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Is there developer documentation for the Bitcoin Core source code?
Is there a documentation somewhere to understand the C++ code of Bitcoin Core (available on Github) "from a to z" and being able to recreate it ?
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Historical Bitcoin full node counts
Is there an online record of historical Bitcoin node counts? If so:
When did the record keeping begin?
Are IP addresses available?
Did Satoshi and most early adopters run Bitcoin nodes over Tor or were their real IP addresses revealed to other…
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Attack the network by temporarily adding hash power?
Could a malicious actor (e.g. government) attack the network by introducing significant compute power into the network, and once the difficulty grows very high, withdraw all resources from the network.
This could dramatically increase the time it…
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Where can I find an average transaction value chart?
I'm curious on what is the average amount of BTC transacted per transaction. I'd basically like to combine blockchain.info's Estimated Transaction Value and Number of Transactions Per Day charts.
I'm writing my own script locally, but I wonder if…
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Specific namecoin address in merged mining
I want to do merged mining with P2Pool, and I want any generated namecoins to go to a specific namecoin address in my wallet. I haven't seen a way to configure this in P2Pool or namecoind, and Google's turned up no hits. It seems as though it's…
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What are the differences (and value adds) among all the different Crypto Currencies?
This website lists hundreds of crypto currencies. Some whimsical, others with a unique value.
Is there a catalog, or diff between all the implementations that highlights innovation, or a unique use case?
My goal is to prioritize which…
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What percentage of altcoins are based on Bitcoin?
What percentage of altcoins share the same codebase as Bitcoin?
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Why do leading ASICs manufacturers sell their chips?
I understand that some people have access to cheaper electricity than others. However why not just open mining facilities in the parts of the world offering the lowest cost structure? If that is not possible, then a joint miner with those miners…
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Confidential Transactions on main chain
I have seen discussion of CT being used on the a side chain. What are the chances it will be applied to Bitcoin Core itself?
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Implementing Multi-Sig Escrow?
I want to start a BTC market. I understand all the ways to go about creating a site, it's just the payment implementation which confuses me. I want multi-sig transactions capable between my users on site. If I understand correctly, multi-sig…
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hash versus hash pointer
I am doing coursera online course on Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies. It defines the concept of hash pointer in the first lecture as pointer to where some information is store and cryptographic hash of that information. I am confused on what…
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How many zeroes does the current target have?
I'm trying to get my head around the difficulty setting of Bitcoin.
How can I calculate how many zeros the target string needs to start with?
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Why are banks and other centralized entities interested in block chains?
Apparently banks and other centrialized entities are interested in block chain technology. My question is, why?
The whole point of block chains is for decentralized, trustless, consensus. Bitcoin, for example, uses Blockchain to reach consensus on…
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Where do the dollars go?
This question seems to me to be such an obvious question, that it must be answered somewhere.
As I understand it is necessary to buy bitcoins using dollars or some other currency. Where do those dollars etc. go?
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Why is the witness data fee discounted by a factor of four?
I've read that it encourages users to consolidate UTXO sets. How would it be doing that?
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