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Unconfirmed transactions
I am trying to load my old Bitcoin Qt 0.8.6 wallet and I am left with old transactions as unconfirmed. How do I fix this problem? The balance in the wallet is not confirmed by the network.
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pywallet needs 'bsddb' package to run, please install it
On a Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS VM I installed Python 2.7.18 via:
wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.18/Python-2.7.18.tgz
tar xzf Python-2.7.18.tgz
cd Python-2.7.18/
sudo ./configure --enable-...
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Technological advantages of the Bitcoin over Cardano
I have been in the blockchain space for a long time and recently, I discovered that Bitcoin still has a lot of properties that could be considered as advantages over major newer generation blockchains ...
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How to implement coinscrash.com model of deposit & withdraw flow for my crypto poker casino?
In coinscrash.com for each user they generate separate bech32 address for deposit & displays the deposited amount as balance in top of the navigation bar.
Similarly for withdraw they just ask for ...
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How to verify a BTC address was generated by my private and public keys
I created a wallet using a seed phrase and a passphrase. I sent BTC to the first address listed by the wallet The BTC arrived at that address. The wallet is not now listing that address. I have the ...
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Is there an HTLC-like protocol for cross-chain transfers without user-controlled secret management and protection against LP abuse?
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I am exploring cross-chain transfers from Bitcoin to another network and want to avoid a common issue in HTLCs where users manage secrets and could potentially cause harm to liquidity ...
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I am having a problem with network reply stalling at 3 months behind
I have Bitcoin_wallet 'Version wallet 9.26' installed on an old Oppo R11s phone I have a message saying "Synchronizing with network, 3 months behind" When trying to transfere funds across to ...
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Why are the results of BTC message signature implemented in Python different from those on electrum?
from bit import Key
from bit.format import verify_sig
import base64
from hashlib import sha256
# Use WIF format private key
wif_private_key = 'Kxb19KFrrqrmT79bvG4tnKibVcgppavcvjkP1iBGGjnH787H39QG'
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Is there any major flaw in this seed-phrase encryption approach?
I would like to add some security to my seed phrase storage for existing wallets. I'm not trying to make it absolutely secure, just want to make it much more difficult to access my fund if someone ...
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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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python "pbkdf2_hmac" function doesn't return same as Ian Coleman BIP39 tool. Why?
I am trying to go from a BIP39 phrase to Seed to xprv root key. I have the following BIP39 phrase:
"prefer offer puppy imitate pink banana because whale letter thought artwork loud"
which ...
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Python code to create a two-input transaction in test net
I made a transaction that can be spent by anyone and now I wanna spend it and bring it back to my address. The problem in it doesn't have enough bitcoin for transaction fee so I'm using another input ...
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Blockchain sync seems to be stuck in a loop?
SOLVED! UPDATE: The issue was not bitcoin related. I had to increase the root partition of ubuntu, as it wasn't using the full SSD size I had, but only 100 GB and the sync therefore ran out of space ...
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How to spend one or more p2tr inputs in python?
I see that bitcoinlib does not support taproot yet. Is there any good lib out there to spend one or more taproot inputs? I would like to create txs like this:
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"inputs": [
{
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How to generate coinbase transaction in Python?
I know that on this forum a lot of questions on this topic, I have checked most of these, but can't find the solution for my task. I am creating my own algorithm for solo mining bitcoin on Python. I ...