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A packet is one unit of binary data capable of being routed through a computer network.

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How to use Wireshark to identify Bitcoin/Lightning P2P packets

I've seen that Wireshark can detect protocol packets like Bitcoin and Lightning Network, which are identified in the protocol column. However, my Wireshark is not classifying those packets, it just ...
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Is there a flag or specific message in a bitcoin pcap to show us our bitcoin transaction is confirmed or not?

Assume that I send a specific value from a source wallet to a destination wallet and simultaneously capture the input and output traffic with Wireshark. I can extract output address and it's value ...
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Why tx informations of a specific transfer in BITCOIN protocol will send to many IP addresses?

Recently I send a specific value from a wallet to another wallet and Simultaneously I caputred the related traffics in source and destination. after that, I found that value and it's related address ...
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How is bitcoind "shy" when exchanging `version` packets?

This is more of a technical/programming question. I am referring to this line of code: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/be992701b018f256db6d64786624be4cb60d8975/src/net_processing.cpp#L1699 ...
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Does xmr-stak use Stratum?

Using Wireshark to analyze packets sent by xmr-stak, I found them to be inconsistent with those of Stratum (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Stratum_mining_protocol). From Wireshark: { "method": "login",...
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addr_recv addr_from in version Message

I need some clarification about the meaning of the addr_from and addr_recv fields in the Version Message. addr_recv: The network address of the node receiving this message does this mean the public ...
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Banning Bitcoin through packet filtering

There's been a lot of talk about governments banning Bitcoin. In theoretical terms, this is possible but, how could a government effectively ban bitcoin through technological means? Are there packet ...