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nmat
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158 votes
6 answers
253k views

What is a 'Satoshi'?

140 votes
11 answers
81k views

Is it possible to brute force bitcoin address creation in order to steal money?

60 votes
3 answers
14k views

Should I leave the Bitcoin client open?

42 votes
6 answers
238k views

What are stale shares and what can I do to avoid them?

40 votes
5 answers
2k views

How do I accept bitcoin payments at a real world store?

39 votes
4 answers
13k views

What are checkpoints?

37 votes
10 answers
29k views

How is it possible to launder bitcoins?

35 votes
3 answers
10k views

What is the block maturation time?

20 votes
8 answers
19k views

Where can I sell things for bitcoins? [closed]

19 votes
4 answers
43k views

Solo Mining vs Pool Mining for users with high computing power

19 votes
2 answers
7k views

What happens if my transaction is not accepted because I did not pay fees?

18 votes
1 answer
4k views

Is the timestamp in the genesis block relevant?

14 votes
3 answers
1k views

Eligius pool and 'generated' bitcoins

11 votes
2 answers
644 views

In a double spend attempt, how is the valid transaction chosen?

11 votes
3 answers
753 views

How can I find out the address my payment will come from?

11 votes
1 answer
4k views

What strategies can an e-wallet use in order to reduce transaction fees?

11 votes
6 answers
13k views

Why would someone rent hashing power?

11 votes
3 answers
503 views

Changing Bitcoin's deflationary nature

10 votes
3 answers
4k views

What software/hardware is required to mine with an FPGA?

10 votes
2 answers
699 views

Can I hide my IP address by blocking incoming connections in the client?

6 votes
4 answers
2k views

Is it possible to forward bitcoins without the private keys?

5 votes
3 answers
3k views

Does my client accept inbound connections?

5 votes
2 answers
700 views

How to perform a double spend attack in websites that accept transactions with 0 confirmations?

4 votes
1 answer
558 views

Web API to retrieve difficulty changes

0 votes
4 answers
819 views

Is performance really important when choosing a language for a trading bot? [closed]