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226 questions with no 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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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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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 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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What tools can I use to create and replace RBF transactions?
I'd like to create transactions within my python application, that support replace-by-fee RBF (BIP125).
Apparently, if I want to be able to replace my transaction later on, I need to signal that ...
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How to generate unspendable testnet bitcoin address with python?
I'm trying to generate a testnet address. However, I tried to write this python program (using help of various online code places), and I created this program. The program is designed to take a 20 ...
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Proof-of-Stake: How to ensure immutability of the blockchain?
In Proof-of-Work, a miner tries to solve PoW puzzle based on the hash of previous block, such that in case of changing block B_i, all blocks after that (blocks B_i+1, B_i+2, ...) are no longer valid ...
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Is my understanding of Blockhain Endianness correct?
I know questions on this topic have been asked to death in a number of different ways. I also know that what endian order refers to specifically is dependent on context.
What I want are some ...
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Blockchain explorer for regtest mode
I'm looking for a Bitcoin blockchain explorer that will work in "regtest mode", mostly for demo proposes.
Any suggestions?
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How to delete last n blocks / roll back to specific block number in Bitcoin Core? (Like `monero-blockchain-import --pop-blocks n`)
I have Bitcoin Core's bitcoind running and synced in a VM. Now I want to clone the VM and run one of the various hard forks (such as Bitcoin Cash) in the clone. The plan is to roll back my copy of the ...