Questions tagged [bitcoin-cash]
OFF-TOPIC: Altcoin that forked from Bitcoin in 2017 to increase the maximum block size.
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What are the main technical differences between Bitcoin-core (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and Bitcoin SV (BSV) [closed]
What are the main technical differences between Bitcoin-core (BTC), Bitcoin SV (BSV) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH)?
At what block number did the fork take place?
Do they integrate Segwit/Taproot?
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Why has BCH not received a 51% attack yet?
BCH right now has around 10% of BTC total hashrate.
There are multiple pools that control 10%+ of the total BTC hashrate why haven't any of those just allocated a few hours of hashrate to do a 51% ...
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How do you push a transaction to the Bitcoin Cash Network? [closed]
There are plenty of APIs for pushing to the Bitcoin network, like Smartbit's:
https://www.smartbit.com.au/api
However, the only API I found for Bitcoin Cash was Blocktrail's:
https://www.blocktrail....
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Unable to construct a correct raw transaction for bitcoin cash testnet
I am trying to construct a raw transaction for bitcoin cash testnet. I have made a lot of use out of this very nice answer to how to construct a raw transaction, but am still unable to construct a ...
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How to convert Bitcoin cash address to cashAddress Format in PHP?
I've been trying with cashaddress-php but it doesn't work because the address should be in hex format, I tried with hex public hash key it also didn't work.
Invalid hash length [320 bits] for ...
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How to determine the remaining Bitcoin Cash after the hardfork?
This is some thought I had in mind for sometime which I couldn't come up with a proper explanation. Please excuse me if this is a stupid question.
I have read the following on few articles on the ...
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How do i get my Bitcoin Cash from Mycelium wallet?
I kept my BTC in a mycelium wallet and am looking for a way to get BCH out of it. I need instructions on how it's possible, please.
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Download the entire blockchain on Bitcoin cash in order to get your bitcoin cash coins?
Is it required to download the entire blockchain when using bitcoin cash client in order to send out bitcoin cash coins to an exchange?
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Is the BCH version of Schnorr signatures compatible with taproot?
BCH is going to introduce support for Schnorr signatures on May 15th. One of the most anticipated features for Schnorr signatures on Bitcoin is the introduction of taproot constructions. Will it be ...
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How do different implementations of the Bitcoin Cash client know which type of coin they're processing?
TL;DR: Where in this code does the SV client figure out that it's not processing an ABC blockchain?
This image prompted my question.
There are a couple different mutually incompatible (I am assuming ...
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How to claim BCC/BCH having BTC in MultibitHD without having a seed, but having a password?
I wanted to add a comment here, but I do not have enough reputation, so please forgive me.
So I am using MultibitHD wallet. I have access to my bitcoins after I type my password. I can send then to ...
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Too late to claim BCH and BTG
I recently came back in from the crypto wilderness and heard about the BCH (Bitcoin Cash)and BTG (Bitcoin Gold), which were given out when the currency forked. I have 2 BTC's which I have started to ...
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How to get Bitcoin Cash from Multibit HD wallet?
Multibit HD still works but is no longer supported so I sent most of my bitcoins to my new ledger nano s hardware wallet.
I now gather there may be bitcoin cash associated with the old multibit wallet ...
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Another 140 GB for BCH?
My question is should I allocate another ~140 GB of disk space for BCH full node?
Thanks!
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BCC, BTC Private Keys
If you were to send BTC accidentally to a BCC address then would the funds have been sent to the same private key on the BTC blockchain? Would the owner of the BCC key be able to retrieve those coins ...
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Why were miners still mining BTC at times when BCH was 2-4x more profitable to mine?
From August 2017 until mid November (prior to BCH's hardfork with the difficulty adjustment algorithm) there have been some occasions (notably end of August, beginning of October and mid November ...
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how to install Bitcoin and bitcoin cash on the same ubuntu server?
I've installed bitcoin core as the documentation in bitcoin.org and its working great. then, I tried to install bitcoin-ABC manually as following:
wget bitcoin-cash-gnu.tar.gz
tar xzf bitcoin-cash-...
