Development & Technology

Any thoughts on using systemd for bitcoind? Just trying to get this set up right. I found some examples but it feels a bit confusing. Here's a link I…

Hey all, I’m diving into some concepts and I have a bunch of questions that have stumped me. Like, where’s the best place to use a P2SH multisig…

I’m just diving into this. Never happened to me, but what if power fails right after I hit SEND on Trezor or Electrum? Is there a chance the funds…

k*G = r.x == d*G = d.x I’m not super good at English, but I think I got the idea. If R is Publickey x, then we can find a solution. Here’s an…

Just built a suite for ECDSA secp256k1 to see how signatures hold up against various attacks. It's aimed at helping devs spot weaknesses in their…

I recently came across Utreexo from the MIT Digital Currency Initiative while diving into OP_RETURN talks. It's got potential to address some Bitcoin…

Michael Saylor is raising alarms about opportunists pushing for changes to Bitcoin's protocol. He believes it could really backfire.

I’m totally new to this coding stuff. I want to grab the raw hex file of the latest block. How do I do that? I've tried some blockchain explorers but…

I keep hearing how secure bitcoin is, but what if a government decides to throw tons of computing power at it? Like billions worth. What would really…

Saw on Predyx that traders are giving this like 14% odds. Pretty wild considering over 6k people trading it and the volume is crazy high. Curious…

So, are there any limits on how big block files can get? I mean, like, they store multiple blocks in those.dat files. Can it keep validating more and…

I got a situation here. I have two elliptic curves, E1 and E2, both over the same finite field. E1 is pretty secure, prime order, large embedding…

Years back, I kinda messed up my Bitcoin situation. Searched everywhere, and I found a couple of files. They're split into two parts, each 20…

So, I just started running a Bitcoin Core node, but I’ve noticed my mempool is empty for ages, even when I have a lot of peers connected. Anyone know…

Here's where we can track how BIP110 is doing. I'll drop updates on the node count from various sources. Expect a daily post from me with the latest…

Hey everyone, I need some help with the kangaroo algorithm. What jumps should I set in the code to locate k nonce? I know k nonce is between n-2^40…

what's up everyone, just joined here! I whipped up this little script about a year ago. I’ve been using it on puzzle 66 keys but had no luck. Now I'm…

I was trying to generate 1-bit signatures using this repo I found. But I keep hitting a wall with "private key not found". I want to figure out how…

Just getting into this stuff, so bear with me. I made a smaller secp256k1 with p=43, n=31. Took point G(2, 31) as the generator and got all valid…

Hey all, Been working on a new public mining pool to tackle Bitcoin challenge puzzles together. Trying to make it super transparent while keeping the…

This method revolves around calculating the chances of a specific prefix showing up in a set of hashes, while ignoring the less likely outcomes.

So, I got a public key (x, y) and its inverse (x, -y). How do we figure out which is positive and which is negative? Like, is there a simple way to…

Hey folks! Really pumped to show you something I’ve been brewing over the last few months Cyclone, touted as the fastest CPU puzzle solver out there!…

So, how exactly does Bitcoin Core figure out the sync time? Like, it gets the current block height and the latest chain tip from other nodes, but…

I’m thinking about moving from Legacy Addresses to SegWit (bech32) to cut down on fees. Seems like it’ll help with congestion too if more people…