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Should I be worried that bitcoincore.org now suddenly only provides an "unsigned" Bitcoin Core installer?
Beginning with Taproot? Hmm... Something about this feels scary to me.
Your mistrust is misguided.
So, they are no longer making "signed" installers?
The releases are still signed with ...
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Detect when it is safe to 'stop' the Bitcoin Core Daemon, bitcoind
When bitcoind re-verifies blocks, it is not redownloading them. It is just loading them from disk and making sure that the databases are consistent. Bitcoind will always re-verify a small number of ...
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bitcoin-cli commands like createrawtransaction not working with json on command line
When looking at the Bitcoin Developer Reference I saw an example where they use two additional '' before and after the list of inputs in comparison to you. For your input, I also got "Error parsing ...
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bitcoin-cli commands like createrawtransaction not working with json on command line
Try rewriting your command to
bitcoin-cli -testnet createrawtransaction "[{\"txid\": \"12b8e7ede4992f4d30f93idj3085746951d945e39f40becebd7c290af8c2e7ad\", \"vout\": 0}]" "{\"...
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Could not locate RPC credentials Error
You're getting this error because bitcoind isn't running. Once it is, it will create an authentication cookie, and bitcoin-cli will be able to connect.
To start bitcoind from cmd prompt, type:
cd C:/...
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Run bitcoind as a service in windows
Install
Download NSSM
Comment out #daemon=1 from bitcoin.conf with comment #incompatible with windows service
Shut down bitcoin-qt, bitcoind, bitcoin-cli to eliminate any confusion
nssm install ...
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Noob: new to bitcoin, bitcoind will not run on Windows 10
You can run bitcoind.exe on windows if you leave off the -daemon flag, as the error message says. Then it will run in the command prompt window or whatever you are running it with. While it's running, ...
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json parsing error with createrawtransaction with bitcoin-cli in regtest
Using quotes and escaping like this should work on Windows:
createrawtransaction "[{\"txid\":\"7b2d65b85487a891a3e0a9c541975fa7e681e571ea18982da49402e594ca2af1\",\"vout\&...
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Windows 7 : Unable to start bitcoin server using daemon in regtest : bitcoind -regtest -daemon
In the command line on windows you must type just bitcoind -regtest whitout -daemon
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Where is the downloaded Ardor blockchain stored on windows and linux?
On Windows (when using Ardor mainnet) the blockchain will be downloaded to your "C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Ardor\nxt_db" folder. Make sure that you can see hidden folders. You can find your ...
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Running Bitcoind as a service on windows 10
I think you need to add -daemon to your command in order for this to work. Also, you have -regetest in your command which implies that you want to use the Regression Test network (regtest). Besides ...
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Why does Bitcoin Core keep saying "X days left" every single day?
As Pieter pointed out, it sounds like your Bitcoin Core is not shutting down cleanly when you turn off your computer. This could happen for example if the shutdown process does not wait for Bitcoin ...
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Where can I find Armory 92.3 for download?
A version for XP can be downloaded from github. This is actually 93.3 not 92.3. It says "Armory 0.93.3 for Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8+ (64-bit)"
I have not used this version and cannot vouch for it in ...
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Why does the first bitcoin client only supported windows
If you want a definitive answer, you'll need to ask him I'm afraid.
My best guess is that Windows development was the thing he was most familiar with (or even only familiar with). The coding style was ...
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How can I pick the data directory of Bitcoin Core on Windows 10?
You'll want to set the option -datadir=<path-to-your-drive> either when starting bitcoind, or in your bitcoin.conf file. If you add it to bitcoin.conf, you'll need to restart your node for the ...
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Insert a password to a wallet.dat file from windows cmd
Using the info @Prayank provided, I managed to do it the following way:
Run first cmd session and changed directory to where bitcoind.exe resides. Then run bitcoind.exe
Run second cmd session, changed ...
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Unable to "sendcoins" using bitgo express apis - Windows OS
BitGo generally uses 2-of-3 multisig transactions. That means that when you send a transaction, you must provide one of the signatures, and BitGo will add the second signature once you submit the ...
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Running Electrum wallet and full node on Windows. How to configure SSL with self-signed certificate
I almost deleted the question - but the answer maybe of use to others.
I have Bitcoin Core running as a Windows app, I have Electrum wallet running as a Windows app, but have Electrum server running ...
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How install electrum for other users on Windows?
Per Electrum's github, this issue appears to be Windows-specific and is caused by pyinstaller (an upstream dependency) running under the admin context. This means that the installer will only create ...
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What could be the reason that my node syncs so slowly during Header Synchronization?
Without knowing your bitcoin.conf settings and debug.log, it is difficult to say. Generally speaking, however, here are a few things:
365GB is not enough space, so you'll have to run in pruned mode ...
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When Satoshi Nakamoto mined his first set of blocks in 2008/2009, it was on Bitcoin Core, but was he using Linux or Windows?
Microsoft Windows.
In the Bitcoin v0.1 release announcement Satoshi Nakamoto stated
Windows only for now. Open source C++ code is included.
Unpack the files into a directory
Run BITCOIN.EXE
It ...
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Why has Bitcoin Core stopped shutting down when Windows cleanly shuts down?
According to https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/20052#issuecomment-702659790 you can use the PowerShell Stop-Computer cmdlet.
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ListWalletDir: Access is denied D:\System Volume Information
This long standing issue should be fixed in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/21907.
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Anyone tried building bitcoin core with visual studio 2019?
The process of migrating the Bitcoin Core project to the CMake-based build system is currently underway. Once completed, it will enable flawless building of Bitcoin Core using Visual Studio.
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Where is the bitcoind executable on Windows 10?
It's at C:\Program Files\Bitcoin\daemon.
NOTE: On the download page, make sure to choose the installer, not the zip file.
The first one:
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Getting "Can't run the JVM" when starting Ardor on Windows 10
If you edit the run.bat file you'll notice the last line that begins with start
I copied that line and made the java.exe paths absolute instead of relative and pasted this line into the command line ...
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Bitcoin Core on Windows get wallet address
I am unable to find the wallet address anywhere in the application itself.
Little confusion here, there is no one wallet <==> one address.
Your wallet is handling many keys, hence many addresses. ...
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How to migrate Lightning (LND) from local laptop to external myNodeBTC node
This sounds like the age old proverb of "Good, Cheap or Fast - Pick Two"
I like your original suggestion, but you do have options:
Close all channels, wait an hour, then restore the new lnd node w/ ...
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