comment}
 
 // add send outputs
 addoutput {txnumber} {address} {amount}
 addoutput {txnumber} {address} {amount} {comment}
 
 response  {txnumber} {outid}
 
 // add many send outputs
 addoutputlist {txnumber} [{address},{amount}]
 
 response {txnumber}  [{outid}]

 /// remove input or outpus (1 override)
 remove {txnumber} {inid or outid}
 remove {txnumber} [{inid or outid}]
 
 response {txnumber} droped: {inid or outid}
 response {txnumber} droped: [{inid or outid}]

 /// prints out human readable information about the tranaction
 shownewtransaction {txnumber} (1 override)
 
 response {txnumber}
           in: [{inid},{address},{amount},(comment)]
           in total: {amount}
           out: [{outid},{address},{amount},(comment)]
           out total: {amount}
           fee: {amount}
           size: {readytxn bit}
           state: {building:ready:done:submitted}
 
 shownewtransaction {txid} (1 override)
 
 response {txid}
           in: [{inid},{address},{amount},(comment)]
           in total: {amount}
           out: [{outid},{address},{amount},(comment)]
           out total: {amount}
           fee: {amount}
           size: {readytxn bit}
           block: {block number}

 /// demote a transaction (1 override)
 demotetransaction {txnumber}
 demotetransaction {txnumber} {build|ready|done}
 
 response {txnumber} {building|ready|done}

 /// exports a binary encoded transition (4 override)
 exporttransaction {txnumber}
 exporttransaction [txnumber]
 exporttransaction {txid}
 exporttransaction [txid]
 
 response {binary data}

 /// import binary encoded transition(s) (1 override)
 inporttransaction {binary data}
 inporttransaction [{binary data}]
 
 response [{txnumber}]

 /// check and complete build translation (1 override)
 reddytransaction {txnumber}
 reddytransaction [{txnumber}]
 
 response [{txnumber}] {has made changes|no changes needed|not enough coins|invalid transaction}

 /// sign ready transaction (6 override)
 signtransaction {txnumber}
 signtransaction [{txnumber}]
 
 // calls reddytransaction before hand if needed
 signtransaction -r {txnumber}
 signtransaction -r [{txnumber}]

 // sign a pre-signed/partial transaction (signs for owned private keys)
 signtransaction -o {txnumber}
 signtransaction -o [{txnumber}]
 
 response [{txnumber},{done|failed}]

 /// publish a done transaction to peers (2 override)
 // submits all 'done'  transactions
 submittransaction -a
 
 // submits a single  'done'  transaction
 submittransaction {txnumber}
 
 //  submits a list of 'done'  transaction
 submittransaction [{txnumber}]
 
 response [{txnumber},{txid}]

 /// complete transaction from any stage and publish it (1 override)
 completeransaction {txnumber}
 
 response {txnumber} {txid}

 /// delete a transaction from local client
 droptransaction {txnumber}
 
 responce dropped: {txnumber}