User Dr.Haribo

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What is a soft fork? What is a hard fork? What are their differences?

asked Oct 4, 2014 at 8:20

43 votes

2 answers

19k views

What is a Finney attack?

asked Oct 3, 2012 at 9:03

28 votes

3 answers

29k views

What is pool hopping?

asked Oct 16, 2012 at 16:30

28 votes

1 answer

12k views

What is proof-of-stake?

asked Apr 3, 2013 at 21:30

27 votes

4 answers

39k views

What is a double spend?

asked Oct 5, 2012 at 12:20

25 votes

1 answer

14k views

What is a hard fork?

asked Apr 5, 2013 at 9:46

19 votes

3 answers

12k views

What is proof-of-work?

asked Apr 3, 2013 at 21:19

18 votes

1 answer

7k views

What is transaction replay and replay protection?

asked Oct 23, 2017 at 20:20

17 votes

4 answers

140k views

Bitcoin market hours (open/close prices)

asked Oct 27, 2015 at 7:39

17 votes

2 answers

9k views

What is a block withholding attack?

asked Oct 3, 2012 at 9:08

15 votes

6 answers

68k views

Mining pool hashrate effect on a miner's income

asked May 9, 2013 at 15:37

8 votes

2 answers

595 views

How can an online system detect coins sent to its offline (cold) wallet?

asked Oct 21, 2012 at 20:30

7 votes

3 answers

22k views

How does a difficulty increase affect a miner's income?

asked Nov 10, 2013 at 19:30

6 votes

2 answers

4k views

What is the genesis block?

asked Sep 30, 2015 at 14:52

5 votes

1 answer

1k views

What are sidechains and drivechains?

asked Jun 1, 2017 at 15:29

5 votes

2 answers

7k views

Protocols for use between mining clients and mining pool servers

asked Sep 7, 2013 at 9:25

5 votes

2 answers

1k views

How will a massive increase in hashpower affect orphan rates?

asked Oct 3, 2012 at 19:05

4 votes

1 answer

435 views

How do mining pool payout methods affect the cost of executing a block withholding attack?

asked Oct 3, 2012 at 9:31

3 votes

1 answer

2k views

How do I run my own testnet? What's testnet-in-a-box?

asked Oct 18, 2012 at 17:55

3 votes

1 answer

1k views

In pooled mining, what is pdiff, bdiff and ldiff?

asked Apr 6, 2014 at 10:18

3 votes

1 answer

286 views

Best practices for service/merchant handling bitcoins [duplicate]

asked Oct 21, 2012 at 20:40

2 votes

2 answers

3k views

Effects of mining pools paying for stale shares/work

asked Oct 14, 2012 at 18:18

2 votes

2 answers

50 views

Can too big hosted mining service be mitigated by allowing customers to choose mining pool?

asked May 27, 2014 at 15:18

1 vote

1 answer

61 views

How small can a payment be while still adding value to your wallet?

asked Jul 10, 2020 at 9:21

1 vote

1 answer

232 views

How can I work with multiple testnets?

asked Oct 18, 2012 at 17:47

1 vote

2 answers

241 views

How much hashpower is needed to double-spend? Is >50% a minimum?

asked May 27, 2014 at 15:06

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26 Questions

What is a soft fork? What is a hard fork? What are their differences?

What is a Finney attack?

What is pool hopping?

What is proof-of-stake?

What is a double spend?

What is a hard fork?

What is proof-of-work?

What is transaction replay and replay protection?

Bitcoin market hours (open/close prices)

What is a block withholding attack?

Mining pool hashrate effect on a miner's income

How can an online system detect coins sent to its offline (cold) wallet?

How does a difficulty increase affect a miner's income?

What is the genesis block?

What are sidechains and drivechains?

Protocols for use between mining clients and mining pool servers

How will a massive increase in hashpower affect orphan rates?

How do mining pool payout methods affect the cost of executing a block withholding attack?

How do I run my own testnet? What's testnet-in-a-box?

In pooled mining, what is pdiff, bdiff and ldiff?

Best practices for service/merchant handling bitcoins [duplicate]

Effects of mining pools paying for stale shares/work

Can too big hosted mining service be mitigated by allowing customers to choose mining pool?

How small can a payment be while still adding value to your wallet?

How can I work with multiple testnets?

How much hashpower is needed to double-spend? Is >50% a minimum?