Development & Technology

How do we even tackle this topic? Like, who knows how the secp256k1 generator was created? I was chatting with someone who claimed no one knows, but…

Code's working, just need a little more support to get the privkey from the pubkey, about half from dip. No useless algorithms, plz.

Just got some tBTC from achow101. Gonna send it back. But then my buddy gave me way too much for testing, and I don’t need them now.

Are quantum computers gonna wreck Bitcoin? I’ve been reading about how cryptographic algorithms could be broken and that really freaks me out. Seems…

Hey everyone. Got a quick question about bitcoin transactions. If I send 1 bitcoin from my 10, does it create three entries? Like one for spending,…

What’s up with these clock-like values? Can we find more of them? Also, can we hit values like 2 or 3 in five or seven moves? I’m curious if we can…

Hey everyone! So I’ve been diving into the Bitcoin White paper and came across this line about electronic coins being a chain of digital signatures.…

Hey everyone! So, I'm trying to get Etarkangaroo to run on Linux. It's a software created by Etar or Etayson, based on some code by JeanLucPons.…

I've been really digging into how mnemonic phrases protect our crypto. Honestly, it feels like a wild mix of science and luck. The whole security…

Just made my own BIP38 tool. Didn't wanna just copy what was out there since they're already solid. So I came up with a bash wrapper to work with the…

I've been playing around with MCP for some crypto tasks recently... really cool stuff. One neat thing is getting AI agents to help with travel…

The first block supporting BIP-110 was just mined this week. It's crazy how the Bitcoin community is at a major turning point. After the OP_RETURN…

Been thinking about address reuse and quantum computing. If we never spend from an address, we're kinda safe, right? But juggling a ton of addresses…

So I was digging into how we generate curves like secp160k1, secp192k1, secp224k1, and secp256k1. We start with "2^n-2^32" and then go down the…

Hey folks, I've been seeing a drop in the number of BTC nodes lately. We know how key full nodes are for Bitcoin's health. Can we chat about why…

Hey folks, Stuck trying to connect my sparrow wallet to Bitcoin Core. URL: 127.0.0.1, port 8332, standard Data Folder: D:\Bitcoin\testnet Use Proxy:…

I just found this Coinswap app and wanted to share it with you guys. Couldn't find a suitable topic before, so here we are. It has features like…

Just saw a post the other day about this tool. It’s in Chinese and claims to convert seed phrases into private keys. Kinda sketchy if you ask me... I…

Been running a full node on Bitcoin Core as a Tor hidden service for a bit now. It's set up on a virtual linux server. Looking to create watch-only…

Hey everyone! I need to figure out how to handle Bitcoin deposits, but I'm not sure where to start. I can't run my own node right now since it means…

Hey, I need some help here. I’ve got some coins stuck since April ‘23 in a Bitcoin Core wallet. They only paid 1 sat/vb and don’t signal RBF, so I…

Running a full node is one of the best ways to back up decentralization and the Bitcoin network. It lets you check your own transactions without…

Hey folks, So I've got this paper where I question the whole idea that 'proof of work' is really about network security or solving Byzantine issues.…

I’m super passionate about this whole topic. If you really wanna get our perspective on the spam war, check out this video. It's a solid starting…

Hey everyone, quick question. I set up Bitcoin Core to run a full node, but I also want to mine a bit. Not looking to profit, just wanna help. I…