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Bitcoin Core is a full node implementation of the Bitcoin protocol with a wallet and GUI. Bitcoin Core is a MIT-licensed Qt 5 GUI application for the original Bitcoin codebase. Additional/previous nam…
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Transactions are signed messages carrying out the transfer or generation of bitcoins. They are broadcast throughout the Bitcoin network and, if accepted, integrated in the blockchain.
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The blockchain is the journal of all confirmed Bitcoin transactions. It consists of a linked sequence of blocks and each block contains a list of transactions. For questions about the eponymous compan…
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A wallet manages a user's private keys. Wallet software is used to send and receive Bitcoin. It also keeps track of the user's transactions, addresses, and balance.
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should be used for questions related to bitcoind, the command-line software for Bitcoin Core. It stands for "Bitcoin Daemon" where a daemon is any computer process which runs in the backgroun…
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Tells a user how to pay a recipient. Bitcoin addresses are strings consisting of numbers and letters that begin with '1', '3', or 'bc1'. Addresses encode the recipient's output script that includes ei…
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should be used for questions related to paying transaction fees in the Bitcoin network.
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Proposed payment system leveraging payment channels which allow re-negotiation of balances that finally get executed on the Bitcoin blockchain.
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should be used for questions regarding security issues with the design or implementation of Bitcoin and related cryptocurrencies.
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should be used for questions pertaining to private keys. Private keys are used for signing transactions and allow the holder of the private key to spend the Bitcoin associated with the addres…
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should be used for questions relating to the Bitcoin Core/bitcoind JSON-RPC interface.
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A mining pool is a way of sharing the work needed to find a block. Miners are rewarded in proportion to the amount of computing power they contribute to the problem, with various ways of calculating r…
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should be used for questions about the function, the reason for, and the underlying concepts of mining.
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should be used for questions regarding exchanges. Exchanges are sites which allow for the conversion of Bitcoins to various world currencies as well as alternate cryptocurrencies.
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should be used for questions regarding the service 'blockchain.com'. Blockchain Ltd. is a company that offers a web wallet and provides a blockchain explorer under the domain blockchain.com.
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should be used for questions regarding Bitcoin clients. A client is any application which allows a user to connect to the Bitcoin (or alternate) network. Alternately, "client" may refer to a …
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should be used for questions related to APIs offered by any Bitcoin related service. An API is an Application Programming Interface and services often have APIs available for developers to wr…
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should be used for questions about Electrum, a lightweight Bitcoin client written in Python
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The components of the blockchain and a data structure that collects transactions.
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A simple, stack-based, Forth-like programming language using "opcodes" to express spending conditions.
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Source code and development of Bitcoin Core, the reference implementation of Bitcoin.
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should be used for unconfirmed transactions, transactions that have not yet been included in a block.
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should be used for questions regarding Segregated Witness (segwit), an activated softfork that defined a new transaction format which doesn't include signatures in the transaction identifier…
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Multi-signature addresses require m-of-n signatures to authorize spending funds sent to them.
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should be used for questions related to hashes. A hash is the output of a hash function, a function which .is a mathematically reproducible but irreversible process that takes in an arbitrary…
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BIP32, or Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets. HD wallets are wallets that can be shared amongst different wallet implementation with or without the ability to spend coins.
https://github.com/bitcoi…
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should be used for questions regarding public keys. A public key is the public half of the public/private keypair. Anyone can use a public key check that a signature is correct, but they can'…
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Questions about Litecoin are generally off topic unless they have applicability to Bitcoin.
This tag should be used for questions regarding Litecoin, a cryptocurrency based on Bitcoin. Litecoin is …
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should be used for questions related to the Bitcoin network and communication between different nodes on the Internet.
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The process of recovering lost bitcoins or private keys from a wallet/backup
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should be used for questions related to creation and ongoing work for different existing and future Bitcoin-related projects and source code.
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Alternative cryptocurrencies are OFF-TOPIC unless the question is applicable to Bitcoin.
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should be used for questions about the economics of mining operations.
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should be used for questions related to mining rigs, CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, and ASIC miners, as well as the production, and producers of such goods.
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should be used for questions regarding digital signatures. A digital signature proves that the owner of a private key produced or endorsed a given message. These are used in transactions to p…
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should be used for questions about synchronizing a Bitcoin client. This is the process of bringing a Bitcoin client up to date with the blockchain.
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