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Is there a list of mining pools' Bitcoin nodes IPs?
Is there a list containing the IPs of Bitcoin nodes owned by various mining pools?
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How does merged mining work on a technical level?
In bitcoin, miners hash the header twice with the SHA256 function. This header consists of the fields listed below, as described by this question.
version
previousHashBlock
merkleRoot
time
difficulty
nonce
This header data only applies to one…
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Is there any Bitcoin Exchange that doesn't have fees for euro SEPA deposits/withdrawals?
Since Tradehill disappeared, which was really sad, I cannot find any Bitcoin exchange that let's me deposit and withdraw euros without fees, while they do for US dollars.
Both Mt.Gox and Intersango have a 10-20 PLN fee that their bank charge. While…
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Is there a way to change the wallet.dat location without changing the entire data directory?
I know that Bitcoin supports the -datadir command line option which specifies that the wallet.dat and blockchain should be stored in a custom location rather than %appdata%\roaming\bitcoin but is there a way to specify a wallet location without also…
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How popular are alternative clients?
Is there any data available on how many people use an alternative client in contrast to the Satoshi client? Alternatively, is there any data on how many times such clients have been downloaded?
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Does Coinbase have the ability to create a "Business" Account?
Wanted to see if anyone here knew if you are able to work with Coinbase to create a "Business/Corporate" level Accounts?
Meaning that when signing up and linking a bank account to your Coinbase account you could choose to use your Business bank…
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How does bitcoin's price volatility compare to commodities/stocks with comparable market capitalizations?
Bitcoin's long term (after 21 million units have been created) market cap is about $102 million.
Price volatility of individual commodities/stocks is inversely correlated with their market cap, so price volatility is to be expected with bitcoin,…
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What does BIP mean?
There is a lot of reference to BIP 16, 17 and the likes. What does BIP actually stand for? I'm unsure if this is a programming reference or a Bitcoin specific reference; either way I'm stumped.
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Why does the default miner implementation use pay-to-pubkey?
Looking at the v0.9.3 source in miner.cpp:
CBlockTemplate* CreateNewBlockWithKey(CReserveKey& reservekey)
{
CPubKey pubkey;
if (!reservekey.GetReservedKey(pubkey))
return NULL;
CScript scriptPubKey = CScript() << pubkey <<…
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Transaction signature generation
When one sets up a transaction, the input of the transaction needs to have a script with a signature to show that you can spend those coins. Which fields of the previous and current transactions need to be concatenated into a message and signed to…
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How can Trezor update firmware but never receive malware?
I understood from What is it about a Trezor that means it can't be infected by malware? that a Trezor would only interpret data as transaction details, but the Trezor also updates firmware. How is it that an attacker can't hack the firmware update…
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I can't find my bitcoin address and my bitcoin core is out of sync by 3 years
Hey guys I am a newbie at Bitcoin just recently found out about it.
I downloaded Bitcoin core; I encrypted the wallet; I created a backup folder, but it is out of sync by 3 years 4 weeks and i can't seem to find my Bitcoin address due to it. How do…
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Is there a known way to export my wallet private key from the "Bitcoin Android" app (com.bitcoinandroid)?
A while back, I installed the Bitcoin Android app and moved 5 BTC on it. Fast forward to now, new phone, new ROM, and the app seems completely unwilling to update its blockchain, meaning I have no way to move my BTCs elsewhere.
Looking at the…
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Best way to mix bitcoins? mixer, coin join (shared send), dark wallet, stealth addresses?
When you want to anonymize a few hundred BTC, what would be the best (safest) way?
I can think of these alternatives:
Deposit to and withdraw from exchange (like Kraken, Bitstamp, etc)Pros: reasonably safe (especially when using a solid, trusted…
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Atomic cross-chain trading
Atomic cross-chain trading describes a method where two parties, owning different crypto currencies, can safely exchange the crypto currencies without an intermediary. The method is described in the link below:…
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