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Bitcoin RPC: How to find the transaction that spends a TXO?

I suspect there is no good way to do it. However is there any sub-optimal way to find the transaction that spends a transaction output (knowing the txid and index) with Bitcoin RPC? Assuming txindex=1 ...
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bitcond and bitcoin-Qt system configuration and bandwidth requirements

What is the best operating system configuration for a computer to run (bitcoind or bitcoin-Qt) and (BFGminer or CGMiner) under Linux, assuming that it will be connected to a 3 Terrahash mining rig on ...
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How to calculate the hashes in Lightning

I was wondering how I calculate the hashes regarding BOLT03 Specification: The Revocation Pubkey is calculated like this: revocationpubkey = revocation_basepoint * SHA256(revocation_basepoint || ...
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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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What are the malleability threat vectors when passing PSBTs to other actors?

If I am passing a PSBT (Partially Signed Bitcoin Transaction) between multiple people, and I pass on my signature for my UTXOs for given inputs, can someone take advantage of malleability and cheat me ...
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Is it safe to skip the initial block verification at startup?

The longest step in bitcoin core initialization is "Verifying last 6 blocks at level 3". The number of blocks checked at startup went down from 288 in 2014 to 6 now. Therefore, in order to speedup ...
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libwallycore error installing LND on Ubuntu 18.04

I'm setting up an LND node on Ubuntu 18.04. I've installed python3, and cloned the repo. I ran configure, and get this error on the make command: checking byteswap.h, usability... no checking ...
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To sign raw transaction with Segwit Address in the TestNet

I am using Bitcoin core 0.14.1 testnet. I created a Segwit address. transfer some coins to this address. Now I want to spend it. I created a raw transaction using console command i.e. ...
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Building Signed Bitcoin Transaction in Java

I have been attempting to build my own raw transaction generator in Java which I can then broadcast on the testnet network. The problem is when I attempt to broadcast the transaction it says there is ...
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How to explore transaction chain via Original Bitcoin API as blockexplorer does it

Is there any possibility to explore transaction chain via Original Bitcoin API (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client/API_Calls_list) as the blockexplorer does it. If not, why?
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How to broadcast transactions in bitcoin regtest mode?

I build three nodes named A,B,C based on bitcoin-regtest image of docker. And these three nodes are in the same network which means they can communicate with each other. In node A, I use bitcoin-cli -...
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bitcoind still running after 'bitcoin-cli stop'

I'm running Debian 11, all updates installed. 12gb RAM, massive internal SSD for storage. $ /usr/local/bin/bitcoin-25.0/bin/bitcoin-cli stop has worked well shutting down bitcoind on my computer until ...
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How to make sure the user receives lightning payment?

I am working on a side project to allow users to receive some payments from it. When a user clicks a button to withdraw to a lightning address, my webapp makes a request to the host of that lightning ...
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bitcoind performance issues

I am struggling with poor performance of Bitcoin Core full node, which is used as a hot wallet. There are similar questions already but without an answer or solution Bitcoind Performance for ...
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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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