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Is it safe to skip the initial block verification at startup?

The longest step in bitcoin core initialization is "Verifying last 6 blocks at level 3". The number of blocks checked at startup went down from 288 in 2014 to 6 now. Therefore, in order to speedup ...
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libwallycore error installing LND on Ubuntu 18.04

I'm setting up an LND node on Ubuntu 18.04. I've installed python3, and cloned the repo. I ran configure, and get this error on the make command: checking byteswap.h, usability... no checking ...
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bitcoind still running after 'bitcoin-cli stop'

I'm running Debian 11, all updates installed. 12gb RAM, massive internal SSD for storage. $ /usr/local/bin/bitcoin-25.0/bin/bitcoin-cli stop has worked well shutting down bitcoind on my computer until ...
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bitcoind performance issues

I am struggling with poor performance of Bitcoin Core full node, which is used as a hot wallet. There are similar questions already but without an answer or solution Bitcoind Performance for ...
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listdescriptors true fails after importing a 2-of-3 multisig descriptor (prv, pub, pub)

By deafult, in a newly created descriptor wallet that is not watch-only and not empty, listdescriptors true works and gives output. However, here is a scenario that breaks it: Get a new address in ...
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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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Raspiblitz slow sync performance

I'm syncing my raspberry pi 4 model B, 4GB and after 4 days I'm less than 50% synced. It seems as though there is something wrong with bitcoind as there are some weird symptoms going on. The pi is ...
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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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How to directly query leveldb database to get get a record by transaction hash or by sender's address?

I learned that the blocks and transactions are stored locally in .bitcoin/blocks/index and .bitcoin/chainstate databases, respectively. I want to make a direct query to those databases to measure the ...
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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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Unable to limit tcp bandwidth using tc in QoS for localhost

I am trying to connect few bitcoind instance running on different ports on my local machine and control the bandwidth between those connections. I used the tc utility as following: #network interface ...
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The setup steps for generating bitcoin addresses programmatically and checking for payments with walletnotify

I have read this question and done some investigation, and I want to make sure I have some of this right. If I have a server somewhere where I can install bit coin (I'm thinking bitcoin-qt on Ubuntu)...
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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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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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