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- What Are the Best APIs for Bitcoin Development?May 14, 2025
You could set up a self-hosted block explorer or an Electrum server to manage that. But bcoin is really slow with updates right now.
- What Are the Best APIs for Bitcoin Development?May 13, 2025
Yeah, I meant getblock.io. Totally forgot it. Been a while since I checked it out.
- Transaction Stuck for Days Need GuidanceMay 6, 2025
If you're not experienced, just check mempool.space when you’re ready to send. It helps with fee predictions based on current conditions.
- Transaction Stuck for Days Need GuidanceMay 6, 2025
Check out mempool.space for real-time fee rates for the next block. High fee gets you in for sure, medium is a gamble.
Nah, you need separate addresses for each deposit. It’s like giving out invoice numbers. If you use the same address, it becomes a mess when multiple users send funds.
I get that, but why are you so set on one address? If you're using a custodial wallet, BTCpay won’t work as it needs a master public key.
I tried quicknode before and it works well. Just be ready to set up SSL, that's the only tricky part. After that, tracking balances is easy.
Old wallets used to be all over the place with non-deterministic behavior. If you copied the wallet.dat, old keys were accessible on both nodes, but new addresses would be all random after the copy. So now both machines…
You’re mixing up hard forks with what we call consensus changes. Soft forks need hashpower, hard forks can survive on less.
- Thoughts on Bitcoin Client DiversityMay 6, 2020
And seriously, using outdated practices is alarming. Developers need to step it up instead of falling back on what worked in the late '90s.
- Thoughts on Bitcoin Client DiversityMay 4, 2020
But is that really a problem? I see clients using old code without understanding the modern stuff. That freaks me out.