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Using BTCPay Server along with a web server in a single machine

For better context: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63123652/is-there-a-way-to-set-port-in-a-dns-forward Hello community! I have setup an aws ec2 instance and installed BTCPay server on it. I used the Docker version. I also bought a domain name...

Do I need a Bitcoin full node in order to use BTC RPC Explorer?

blockexplorer - Do I need a Bitcoin full node in order to use BTC RPC Explorer? - Bitcoin Stack Exchange 2022 Developer Survey is open! Take survey. ...

What are the different upgradeability features in the BIP-Taproot (BIP 341) proposal?

There is the annex, leaf version, ext_flag, OP_SUCCESS, unknown pubkey types and you could probably include the existing witness version too. I believe that list is exhaustive. The ext_flag isn't so much an extension mechanism in itself; more a str...

How to reference different wallets with curl JSONRPC requests Bitcoin core

I have a headless Bitcoin core 0.17.1 running on Debian 10, and have created a second wallet "johns-wallet". I'd like to get the walletinfo (or any wallet request) of that specific wallet via curl, not the cli. The Bitcoin core API...

bitcoin-cli how to verify balance

I've read that addresses alone are a "confusing" way to think about "where" bitcoins "are". Nonetheless I was formerly (2018) able to correlate what I got from bitcoin-cli commands with what I saw on blockchain explorers like https...

Help needed with PyWallet and wallet dump using MacOS

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How can I get all transaction for a specific address using Nbitcoin?

How can I get all transaction for a specific address using Nbitcoin? - Bitcoin Stack Exchange Last call to make your voice heard! Our 2022 Developer Survey close...

Why CBlockIndex does not store a vector of next blocks for forward iteration?

Memory usage. Adding a vector to each of the (now over 600000) CBlockIndex entries would be a significant memory usage increase (at least 48 bytes per entry, to be precise, on stdc++ 64-bit platforms). For most operations it's also unnecessary. Inst...

Why does Bisq claim that my "native segwit" receive addresses are "invalid"?

Every time I'm transferring over the funds from Bisq to Bitcoin Core, I get the error: Invalid address. (Or something along those lines.) Only after generating another receive address in Bitcoin Core, unchecking the "Generate native segwit (Bech32...

Importing master keys on bitcoin core

I want to use a mnemonic phrase and BIP 39 to store the keys, and use bitcoin-core, I understand that master private keys cannot be imported at least directly and that mnemonic phrase is not supported. Also, I know that there is the...

How to monitor Bitcoin address for new transactions?

I have some generated Bitcoin addresses which I want to monitor for newly received transactions, I have a full node but I don't want to import those addresses to the node's wallet. I don't want to use any external service API like b...

How does Bitcoin Core manage its peer nodes? Is it possible to let it automatically switch to faster nodes?

It's usually frustrating when my Bitcoin Core full node is syncing, especially just catching up from merely several hours/days ago. I wonder how does Bitcoin Core manage its peers? Will it disconnect with slower nodes, and then turn...

What does Bitcoin policy language offer the developer that Miniscript doesn't? What is the difference between Bitcoin policy language and Miniscript?

At a high level: The policy is compiled to Miniscript. Miniscript is encoded to Bitcoin Script. (One to One Mapping) Bitcoin Script is decoded back to Miniscript. (One to One Mapping) Policy and Miniscript can both be lifted to another representatio...

Is it possible to share blockchain data between multiple nodes?

This is some old, but I stumpled over it, so here my two cents: I think "deduplication" is the solution you're looking for. Due to the fact you need to keep each node in its usersapce independent AND at the same time you don't want to prune the node...

How can I send bitcoin from my bisq wallets?

I feel terrible to ask this question as it is so basic that it makes me feel stupid to ask, but I am searching the web since days and cannot find an answer. Here is the situation: I have a Coinbase account and I understand that Coinbase cannot use d...

Do Full Nodes validate all transactions and make new blocks after all bitcoin are mined?

Do Full Nodes validate all transactions after all bitcoin are mined? Yes. Also, would these nodes still create blocks of transactions Yes if so, why dont full nodes do this now? Do what? Validation? If so, full nodes certainly do validat...

Why should I use a Bitcoin Mixer?

Using a mixer helps preserve your financial privacy. The question is: who are you protecting your privacy from? Bitcoin transactions are public record, so anybody can view any historical transaction at their leisure. So when considering your privacy...

Could Neutrino technically as side-effect, incentivize centralization of the bitcoin network?

Dorier is correct that Neutrino/SPV nodes are not full nodes, because they do not verify the entirety of the blockchain, leaving potential room for attack. However, the portrayal that Neutrino is no better than other SPV modes is not correct. Neutri...

Why future Bitcoin Core release shouldn't be in python?

Apart, from having to tear down the entire code, and re-write it in python and check for vulnerabilities, This is what is known as a self-answering question. The obstacles you list are not trivial. There is a considerable cost, a great deal of eff...

How find own address in testnet using bitcoin-cli?

transactions - How find own address in testnet using bitcoin-cli? - Bitcoin Stack Exchange Bitcoin Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for Bitcoin crypto-currency enthus...

Bitcoin curl no reply

bitcoind - Bitcoin curl no reply - Bitcoin Stack Exchange Bitcoin Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for Bitcoin crypto-currency enthusiasts. It only takes a minute to...

Can you recover seed words with passphrase on bitcoin node?

private key - Can you recover seed words with passphrase on bitcoin node? - Bitcoin Stack Exchange Bitcoin Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for Bitcoin crypto-currenc...

Bitcoin ECDSA signature in the compact format

What you are looking at is just an implementation detail that you really don't need to worry about. It's just converting from an internal format (which may use different coordinate systems and bit lengths, especially for tests) to the standard outpu...

How does using a Turing-complete programming language compromise the security of the network? [duplicate]

It is much easier to formally verify the behavior space of Bitcoin script vs. Solidity. For example, the DAO project suffered from reentrancy vulnerabilities, given that one could not predict the behavior of anonymous smart contracts when they were...

How do different implementations of the Bitcoin Cash client know which type of coin they're processing?

Neither client concretely checks that it's on the wrong chain: BCH and BSV had an unclean split. Neither changed the network magic, nor did either change their transaction format, so their nodes continued to communicate and transactions remained rep...

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