Unanswered Questions
3,798 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Peergroup download of the blockchain stalls?
I'm using bitcoinsharp to build my client. I try to download the blockchain in a peergroup network. Download starts, but when progress is 98%, the download is stopped & the client is waiting (2 ...
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Would it be possible to send money through the Lightning Network to an offline address?
My understanding is that the current Lightning Network spec requires an address receiving money to sign things with its private key - which requires the owner of that key to be online. Are there any ...
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Can*t call chainActive.Tip()->nHeight in core.cpp
I want to call chainActive.Tip()->nHeight in core.cpp. It is not possible, I am interested in every idea.
https://github.com/LIMXTEC/BitSend/blob/DEV-joshafest/src/core.cpp
Here is an example :
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How does a mix between Proof of Work/Stake work? (Peercoin)
I think I understand Proof of Stake and Proof of Work from a conceptual point now. For themselves both are good ideas for sure, but how would a crypto currency like Peercoin (PPC) combine both of them?...
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How do I spend bitcoins from multiple wallets in a single transaction?
Using, e.g., the Bitcoin Core command line, how could I spend bitcoins from multiple wallets in a single transaction?
This comment says:
instead of sending the transaction to the network, you send ...
6
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bitcoind and onion listening
I would like to get Bitcoind to advertise that it is listening on an onion address. However, I do not want to have Bitcoind use a tor socks proxy to connect. I have a special router for tor ...
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Settling offline transactions
Use Case
My use case is around a scenario where both customer and merchant possess offline wallets with a balance that has had confirmation on the blockchain.
To begin with, let us say that, the ...
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Getting Started With Script
I would like to manually write a few locking and unlocking scripts to get a deeper feel for that part of the network. What is the simplest step-by-step set of instructions to set up everything needed ...
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Mixing Unequal Inputs
Let's say have 3 inputs (alice, bob, satoshi): 0.3, 1.3, 1.6.
We can mix these inputs for example like this: 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.3, 0.1, 0.1.
Or like this: 1.3, 1.3, 0.3, 0....
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Passphrase works in Bitcoin QT, but does not in Bitcoin Core
I found an usb stick with a wallet.dat.
There is also an old notebook with Bitcoin Wallet v.8.6-beta on it.
Unfortunately I can't sync it on my old notebook and therefore I am not able to send BTC to ...
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Is bitcoin-gold more ASIC-resistant than Litecoin?
Bitcoin Gold's main point for existence has claimed to be ASIC-resistant in order to have mining power more distributed.
But wasn't this tried already with Litecoin via Scrypt mining algorithm? I've ...
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How do I remove Wallet from Bcoin?
I'm playing with bcoin cli and created lots of wallets. Is there any way to remove wallet via WalletDB Api?
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How to watch for the transactions over blockchain via nodejs?
I am using this bitcore npm package.
https://bitcore.io/api/lib
And i want to monitor all the transactions over the blockchain, and read the input address, output address and amount associated with ...
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How do “trustless third-party watchers” work in Lightning Network?
The main point with LN is the need to monitor the blockchain. The reason for this is to detect if the counterparty misbehaves by publishing an old channel state to the blockchain. For a node running ...
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Stealth addresses how does recipient use the bitcoins?
I've been reading on what stealth addresses does:
Sender generates unique address using the recipient's stealth address for every transaction
If multiple senders send bitcoin to recipient, then ...
