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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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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 to sign bitcoin raw transactions with Python offline

I have a raw bitcoin transaction created using createrawtransaction unsigned_tx = "...
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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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Electrum transaction still says unconfirmed parent

A transaction from Electrum is still showing unconfirmed parent even though the previous transaction in the chain has completed. Electrum has shown this for 24 hours now. I realize that my fee is ...
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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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Electrum - Why do I have to Restore every time I use it?

I did not forget my password. I have been done dozens of transactions with Electrum, and every time I try to send bitcoins, I get "Invalid Password". So I restore from seed, set a new password, use it ...
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Is it possible to import transaction history from an old electrum wallet to a new electrum wallet?

I see there is an option to export history but no option to import history. It would be nice to keep all my history in one wallet. Thx.
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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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Bitcoin Core RPC server not working

I have downloaded and installed and got up and running a bitcoin core node, and it is running fine as far as people are connecting to it on port 8333 just fine. However I can't seem to connect to it ...
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How does Electrum's "send change to lightning" work?

In Electrum, when sending to a non-Lightning ₿ address, I can choose the "send change to lightning" option. How does this work?
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How to get transaction fee info using Python from an Electrum server?

I can get a raw transaction and parse it using electrum and bitcoinlib fairly easily: import bitcoinlib from electrum.daemon import Daemon from electrum.simple_config import SimpleConfig class ...

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