Questions tagged [blockchain-fork]
This tag should be used for questions regarding any split in the Bitcoin blockchain
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why 'increasing the block size above 1 MB requires a hard fork.” actually not require fork?
in this link, they say
“increasing the block size above 1 MB requires a hard fork.” In this
example, an actual block chain fork is not required—but it is a
possible outcome.
but i can't ...
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what happens if a miner include a transaction already exists in another block?
Suppose that I have a Transaction A. (txA)
I send my txA to bitcoin network and full node validate it and put in Mempool and starts to broadcasting it.
A Miner A connect to a fullnode to create a ...
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What happens to the transactions included in the forks?
Let:
a) the vector triplet <x,y,z> refer <height, index, parent_index>
b) blocks, block100, block110 (of height 1) are mined together and they both refer previous block block00[null] (of ...
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Why isn't the block hash used to calculate accumulated work?
Why is this idea flawed? It doesn't seem to be a bad idea at first, because the miners should be incentivized to extend existing chain, instead of to "remine existing blocks", since such "remining" ...
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Would it be possible to create a soft-fork for reducing miner reward?
Context:
There is a bet going on r/bitcoin about the possibility of doing a user activated soft fork for reducing current miner reward to 0.25 BTC.
One of the users says the bet had two points:
the ...
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I have a Bitcoin ABC full node. How do I split off Bitcoin SV?
I have some BCH in a Bitcoin ABC full node, which is currently running 0.18.5. I want to obtain the corresponding Bitcoin SV without spending on both chains at the same time and losing the BSV. I am ...
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how to create a transaction that can only run in bch-abc using javascript?
I use the "bitcoincashjs" or "bch-lib" and want to add a new opcode "OP_CHECKDATASIG" to output.How to do?
const utxo = {
'txId' : '...
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How was FORKID used in Bitcoin Cash at the original fork point and in all upgrades since?
References:
https://github.com/bitcoincashorg/bitcoincash.org/blob/master/spec/replay-protected-sighash.md
https://github.com/bitcoincashorg/bitcoincash.org/blob/master/spec/2018-nov-upgrade.md
It ...
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How many coins will be available after bitcoin cash fork?
I am confused about bitcoin cash fork.
Will Bitcoin Cash disappear and its name change to the Bitcoin cash ABC? or after hash war there will be only one coin?
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Consensus issue, sync. stuck at “Synchronizing sporks - 25%” - PIVX fork
I've been working on a PIVX fork for some time, to better understand blockchain infrastructure and coding in general.
I have been able to modify all parameters, remove checkpoints, set up a new ...
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How can Bitcoin Cash be blocks ahead of Bitcoin SV
After the Bitcoin Cash & Bitcoin SV fork, Bitcoin Cash is happy to be "ahead" of Bitcoin SV, but how is this possible? aren't blocks supposed to be mined constantly every 10 min?
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how to prevent losses after a hard or soft fork
i learned about hard and soft forks from this question; now i have a basic understanding about forks; but the answers of that question did not say what happens to transactions on the stale chain; if i ...
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Ardor Transaction was generated on a fork error
I tried to sign a transaction and then broadcast it, but I get the following error:
Error! Failed to broadcast transaction: ecBlockHeight 221000 does not match ecBlockId 932...., transaction was ...
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What would happen if I publish a modified version of an earlier block? Would it be rejected immediately by peer nodes?
I am reading the book "Mastering Bitcoin" and have finished reading Chapter 2 and 10, but I still don't find the answer.
Suppose the current main chain has 5 blocks:
B0 <- B1 <- B2 <- B3 &...
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What are Forward Blocks?
Mark Friedenbach says "Bitcoin’s Block Size Can Be Increased Without Hard Fork".
Can someone ELI5 what are Forward Blocks?
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Transaction in orphaned block question
This is a theoretical question. Assuming that a transaction (TX_A) with me on the receiving end gets added to the blockchain, I should be able to spend the amount I received. So I go on and spend it ...
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When does a blockchain fork resolution happen?
I understand that the forks are resolved by largest proof-of-work etc. but when do the miners decide to resolve a fork? Is it a network consensus or do each individual miner resolve at their own pace?
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Bitcoin version conundrum
Given that the Bitcoin node software not centrally controlled (auto updated) and many different versions and implementations exist around the world, how would a core change be possible if it is not ...
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What is the longnest blockchain fork that has been orphaned to date?
On this thread, the user asked what is the longest unintentional fork that Bitcoin had suffered. From the answers present, Bitcoin never had a >4 block fork until 2012.
It has been 6 years though, ...
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Blockchain gets stucked if no blocks are mined
Yesterday I decided to fork a project, just for fun and to learn more about it. So, I forked a project, I generated my own genesis block, changed timestamps, nounce, keys, reset the min chain work. ...
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How can forks coexist even though only one of the is the longest chain?
We know Bitcoin has some forks like Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin. They make a new branch on chain, so how can they coexist without the shorter branches being discarded, and just the longest chain staying ...
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Why choose the longest chain before checking for double-spending?
Can we make the following changes to the current POW protocol to better avoid double-spending:
a) For full/mining nodes that receive two chains, check if there are identical addresses that occur on ...
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Altcoin Fork: Wallet - Error opening Block Database
I forked a coin based on Banq. I changed everything and all worked fine. I could mine, blocks were syncing well without any problem etc.
The problem comes when I set up the masternodes, I did setup ...
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Is it possible to append new blocks to a block of arbitrary age?
First of all, I'm aware of 51% attacks and how they work.
