Development & Technology
Bitcoin Core, protocol, BIPs, running nodes.
I’ve got enough tBTC for my dev needs, so I thought I’d share some here. If you’re tired of those tiny amounts from faucets or don’t wanna mine, drop…
Started by Sw1ft4lpha · Nov 17, 2018, 04:35 AM · 20 / 31520315by ben.matrixNov 21, 2018, 06:12 PMI’m trying to implement BIP352 silent payments, but honestly, it’s wrecking my server. I have to scan every tweak, and the math just gets crazy in my…
Started by humbleblock · Nov 19, 2018, 07:36 AM · 2 / 6152615by humbleblockNov 19, 2018, 03:38 PMHey everyone, I’m Lucas from Argentina. I want to help out with Bitcoin Core or any other Bitcoin client by coding. Is there a way to earn some sats…
Started by R0gueFork · Oct 26, 2018, 05:52 AM · 5 / 8245824by 0xNodeOct 30, 2018, 10:34 AMHey folks, I've got a technical question about BIP39. When generating a 24-word seed, is it actually possible for a word to appear more than twice? I…
Started by LuckyFox · Oct 21, 2018, 11:04 AM · 21 / 74421744by ben.matrixOct 29, 2018, 06:00 PMLast time we talked, we kinda brushed over how prefix searching and sequential searching don't really have a winner according to the stats. But…
Started by m1kes4t · Oct 20, 2018, 03:01 AM · 4 / 7194719by m1kes4tOct 23, 2018, 03:47 PMHey everyone, I'm diving into Wireshark to get a better grasp on Bitcoin transactions, but I'm hitting some weird stuff. Like, when I filter a…
Started by notyourkeys · Oct 19, 2018, 01:40 PM · 5 / 3675367by notyourkeysOct 21, 2018, 06:30 AMHeads up, everyone! So, there’s this new malware that’s been spotted. It can get into both Windows and MacOS systems. The whole point? To grab your…
Started by 0xLynx · Oct 16, 2018, 05:59 PM · 10 / 60910609by ben.matrixOct 20, 2018, 06:04 PMI was checking out some charts on a block explorer and noticed something weird... hardly any new P2PK outputs have popped up since 2021. I wanna dive…
Started by gang2015 · Oct 3, 2018, 05:05 AM · 3 / 8113811by gang2015Oct 4, 2018, 07:52 AMI was thinking, how about explaining crypto to non-tech folks using mechanical hash functions? Imagine a device where you can set the Initialization…
Started by 0xLaser · Sep 10, 2018, 05:48 AM · 20 / 67420674by ben.matrixSep 21, 2018, 06:42 PMBeen thinking about better ways to store our seed phrases. Custom words look promising, right? But how safe can we really feel about just relying on…
Started by ColdGang · Sep 16, 2018, 02:39 AM · 10 / 72310723by ColdGangSep 20, 2018, 03:47 PMBeen digging into how mining works and it seems like nonce is super important in block headers. I figured it’s necessary to get a hash that meets the…
Started by gr3g.4lt · Sep 15, 2018, 02:16 PM · 5 / 7585758by mr_apeSep 16, 2018, 03:10 AMI've noticed that a lot of mining pools are now including transactions below 1 sat/vB in their blocks. Some nodes even dropped their minrelaytxfee to…
Started by AtomicFork · Aug 18, 2018, 02:04 AM · 15 / 54115541by ben.matrixAug 25, 2018, 01:05 PMI’ve been digging into Merkle trees in blockchain recently. They seem super important for keeping transaction data organized and safe in the Bitcoin…
Started by wildboss · Aug 14, 2018, 08:59 AM · 16 / 51416514by ben.matrixAug 19, 2018, 10:50 AMHey all, Looking at some k values here, they seem kinda predictable and deterministic. R1 =…
Started by chain1337 · Aug 14, 2018, 07:07 PM · 2 / 7562756by GrimFarmAug 16, 2018, 05:20 PMGot a bit of a dilemma. I'm running cloudflare tunnels for my webhooks and only using tor for outgoing stuff. But I've noticed the timing between the…
Started by humbleblock · Aug 16, 2018, 03:21 AM · 3 / 7583758by humbleblockAug 16, 2018, 09:56 AMI noticed recently that every block mined by F2Pool has this weird transaction. The input is from an address 1JRhv7zRN9xCyTntYT5nuupg7JMsE7YocL. The…
Started by nova69 · Aug 11, 2018, 07:31 PM · 3 / 5133513by nova69Aug 15, 2018, 05:31 PMHey, I'm struggling to install Bitcoin Core. The public key for Vladmir Van Der Laan is revoked, so I can’t confirm if SHASUM.asc is legit. Any other…
Started by leo21 · Aug 6, 2018, 11:40 AM · 7 / 5177517by 0xNodeAug 9, 2018, 10:41 AMHey guys, I need some advice. I'm asked to prove I have coins for a deal but want to keep my wallet safe. They’re asking me to sign a message like…
Started by tony404 · Aug 3, 2018, 10:37 AM · 19 / 86519865by ben.matrixAug 9, 2018, 10:35 AMBeen digging into how Bitcoin Core picks UTXOs for transactions. Can anyone break down what algorithm it uses to prioritize UTXOs? Trying to figure…
Started by 0xSigma · Jul 29, 2018, 11:44 AM · 9 / 7529752by 0xChadAug 3, 2018, 11:12 AMHey crypto folks, got a wild thought. What if we could use hashes with trailing ones by running them through a NOT gate? This could lead to a…
Started by SilentMatrix · Jul 23, 2018, 12:02 AM · 14 / 89914899by ben.matrixJul 27, 2018, 06:00 PMHey everyone, Our previous post got deleted for some reason, which totally bummed us out. We really value the awesome conversations we have here and…
Started by notyourkeys · Jul 15, 2018, 06:12 PM · 10 / 59810598by gr3g.4ltJul 21, 2018, 04:35 PMHey everyone! Just wanted to share that the new version of Distributed Cyclone is out. This platform is all about working together to solve Satoshi…
Started by 0xWolf · Jul 10, 2018, 10:48 PM · 8 / 7468746by silentguruJul 13, 2018, 01:57 PMHey guys, I noticed the trusted-keys file in the latest Bitcoin Core versions seems outdated. The changes from earlier versions don't seem to carry…
Started by anon · Jun 30, 2018, 08:05 PM · 2 / 6682668by anonJul 1, 2018, 03:51 AMSo, we got Bitcoin testnet 3 and 4 running. When's testnet 3 gonna kick the bucket? I think it might happen when core updates only support version 4,…
Started by yield2016 · Jun 6, 2018, 08:59 PM · 22 / 70222702by ben.matrixJun 19, 2018, 08:10 AMJust put together my version of the BigStepGiantStep algorithm for Nvidia cards. Works on Cuda and Windows x64. Check it out here and share your…
Started by dan88 · Jun 8, 2018, 08:41 PM · 20 / 38920389by ben.matrixJun 17, 2018, 03:40 PM