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Bitcoin over HTTP?

Are there any implementations of a Bitcoin client that would run over HTTP, allowing one to communicate by, for example, sending raw message bytes as a POST? Edit: I'm not looking for ways to control ...
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What are the differences and advantages of stratum to HTTP?

I understand that Stratum is a kind of protocol specifically designed for ASIC miners. I found this page from its creator, but it is very technical. I want to know, in layman's terms, what are the ...
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How do I get merkle branches using the Stratum protocol?

I need to get the merkle branch quickly for a known TX. I have connected to various stratum servers, but whenever I send the method below I get "HTTP code 405 - Method not allowed". { \"id\": 1, \"...
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Please explain getwork

Request: POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: de.btcguild.com:8332 Accept: */* Accept-Encoding: deflate, gzip Content-type: application/json X-Mining-Extensions: longpoll midstate rollntime submitold Content-Length:...
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Miners - HTTP JSON-RPC or JSON-RPC?

Does the main miner software used currently use HTTP JSON-RPC, or JSON-RPC? That is, do they use HTTP calls to obtain getwork, or TCP/IP?
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Using Decred's atomic swap; "transport connection broken: malformed HTTP response"

I am trying to run the initiate command according to the example at https://github.com/decred/atomicswap This is my input: $ btcatomicswap --testnet --rpcuser=myuser --rpcpass=mypass initiate ...
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What is the minimum amount of network messaging needed to get the latest block hash from a node?

Reference: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_documentation#inv I want to be able to write the simplest possible script that is able to contact a Bitcoin full node (given it's IP and port) and get ...
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GDAX Java Limit Order (HTTP Post)

Trying to send HTTP Post request to GDAX with auth. The 'GET' requests work fine and I'm unsure if I am passing the json params correctly as I keep getting Bad Request. private static JsonObject ...
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What are some http mining pools out there?

The open source FPGA miner with source available at https://github.com/progranism/Open-Source-FPGA-Bitcoin-Miner does not support stratum, so in order to test it, I need an http pool. Are there any ...
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application layer protocol for propagation between nodes [closed]

for the propagation process between nodes in the networks, witch application layer protocol they use, HTTP or WebSocket? And if they use WebSocket, does each node maintain a continuous connection ...
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