Though, I was wondering, if Bitcoin and other blockchains allow appending cryptographically valid, new blocks to blocks of arbitrary age (if ...
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How to hard fork a altcoin? [closed]
I have created a altcoin using the reference of LTC and already 170k blocks were formed. Now i want to change the conformation time as well as i want the difficulty to start from base difficulty....
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What happens to old transactions in case of a fork?
I'm confused about forking. What happens to the 'old' version of a blockchain and related transactions/data in case of a fork. Can they still be deleted or does the new branch still depend on them to ...
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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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How to fork a cryptocurrency [closed]
I have cloned a coin and changed some variable to make it my own coin. I have launched it and have a few mining pools mining my coin. Going through the code I notice I have an error and the reward ...
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Why is a softfork unable to divide the network?
I was wondering why a soft fork cannot in principle divide the Bitcoin network as a hard fork can. I understand that a soft fork, by definition, involves only tightening the consensus rules, but the ...
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How to store bitcoins to easily claim hard forks later?
I had my bitcoins kept in a milti-signature, segwit address. After the fork of Bitcoin Cash, Gold, etc., I got to know that I can't claim my fork coins (or very difficult to claim, if possible).
I ...
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How do the nodes divide after a hard fork? Soft Fork?
After a hard fork, what happens to the full nodes? Say 11,000 BTC full nodes existed prior to the fork. Do all 11,000 end up supporting both BCH and BTC? Or does BCH start building it's own network of ...
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what is forking attack? and different between forking attack and selfish mining?
I am a student who studies block-chain for these days.
I have a question about forking attack and selfish mining in mining strategies
as you see picture below
I don't understand why miner should ...
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Would nine 1MB transactions potentially create havoc on the BitcoinCash network
It appears that the BitcoinCash chain is still on its original BCH main chain, and non-upgraded mines/exchanges/wallets can still transact there.
What then would happen if nine (or more) 1MB ...
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Miners and Nodes: what are their role in protocol updates?
What are the different roles of miners and nodes for protocol updates (governance)? Which group is more important?
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I gave someone a bitcoin cash address to send btc and now it's not showing up on my bitcoin cash app [duplicate]
I am new to bitcoin so i made a mistake of sending my receiving address from bitcoin cash to an online casino I won money on. The bitcoin never showed up in the cash wallet app but when I look up the ...
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Any methods or tech to reduce the size of blockchain?
Are there any techs/methods applied or going to be applied on the bitcoin network to reduce the size of blockchain. It is really a burden for peroson to run a full-node especially on vps. Or what ...
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Did I lost the chance to get my BCH from Aug 2017 fork?
I had some BTC before the BCH fork in my wallet, but I didn't know I could claim the same quantity on BCH too, I've just read about how "hard fork" works :(
Then I sell my BTC, that means now I ...
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Explanation of probability of forks in the Bitcoin blockchain
I am reading this paper on how information is propagated on the Bitcoin network. The authors present a model to predict the rate at which forks occur in the blockchain which is given as below
Here, F ...
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Is it possible to copy BTC balances of only some addresses while forking
I want to fork a Blockchain for private use, however I want to keep only balance of some known adresses
for example if my adresses are @A(10BTC), @B(20BTC), @C(30BTC)
I want to see same adresses with ...
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Does a 2009 client sync the whole bitcoin blockchain
So does a 2009 client sync the whole bitcoin blockchain and does the temporary split of 2013 have any impact on that?
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Why is wif prefix 0x80 more than pubKeyHash prefix
I forked a coin and found that whatever I put in pubKeyHash prefix, I need to add 0x80 to it, to calculate wif prefix and hence generate an address keypair, i.e address and private key corresponding ...
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How to make hardfork? [closed]
I understand what is hardfork in theory. Hardfork happens, when the consensus algorithm changes (if I'm wrong, correct me please). Ok, with theory everything is clear, but what about technical side of ...
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Monero hardforks to kill off ASIC manufacturers, when was the last time something similar happen to another coin?
In the recent news, Monero hardforks to kill off ASIC manufacturers like Bitmain. When was the last time a similar thing happen where cyptocurrency devs changed the mining algorithm to deter a large ...
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How Multisignature Wallets are affected in case of a hard-fork?
In an event of forking, are there any special circumstances involving multisig wallets? I am asking this because Coinbase says they do not support forks and multisig wallets?
Below is a quote from ...
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What would happen if two miners were mining two blocks with two different set of transactions?
If two miners picked from the mempool two different sets of transactions, that were not dependent on each other.
Then could both miners, mine both blocks and not create a fork?
So miner 1 finishes ...
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APIs for new bitcoin forks
Is there any api providers to access blockchain data of new bitcoin forks? In my search, I could only find apis for btc and bch.
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Is it possible to copy transactions between Bitcoin's forks blockchain?
Do Bitcoin forks share the same transaction protocol after the fork? If so, is it possible to copy/ duplicate a transaction that uses common input transactions in the other blockchain?
Let me explain ...
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How to correctly set attributes for block hash and nBits in PIVX Fork?
I've cloned PIVX(basically a DASH fork) and modified basic parameters. It compiles fine. When I'm trying to run it the server starts and the debug log file shows following errors:
ERROR: ...
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Is this a valid scenario in blockchain?
Is this a valid case in blockchain?
if yes whether the reward for t1 is shared and if not, which block will be invalidated or why not everyone will prefer to solve the block with a single transaction
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How did Bitcoin Cash fork from Bitcoin?
I was wondering how it was possible because of the following thinking:
Let's assume that Bitcoin Cash's hashpower is smaller than Bitcoin's. Then they would start mining at the same point in the ...
