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What does the Bitcoin client do when it receives conflicting transactions?

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Hardware Bitcoins (Smartcards, RFID etc.)

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What wallet / e-wallet is the most convenient for new casual Bitcoin users?

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Jul 4 '17 at 11:32 Gary Rowe 7,361

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Are there any fundamental security vulnerabilities in Bitcoin?

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Gaming the “off-by-one” bug (difficulty re-target based on 2015 instead of 2016 block time span)?

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Jan 4 '18 at 18:25 Murch♦ 49.8k

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How can I contribute to the open source Bitcoin project?

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How can I send Bitcoins via SMS?

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What's the difference between an ASIC and an FPGA? Which is better for mining?

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Is there data on the geographic distribution of bitcoin users?

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Mar 1 '17 at 23:00 Community♦ 1

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How would the Bitcoin protocol be impacted if nodes only stored the blocks they cared about?

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Does flattr complement or compete with bitcoin?

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Oct 14 '17 at 8:47 Glorfindel 422

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Effect on economy if Bitcoin was widely adopted

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Oct 22 '14 at 9:48 Murch♦ 49.8k

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Bitcoins & Somalia

wire-transfers hawala

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How to start programming your own Bitcoin client?

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Sep 10 '11 at 14:27 Erv Walter 636

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What is a good mining pool/payout model for infrequent mining?

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Jan 21 '16 at 14:25 Murch♦ 49.8k

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Are there scientific studies related to the Bitcoin technology?

academic-research

Jun 27 at 11:23 darosior 2,448

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What can xxxCoin do to stop the impending 51% attack?

security namecoin majority-attack solidcoin

Apr 13 '17 at 0:38 Community♦ 1

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How does the Bitcoin client encrypt the wallet.dat file?

security wallet bitcoin-core

Sep 29 '19 at 15:36 Thorkil Værge 755

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Knowing a single transaction can you track down a Bitcoin user?

transactions blockchain privacy

Feb 10 '17 at 13:21 Community♦ 1

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Is there any way the Bitcoin network could resist a viral tainted-coin tagging system implemented by regulators?

transactions privacy legal

Aug 3 '12 at 15:13 Community♦ 1

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What are the legal processes that someone would have to go through in order to get a Bitcoin exchange operational?

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Feb 1 '13 at 20:31 o0'. 5,230

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Can Bitcoin technology be leveraged to implement a decentralized trust system (i.e. a replacement to SSL)?

alternatives trust

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How to code the Simplest BitCoin CPU Miner?

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Given a private key, how do you get a public address [duplicate]

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Oct 28 '11 at 21:34 Community♦ 1

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Are there Bitcoin password crackers I can use to recover forgotten passwords?

bitcoin-core encryption

Jun 11 '15 at 14:41 Christopher Gurnee 2,313

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Is there a crowdfunding site for Bitcoin?

crowdfunding

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How can a non-miner store data in the block?

blockchain protocol block

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What is the “zeitgeist attack”? Does it affect all blockchain technologies?

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Jan 7 '15 at 6:19 Community♦ 1

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What is NTime rolling/nonce range? And what miners support it?

mining-pools mining-software

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Would a reduced block generation time make the Finney attack more difficult?

doublespend weaknesses block-interval finney-attack

Jan 12 '17 at 12:13 Community♦ 1

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What does the Bitcoin client do when it receives conflicting transactions?

Hardware Bitcoins (Smartcards, RFID etc.)

What wallet / e-wallet is the most convenient for new casual Bitcoin users?

Are there any fundamental security vulnerabilities in Bitcoin?

Gaming the “off-by-one” bug (difficulty re-target based on 2015 instead of 2016 block time span)?

How can I contribute to the open source Bitcoin project?

How can I send Bitcoins via SMS?

What's the difference between an ASIC and an FPGA? Which is better for mining?

Is there data on the geographic distribution of bitcoin users?

How would the Bitcoin protocol be impacted if nodes only stored the blocks they cared about?

Does flattr complement or compete with bitcoin?

Effect on economy if Bitcoin was widely adopted

Bitcoins & Somalia

How to start programming your own Bitcoin client?

What is a good mining pool/payout model for infrequent mining?

Are there scientific studies related to the Bitcoin technology?

What can xxxCoin do to stop the impending 51% attack?

How does the Bitcoin client encrypt the wallet.dat file?

Knowing a single transaction can you track down a Bitcoin user?

Is there any way the Bitcoin network could resist a viral tainted-coin tagging system implemented by regulators?

What are the legal processes that someone would have to go through in order to get a Bitcoin exchange operational?

Can Bitcoin technology be leveraged to implement a decentralized trust system (i.e. a replacement to SSL)?

How to code the Simplest BitCoin CPU Miner?

Given a private key, how do you get a public address [duplicate]

Are there Bitcoin password crackers I can use to recover forgotten passwords?

Is there a crowdfunding site for Bitcoin?

How can a non-miner store data in the block?

What is the “zeitgeist attack”? Does it affect all blockchain technologies?

What is NTime rolling/nonce range? And what miners support it?

Would a reduced block generation time make the Finney attack more difficult?