Unanswered Questions
164 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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BTCJam API 500 errors
I am currently trying to set up an application using the BTCJam api. I think the api could be very useful, but I have been unable to get it to work fully, and since support isn't responding, I thought ...
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Do any full-node clients compress blocks?
Does Bitcoin Core or any other full node capable client compress the blocks in transit on the network or locally on the node's filesystem?
I used 7z to compress a handful of my locally stored blocks, ...
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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
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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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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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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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Is there a way to schedule bandwidth-intensive functions of bitcoind?
Some Internet service providers have different pricing at different hours. Is it possible to limit some functions of bitcoind to specific time ranges? ...especially initial block download (IBD) and/or ...
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Create and spend P2WSH that locks coins with OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY
I'm attempting to create a P2SWH address with a script that locks the coins for some time. And then I want to spend those coins from that address.
I've read a lot, some of the most relevant:
BIP173
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Low inbound connections and fixed getnetworkinfo score at 4
I spent hours researching for possible solutions, but couldn't find any. I set up my RPi4 bitcoin node about a month ago. It communicates through Tor (see torrc content).
SOCKSPort 9050
Log notice ...
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Add inputs and outputs to a transaction signed with sighash SINGLE | ANYONECANPAY
I created a transaction with one input and one output, and signed it using sighash SINGLE | ANYONECANPAY.
Can I add further inputs and outputs with another wallet using bitcoin-cli?
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Where can I find the core binaries for v.0.1.5 to v.0.3.21?
I have been looking for core binaries (i.e. win32-setup.exe & win32.zip & macosx.zip) for earlier clients. Any advice on where they are hosted? They have all been removed from SourceForge.
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bitcoin-cli is not using port specified in config
I have setup a bitcoin node in regtest mode with custom config and datadir.
I start bittcoind with command:
bitcoind -conf=bitcoin-demo.conf -regtest -datadir="testdatabtc" -daemon
My bitcoin-...
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How to get multiple connections to the same node
I'm playing around with connecting my node to another one of my nodes to see how many incoming connections I can handle.
Whenever I add node A from node B with bitcoin-cli addnode 1.1.1.1 add after ...
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