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Is there a way to salvage the old mining software originally included in bitcoin core to mine with just a standalone computer - no asic?
Bitcoin Core still includes a bit of mining code. It's not as optimized as the code once used for actual CPU mining because it's meant to be used on regtest where the mining difficulty is permanently ...
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What do I need to have set up to have `getblocktemplate` work?
The purpose of getblocktemplate is to return a list of the most profitable mempool transactions and some other data (collectively called a "block template") needed to try and solve the proof-...
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What do I need to have set up to have `getblocktemplate` work?
Do I need to have some kind of mining software setup? Does that software not already come with Bitcoin Core?
Bitcoin Core does not include a mining capability for mainnet, only for the valueless ...
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Tried to create a wallet, ran into an error. How do I create a wallet using Bitcoin Core on Linux that I can then connect with mining?
What does this error message mean?
You tried to create a BDB wallet, which is the old type of wallet which is deprecated.
For context, Bitcoin Core supports two types of wallets:
The old type ("...
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