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C# library for exploring Bitcoin Cash blockchain
Does anyone know of a good C# library which would enable me to explore the Bitcoin Cash blockchain by communicating with my own node?
Something like Nethereum (Web3) for Ethereum.
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What prevents one from replaying a BCC transaction by nulling the SIGHASH_FORKID bit?
BCC transactions are "replay-protected" by the SIGHASH_FORKID 0x40.
However why can't I take one such transaction, flip off the 0x40 bit and here's a valid transaction on the BTC chain?
I guess that ...
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Have I lost all my Bitcoin, having sent them to a Bitcoin Cash wallet?
I made a pretty big mistake of sending my Bitcoin that I had on Coinbase to a Bitcoin Cash wallet that I own on my Exodus wallet instead of the Bitcoin wallet. I can see on Coinbase that the address ...
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Why are the addresses in the same block in bitcoin and bitcoin cash different?
Bitcoin cash is a hard fork of bitcoin which means that before a certain block number (478558 according to Wikipedia) the blocks are the same for both bitcoin cash and bitcoin. I was looking at one of ...
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C# code for Bitcoin Cash address conversion between legacy and new format
I need to convert legacy Bitcoin Cash addresses to new format and back. I am aware of similar question, but it asks about PRC and has solution using python, JS. I need it done in C# with no ...
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Api Base URL for Bitcoin Cash
I have Successfully integrated Bitcoin To get payment so to verify Transaction from given address, I use
https://blockchain.info/multiaddr?active=$address|$address
, which is working for Bitcoin.
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Can I use uncompressed public keys in Bitcoin Cash transactions?
It have read that Bitcoin Cash uses BIP 143 to generate the signatures and that BIP 143 does not accept uncompressed public keys. Does that mean that you cannot send a Bitcoin Cash transaction using ...
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How to sell BCH into BTC
I have an Electrum wallet since Nov 2016 with some BTC.
It seems that I automatically own BCH now (is this right?). What is the simplest way to sell this BCH into BTC?
Should I install a BCH wallet ...
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Are usual raw BTC and BCH transactions differ? Can I make BCH transaction with bx?
Is it possible to create raw BCH transaction with bx tool, just like I do it with usual bitcoin transactions?
If they are, I suppose it only takes to broadcast it in BCH network?
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How can I recover BCH sent to a Trezor BTC address?
I accidentally sent my BCH from Breadwallet to a BTC address from my Trezor wallet. Is there any way to retrieve that back to my BCH wallet? The BTC wallet I sent the money to is mine, so I own the ...
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Bitcoin Cash difficulty before first hard fork: Emergency Difficulty Adjustment (EDA)
What were the network rules regarding the difficulty adjustments of the Bitcoin Cash chain, before the first hard fork was implemented on November 13th, 2017?
There was a rule that was a function of ...
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How is proper fee rate got on Bitcoin Cash
I'm developing wallet system trading BTC, BCH and so on.
In BTC, I'm using estimatesmartfee API to calculate by transaction size and relayfee to guarantee minimum fee and it works well.
In BCH, though ...
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What's the difference between BTC and BCH transaction capacity?
If Bitcoin can process x transactions per second, how many transactions per second can Bitcoin Cash process?
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Bitcoin Cash full node
Whats bitcoin cash is it a description on how BCH/BCC should run ?
I need a full node BCH/BCC If I run bitcoin ABC or UNLIMITED will I get the bitcoin cash blocks ?
or are there difference in blocks ...
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Is there a Bitcoin Cash explorer that supports Xpub addresses? [closed]
As the title says... I've been unable to find a block explorer that supports Xpub for Bitcoin Cash(BCH). Does anyone know of any? In particular and preferably, one that will allow for fetching via GET ...
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Trying to send bcc with bitcoin-qt but getting "16: mandatory-script-verify-flag-failed" - error
I'm trying to use the method from this reddit link to send a raw transaction to the bcc-network, but keep getting the error: "16: mandatory-script-verify-flag-failed (Script evaluated without error ...
