Unanswered Questions
393 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Creating a P2SH-P2WPKH using Bitcoin Functional Test Framework
I'm using the Bitcoin Functional Test framework to understand how SegWit works by analyzing and building a P2SH-P2WPKH transaction.
When I run my code the transaction gets created, but when I inspect ...
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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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Partial private key recovery
I had the pleasure of setting up a Bitcoin wallet using the Blue Wallet app and diligently noted down the 52 characters of my private key on a piece of paper for backup purposes.
Upon revisiting the ...
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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 can inputs be retrieved efficiently when parsing the bitcoin blockchain?
I downloaded the Bitcoin blockchain. I have a full node and I would like to do some parsing. I use RPC to send commands to Bitcoin Core from my Python program. When I get a block it works fine but the ...
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Is there a way to sync bitcoin core without verification?
As the question asks, is there a way that one could sync the bitcoin client without verifying all the blocks. During IBD, downloading the blockchain isn't the bottleneck, what takes time is verifying ...
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How much on-chain activity is to and from exchanges?
Are there any data services which provide metrics that show how much of the transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain are to and from exchanges?
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How to sign bitcoin raw transactions with Python offline
I have a raw bitcoin transaction created using createrawtransaction
unsigned_tx = "...
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How much data does it take to prove a given transaction exists on the blockchain?
As I understand the SVP protocol, a client can be reasonably certain that a transaction has been accepted on the blockchain if they know it is a member of a certain block, via the Merkle path, and a ...
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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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Querying insight-api to dump all addresses with a positive balance
It's been some time I've been using 'insight-api' (https://github.com/bitpay/insight-api) and I couldn't find any documentation / anything helpful to query leveldb in a way that all addresses with a ...
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Bitcoin-qt database for BitcoinJ downloadBlockChain()
I am using bitcoinJ to develop a bitcoin based payment module for my project. I have the complete block chain downloaded/in sync with the network on the bitcoin-qt client.
Is there a way I can use ...
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What is the best way to implement withdrawal in online service?
Suppose we have a service, which holds user balance in Bitcoin.
How to implement withdrawal from bitcoin perspective?
Which RPC call to use? How to archive transaction to have a proof of sending ...
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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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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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