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DeathAndTaxes

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7 Questions

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45 votes

3 answers

16k views

Why does Bitcoin send the "change" to a different address?

transactions protocol address

asked Oct 18, 2011 at 14:08

30 votes

5 answers

18k views

How are public & private keys in an address created?

address private-key public-key address-generation

asked Oct 6, 2011 at 21:28

18 votes

2 answers

4k views

Why was the MIT license chosen for Bitcoin?

bitcoin-core bitcoin-core-development legal license

asked Nov 4, 2011 at 19:38

11 votes

3 answers

1k views

Why does the mainline client limit the number of outbound connections to 8?

protocol bitcoin-core network

asked Nov 11, 2011 at 21:04

8 votes

2 answers

452 views

Which Namecoin block was the first one to be generated by merged mining?

namecoin history merged-mining

asked Oct 14, 2011 at 19:44

5 votes

1 answer

105 views

Does the client broadcast it's version? Is it possible to determine which version of client are in use?

client protocol

asked Oct 18, 2011 at 14:27

1 vote

2 answers

270 views

Is it possible to shift/modify a ECDSA keypair by a scalar where the public key can be computed using only public information?

private-key public-key

asked Jul 10, 2015 at 13:35