Can you consolidate them without moving them?
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No, you consolidate UTXOs by sending them to yourself. Whenever an on-chain bitcoin transaction confirms, it's as if your bitcoin is physical gold coins, and they're melted down and rechecked to be 100% certain that they're real. So consolidating your UTXOs is like having a bunch of gold dust and small coins that need to be melted down in an on-chain transaction, and then they're turned into a single large gold bar. So to do that, it would need to be an on-chain transaction, but the recipient would be yourself.
My original post was also meant as kind of a joke, since 100 sats/vbyte is still pretty expensive. You could say it was a bit of "gallows humor," or sarcasm about the current spam attack that Bitcoin is going through right now.
You got me bro!! 😉 That's what happens when I am in the Matrix and not up to speed as you are my friend. I suppose April fools jokes are still allowed. 🤣
I didn't think I could consolidate without sending, but again being at work, you got me good. I didn't even catch the cost when you said what you said, now that I actually realize what you were saying, I need a Homer Simpson GIF!! DOH!! 😂
As for all the spamming going on, I guess it's good you said something so I could briefly look into it. I will keep a better eye on things if I am making any transactions. This all moves so fast for this old guy!! 😁