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How to keep my bitcoin safe when I move my bcash?
I had some bitcoin during the coinsplit, so now I have bcash that I want to move.
When I send bcash there is a risk that someone copies the transactions and uses it to steal my bitcoin. Most people ...
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Mining Pool code changes for supporting Bitcoin Cash
Since its a bit difficult to to find developer related information for Bitcoin Cash I'm asking here. What changes would be required from a mining-pool developer's point of view to also support Bitcoin-...
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Where to split BTC
I have my BTC in a paper wallet. What exchange or wallet can I deposit into that will split it into BTC and BCH? And then allow me to withdraw both?
The exchange I have used and withdrew my BTC from ...
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Why did my BCC disappear from my Electron Cash wallet?
I use electron cash to manage my BCC, I followed the instructions of electrum.org and sent my BTC from my electrum wallet to a new BTC electrum wallet. I waited for the transaction be completed, then ...
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Bitcoin Cash sendrawtransaction error?
I am trying to send a raw transaction from my Bitcoin ABC node. It is not fully synced, but I have at least passed the point where I can see some of my transactions. In trying to send a tx after ...
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Retrieve BCC/BCH but now have 0. Was i Hacked?
hey guys i followed an instruction from reddit and exodus chat and both had similar instructions to retieve Bitcoin Cash. I followed the instructions and it seemed like i received the coins though it ...
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I just sent my Bitcoins to a Bitcoin Cash wallet. Did I lose my coins? [duplicate]
I just sent my Bitcoins to a Bitcoin Cash wallet by mistake. Did I lose my coins or will they be converted to Bitcoin Cash coins after August the first?
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Why do large blocks increase the probability of chain reorgs?
After the recent two chain reorgs taking place in Bitcoin Cash SV, I am finding a number of developers stating that large blocks are the reason for the reorgs:
"Almost each time someone is trying to ...
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How can a third party spend BCH accidentally sent to a BTC address?
I transferred BCH to an Electrum wallet address and haven't ever received it because Electrum uses only BTC. As I have been trying to recover it, I looked up the transaction on explorer.bitcoin.com ...
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Get transaction after certain (tx, block, time or other) using insight-api Bitcoin CASH
Now i can get all transactions by address (Bitcoin Cash) using this request to api:
https://test-bch-insight.bitpay.com/api/txs/?address=qptaxxrqcz7qunclcvlcza9an6qlqqhzlya2d4e4fn
But i want to get ...
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buy bitcoin or bitcoin cash? [closed]
I have some bitcoins on coinbase and was going to buy more.
But now I see bitcoin cash available on coinbase.
Should I buy bitcoins or bitcoin cash? What is difference? And they have the same ...
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How do I get my Bitcoin Cash from my Blockchain.info wallet?
I am pretty much a Bitcoin novice. Bought some a few years ago, they went into my Blockchain.info wallet and I only checked it again a few days ago. It says I can get the same amount of Bitcoin Cash ...
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Cannot make valid Bitcoin Cash transaction
I've been way in over my head hacking around in various Python Bitcoin libraries. From what I understand, input public keys have to be compressed to be accepted. Is that correct? I have an ...
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Mining Profitability of BTC and BCH
When I review sites like fork.lol and they speak of Mining Profitability of BTC and BCH, how are these calculated? I am trying to figure out how mining profits change between these two coins and how ...
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Is ViaBTC the only public Bitcoin Cash pool?
Is ViaBTC the only public Bitcoin Cash pool?
I have spent hours in searching but could not find another one.
As the price of Bitcoin Cash surges, a lot of people want to mine it.
Thank you in ...
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Can I access a BCH wallet with a BTC seed phrase?
So I've accidentally given someone a BTC address and she sent BCH to this address. The wallet was created post-fork. Is it possible to go through the same process as accessing BCH immediately after ...
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What was the market cap of Bitcoin before and after the Bitcoin Cash fork?
I'm trying to understand the mechanics of the hard fork that created the Bitcoin Cash blockchain on August 1, 2017. After the fork, each holder of BTC got the same amount of BCH as they had BTC.
My ...
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