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Bitcoin RPC: How to find the transaction that spends a TXO?
I suspect there is no good way to do it.
However is there any sub-optimal way to find the transaction that spends a transaction output (knowing the txid and index) with Bitcoin RPC?
Assuming txindex=1 ...
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How to explore transaction chain via Original Bitcoin API as blockexplorer does it
Is there any possibility to explore transaction chain via Original Bitcoin API (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client/API_Calls_list) as the blockexplorer does it.
If not, why?
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How to calculate the purging low-fee for a node with the default mempool size?
I'm running a full node with a mempool size set to 2 GB. Default mempool size is 300 MB.
At the moment (block hight 785,095) the mempool size is around 344 MB.
Running rpc command
bitcoin-cli ...
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bitcoin TransactionBuilder is not a constructor
I'm trying to send bitcoin with the bitcoinjs-lib library and I get the following error:
TypeError: bitcoin.TransactionBuilder is not a constructor
at sendmoney (/Users/....../bitcoin.js:53:18)
at ...
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How to segregate wallet from bitcoin core | Run multiple wallets in different servers on one centralized bitcoin node
I am running bitcoin full node in a centralized server. I have many web applications running in various places. I want to connect this web applications with centralized full bitcoin node. How to ...
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Electrum Seed Purpose for MultiSig Wallet
I'm curious as to what exactly is protected by the seed that Electrum generates for a multisig wallet. My knowledge of the protocol implementation is rather basic, so please correct me where I'm wrong ...
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bitcoin-cli - "error: couldn't connect to server" [solved as per comment]
I have bitcoind 0.13.1 running on a Raspberry Pi. I can see it on the bitcoin network using bitnodes.21.co but I can't connect to it locally with bitcoin-cli.
My bitcoin.conf is:
rpcuser=xxx
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Electrum via command-line: can generic blockchain info be requested?
For example can I ask the Electrum client via it's API what the height or version of the latest block is? Looking through the docs all I currently see is wallet commands.
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bitcoind inconsistent authentication error
I am using a Linux computer.
The issue I am having is that sometimes I have to use "kill -s 9 (bitcoind pid)" and restart bitcoind using "bitcoind -txindex" because bitcoind will sometimes not let me ...
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getblocktemplate times out after being called many times
I am writing a program about bitcoin mining. It calls the RPC method getblocktemplate every second. Sometimes bitcoind doesn't reply to my RPC getblocktemplate request, but bitcoind still accepted new ...
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When does the "reject" string have an empty reject reason upon submitting a new block?
I submitted a new block using the rpc command submit. And I just got a "reject" string without a reject reason.
I checked the bitcoind source code, and found that it usually sends a reject reason; ...
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Bitcoind JSON-RPC - getbalance with 0 confirmations not included
When I access bitcoind through JSON-RPC and query:
getbalance '*' 0
It does not include transactions with 0 confirmations.
Only when a transaction has least 1 confirmation it is included in that ...
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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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Clarity on rpc flag design to pass boolean arguments
I am working with RPCs flags that may have a boolean argument which is extracted using GetBoolArg and there are various ways to pass Boolean arguments. For example
-fastprune=1 // true
-fastprune=...
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Using BIP32 derivations, can all seeds theoretically produce all public keys?
I was interested in how many possible combinations of BIP 32 derivation paths exist, which could result in a public key derived from a seed. While some people colloquially call it "unlimited,&...
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