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Generate addresses from Trezor's xPub using Python
I am trying to generate BIP32 HD addresses from my Trezors xPub key.
I keep getting errors with most of the libs our there. What am I missing?
pywallet:
from pywallet import wallet
xpub = '...
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What is exactly Randstorm vulnerability?
I've read the article from Unciphered about it, multiple times, and still fail to understand it
It basically says that wallets generated by BitcoinJs front end library from 2011 to 2015 are vulnerable ...
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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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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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BitcoinJS with no storage?
I have a use-case where I'd only need to be monitoring the mempool transactions and recently-committed blocks/transactions (the last month's worth of blocks would be sufficient). Is there a way to ...
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Broadcast Error RPC error: {"code":-26,"message":"non-mandatory-script-verify-flag (Invalid Schnorr signature)"}
While broadcasting raw transaction has to chain, got the below error
RPC error: {"code":-26,"message":"non-mandatory-script-verify-flag (Invalid Schnorr signature)"} but ...
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Preventing excessive rescans on startup
I upgraded my node at coinos.io from bitcoin 25.0 to 28.0 the other day and got hit by a bunch of somewhat lengthy rescans that caused me about 30 minutes of downtime.
I have close to 200 watch-only ...
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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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How to claim funds in a multisig address from a money pool psbt?
Mostly followed this guide on how to create a psbt where multiple users pool money together. Everything is done in regtest.
The gist of what I did is as follows:
Created 2 different descriptor ...
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How to import a descriptor into a wallet?
I am trying to import a descriptor into a blank wallet but I get a JSON parsing error.
$ cli createwallet "test" false true "" false true
$ cli -rpcwallet=test importdescriptors '[{...
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Importing BIP-84 keys to Bitcoin Core or similar?
I generated a mnemonic and keys using the BIP-84 scheme and sent funds to a public address from that scheme over time. I have been using this as a paper wallet, unattached to any wallet software.
I ...
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HD wallet usage in Bitcoin & Lightning combined wallets
Is there a best practice / recommendation for a Bitcoin & Lightning combined wallet, regarding the HD wallet used in the Bitcoin wallet and the HD wallet used in the Lightning wallet?
no relation,...
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Is BitCoin developer page's HD Wallet image wrong
Here is the image I copied from the https://developer.bitcoin.org/devguide/wallets.html#id9
What I understand is that M/0'/1' can derive M/0'/1'/0.
M/0'/1' can't derive M/0'/1'/0'.
To derive M/0'/1'/0,...
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Reusing bitcoin hw wallet infrastructure as a PGP replacement?
A lot of people who own Bitcoin are already know how to securely generate, store and use their BIP32 + BIP39 wallets, and own hardware wallets.
Are there any existing projects/standards trying to bolt ...
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Is there a simpler form of BIP32-like key derivation?
I've read about BIP32 key derivation functions, and also:
Any Elliptic Curve could work in the BIP32 scheme. The only property
of a Curve that BIP32 relies on is that a * G + b *G = (a + b mod N) *
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