Unanswered Questions
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What's the difference between '[validation] TransactionAddedToMempool' and '[mempool] AcceptToMemoryPool' log messages when running debug=1?
Running bitcoin core 28.0 with debug=1. What is the difference between these two logging messages?
2024-12-18T20:27:39Z [validation] TransactionAddedToMempool:
2024-12-18T20:27:39Z [mempool] ...
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How do I fix a stuck low-feerate transaction that was sweeping the wallet?
My friend is using BlueWallet. They created a 1-input-1-output transaction that sends all their funds, but used a feerate of 1.7 s/vB. The transaction has been subsequently stuck for a couple weeks, ...
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Can I know in advance the minimum amount required by a node to open a channel?
While experimenting with Lightning Network, I decided to put as little on the wallet as possible. This created problems when creating my own channel - it looks like some nodes have minimum amounts ...
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What are anchor channels and how does Electrum Trampoline solve lack of them?
While trying to set up a lightning channel, I came across this issue. Here's the suggested solution:
The acinq node now requires anchor channels, which are not supported yet in Electrum. (will be in ...
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Stratum connection example
I'm trying to figure out what each parameter does in stratum. I've looked through the internet, but haven't found an agreement on what each parameter does. I have a wireshark dump of CCminer ...
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Denial of Service during Initial Block Download
I'm certain this has an obvious answer, but I haven't been able to find it -
Since it doesn't cost a transaction fee to request block data from another node, what stops an attacker from (D)DoSing a ...
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Consistent "No route found" error with self hosted Lightning Node
I followed the Raspibolt guide on how to setup Lightning. Everything is up and running smoothly, except I consistently get issues with a route not being found for my payments... I've been running ...
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Unconfirmed transactions
I am trying to load my old Bitcoin Qt 0.8.6 wallet and I am left with old transactions as unconfirmed. How do I fix this problem? The balance in the wallet is not confirmed by the network.
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How do i I do a mutual close of a channel with a higher fee on Core Lightning after from the state CLOSINGD_COMPLETE?
I attempted to close one of my channels today by running:
lightning-cli -k close id=******* unilateraltimeout=10800 feerange=[1000,4000]
I got the following output:
# Sending closing fee ...
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Seeking Advice on Recovering Inscribed Bitcoin Runes Lost in a Swap
I’m reaching out to this community because I’m in a very difficult situation and could really use some advice or guidance. Here’s a high-level overview of what happened:
I recently purchased Bitcoin ...
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is there any way i can get my money back? i paided more then 200 dollars on site named adurite
my payments got stuck in the memory pool for months after using adurite to buy roblox Limited's
is there any way i can fix this for the payment to go threw or can i use console commands to cancel the ...
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How to use self hosted Lightning node?
Looking for some guidance... I followed the Raspibolt guide, and completed setting up my own Bitcoin Node, Electrum Personal Server, and Lightning Node.
I have the Electrum Mobile Wallet, and I am ...
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Wallet and network selection for bitcoin URI BIP21 payment invoked through QR Code
I'm building an application to generate a payment link to be provided as a QR code.
The encoded string is a Bitcoin URI scheme as defined in BIP21.
bitcoin:?amount=1
For me, this opens a default ...
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Does BIP86 not use a unique prefix for extended keys?
Do BIP86 extended keys not use a unique prefix?
For example:
BIP44 = xprv/xpub
BIP49 = yprv/ypub
BIP84 = zprv/zpub
BIP 86 = xprv/xpub?
In other words, do BIP86 extended keys share the same ...
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How to find IP addresses for large mining sites？
How can I find the Bitcoin core IP addresses of large mining sites such as Foundryusa and Antpool, query transactions entering Mempool, and push my transactions in? Mempool.space hides some ...
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Can selfish mining work with a leaky pool?
I'm trying to work through an attack scenario (say 20 years in the future when block rewards and fees may be more comparable). A miner with say 10% of the hashrate would like invite others to help ...
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University Wifi blocks Mining traffic
I have several ASICs and GPUs that I want to use for mining, but the internet connection is blocking the activity. I’ve also tried using a hotspot, but for some reason, that gets blocked too.
What’s ...
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Is anyone running public electrum server with websockets?
It seems websockets should be supported by major implementations (checked fulcrum and electrum). https://1209k.com/bitcoin-eye/ele.php?chain=btc has not a single websocket enabled electrum server ...
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How do I connect my S19s with my full node for solo mining?
I am running a full node server and attempting to attach a dozen S19 miners. The Bitcoin Core machine seems to be up and running, fully synced and I can ping it. I also can see it is listening on the ...
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How do I correctly specify feerange of [slow,normal] on running lightling-cli close?
I close my lightning channels on Core Lightning with the following Bash script:
#!/usr/bin/bash
close_channel() {
echo -e "${ita}unilateraltimeout${end} in seconds?";read tmt
echo "...
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A question about private key
The private key of Bitcoin is a 256 bit binary number or a 64 bit hexadecimal number. Why isn't my 64 bit Bitcoin private key in hexadecimal? It starts with 'G'. How can I obtain the correct private ...
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Can I recover Bitcoin after security codes lost
My colleague says he still has 50-100 bitcoins on an old hard drive, but he can no longer access them because he does not have the security codes. It is an bitcoin-qt wallet I think. I have read some ...
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Possible to install Tailscale on a Bitaxe?
Does anyone know how to install Tailscale on a Bitaxe Gamma? I'd like to remotely log into my network and check the status of the Bitaxe outside of my home network. Tailscale is great for this, but ...
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Who maintains BTCRecover?
BTCrecover is often suggested as a tool for recovering partly forgotten wallet passwords etc. Who maintains this software?
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Transaction stuck between AddToWallet newupdate and AddToWallet update
This is my first question here, maybe I make a beginners mistakes.
I am running bitcoin core on a raspi, which is good with bitcoind but sometimes bitcoin-qt is too much load and the node breaks down. ...
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I was working on testnet but I'm lacking BTC ammount, can anyone help me please?
I was working a testnet project which requires Taproot btc , But I'm lacking of it, I need around 0.1 BTC, can anyone please help me? it will be a big help>>
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Can fraudsters access my wallet if I didn't give them my PIN or passphrase?
I sent crypto from my cold wallet to a scam. I didn't give out PIN or passphrase. Can these guys access my wallet now?
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BTCRecover for finding lost BTC?
So I know BTCRecover has been around but I have some questions about it before I risk using it...
I asked about finding my lost BTC in that I dont know what wallet it was stored in but I have my both ...
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Is the balance of the channel safe if I set unilateraltimeout to 0 and go offline when mutually closing the channel?
I run a core lighning node with a couple of private, single-founded channels.
Because of my circumstances my node is usually online for a couple of hours every three days or so.
I want to mutually ...
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pywallet needs 'bsddb' package to run, please install it
On a Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS VM I installed Python 2.7.18 via:
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.18/Python-2.7.18.tgz
tar xzf Python-2.7.18.tgz
cd Python-2.7.18/
sudo ./configure --enable-...
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