Development & Technology
Bitcoin Core, protocol, BIPs, running nodes.
Hey folks, first time posting here. I've been pondering the whole client diversity topic lately and I’m curious to hear your thoughts.
Started by fullnode · Apr 29, 2020, 09:56 PM · 15 / 43315433by ben.matrixMay 6, 2020, 11:46 PMCame across this post from a guy named Michael Saylor talking about 110 reasons why BIP 110 is a bad move. If you got some time, it might be worth…
Started by calmoracle · Mar 6, 2020, 12:44 PM · 14 / 44414444by MadNonceMar 12, 2020, 06:25 AMI've been trying to link Spectre with Bitcoin Core for hours now. My config has rpcpassword=b and rpcuser=a but Spectre keeps rejecting them. What’s…
Started by coin_2014 · Feb 18, 2020, 02:12 PM · 3 / 2903290by coin_2014Feb 19, 2020, 05:59 AMHey folks. I’m using FixedPaul's Vanitysearch version from this repo. Getting solid results but I'm kinda worried about how random my starting point…
Started by miner_proto · Feb 13, 2020, 08:15 AM · 1 / 1901190by miner_protoFeb 13, 2020, 09:09 AMHey all, I’m interested in sharing a different idea regarding legacy signatures in QRAMP. Instead of rendering ECDSA spends useless after a certain…
Started by coldstorage · Jan 20, 2020, 05:34 PM · 4 / 4154415by alexsatJan 21, 2020, 06:30 AMI just set up my bitcoin node and noticed some incoming connections labeled "npr" with addresses like "127.0.0.1:33686". What does "npr" mean? And…
Started by im_falcon · Jan 18, 2020, 11:06 PM · 7 / 1897189by gwei_blockJan 19, 2020, 10:24 PMI’ve been thinking about how we can optimize Eltoo once Schnorr MuSig is out. If anyone sees a major flaw in my idea or if it’s already been…
Started by fullnode · Jan 19, 2020, 01:00 AM · 3 / 2323232by 0xNodeJan 19, 2020, 09:43 PMHeard that Satoshi had a line in Bitcoin's early code that rejected any block over 1 MB even before it was an issue. Pretty curious if that was a way…
Started by fudbuster · Jan 6, 2020, 09:41 PM · 12 / 47912479by alpha23Jan 12, 2020, 07:05 PMHey folks. I’m trying to figure out how to set up my offline Electrum wallet as a watch-only wallet in Bitcoin Core. Need to sign some transactions,…
Started by fullnode · Dec 13, 2019, 08:14 AM · 11 / 19711197by CryptoRocketDec 19, 2019, 11:48 PMso I’ve been thinking about multisig wallets lately. Let’s say I got a setup with 3 to 5 people... what if one disappears, or worse, turns out to be…
Started by cyberhodler · Dec 11, 2019, 02:38 AM · 15 / 28715287by ben.matrixDec 19, 2019, 08:22 AMIf we can tell if a scalar for a point is less than half its order, that pretty much ruins the curve. The whole security of elliptic curve…
Started by stacksats · Dec 1, 2019, 08:29 PM · 24 / 682468by ben.matrixDec 9, 2019, 08:57 PMThought I’d start this convo about WIFs with missing parts. Anyone else dealt with these strange cases? For instance, if I have a public key, I…
Started by gwei2019 · Dec 3, 2019, 06:10 PM · 6 / 1586158by j0hn.ga5Dec 8, 2019, 07:09 PMBitcoin is supposed to mean freedom, right? But honestly, 99% of users rely on wallets that are basically third-party software to store and send…
Started by yield2016 · Nov 27, 2019, 08:31 PM · 17 / 351735by ben.matrixDec 3, 2019, 01:24 PMThere’s a new BIP called "The Cat" on the table. It’s all about getting rid of spam UTXOs that are just dust. This could help with UTXO bloat, since…
Started by tom51 · Nov 22, 2019, 03:37 PM · 21 / 14921149by ben.matrixNov 29, 2019, 12:54 AMSo I figured out we can't just hit SECP256k1 straight on but we can create a twist on the curve by finding another Y coord on it. I checked this for…
Started by dan2015 · Nov 22, 2019, 08:45 AM · 4 / 47447by dan2015Nov 26, 2019, 09:43 AMHey everyone I need 20k sats to open a Lightning Channel on Testnet3. Found one faucet that works but it’s not enough. Anyone know of any other…
Started by sag323 · Oct 28, 2019, 11:58 AM · 20 / 392039by ben.matrixNov 1, 2019, 10:13 AMBeen thinking about Pollard's kangaroo method lately and found a paper on it. It’s titled "Kangaroo Methods for Solving the Interval Discrete…
Started by falcon2019 · Sep 26, 2019, 09:42 PM · 21 / 11521115by ben.matrixOct 6, 2019, 07:01 AMNoticing a big change here. More than 95% of blocks are coming through with zero round trips on nodes again. Just checked, it's 97.2% over the last…
Started by atlas_miner · Oct 3, 2019, 01:43 AM · 6 / 3266326by atlas_minerOct 3, 2019, 11:31 PMI’m diving into the technical side of Bitcoin and learning Python at the same time. I wrote a simple program to work with elliptic curves. I thought…
Started by hash_cobra · Aug 27, 2019, 06:08 PM · 8 / 4948494by m1kes4tAug 29, 2019, 11:37 AMHey folks! Just wanted to share the new CUDACyclone tool. It's super lightweight and hits 1.3 Gkeys/s on the RTX4060. The best part? It uses very…
Started by 0xWolf · Aug 21, 2019, 01:12 AM · 5 / 1615161by coin_apeAug 22, 2019, 08:31 AMJust saw a proposal about adding a theft prevention feature in Bitcoin. Sounds interesting but also kind of risky. Anyone have thoughts?
Started by WildLynx · Jul 3, 2019, 04:24 AM · 13 / 25113251by ben.matrixJul 5, 2019, 08:02 PMHey everyone, I'm working on a draft for a new API that could help people pull blockchain data easily without getting tangled up in legal issues from…
Started by 0xNode · Jun 26, 2019, 02:36 AM · 21 / 36621366by ben.matrixJul 5, 2019, 01:31 PMI’m trying to get started on testnet4 for my project, but I can't find any tBTC faucets. Can anyone send me some tBTC? Here’s my address:…
Started by real_bull · Jun 25, 2019, 01:15 AM · 20 / 11520115by ben.matrixJul 4, 2019, 05:39 AMMoody mentioned that the analysis of the two other algorithm sets is ongoing, but these new PQC standards are key. He thinks we shouldn’t wait for…
Started by max2013 · Jun 29, 2019, 04:06 AM · 5 / 3855385by max2013Jun 29, 2019, 11:21 AMIs it okay to use the same Bitcoin address multiple times, ignoring privacy concerns? I read somewhere that if the nonce k used for the ECDSA…
Started by rav3n_ninj4 · May 28, 2019, 06:35 PM · 12 / 32012320by mr_apeJun 1, 2019, 10:38 PM