Questions tagged [on-topic]
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Are questions about other crypto-currencies on-topic?
Originally in Area51 the proposal was for Bitcoin, but then it was suggested to enlarge the scope to all crypto-currencies. This idea seemed to have gained some traction, and the name and description ...
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Proposal: Narrow topic of Bitcoin.Stackexchange to questions applicable to Bitcoin
Bitcoin.stackexchange.com (Bitcoin.SE) appears to have been misnamed as the scope of "allowed topics" is much wider than Bitcoin. Originally, in Area51, the proposal was for only Bitcoin, but then it ...
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Should this SE also cover questions about Ripple?
Ripple is a new peer-to-peer system that allows for money transfers. Should the questions about Ripple be handled on this StackExchange, or should new one be created just for the system?
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Should questions about programming Bitcoin applications be on topic?
One Area51 example prohibits qusetions such as "Should I use urllib, urllib2, or something else to communicate with bitcoind from Python?". Still, I think more specific question such as this one ...
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Proposed Timeline for Scope Change
Following up from the proposal to change the Bitcoin stackexchange's scope and the proposed help center text, we propose that the scope change occur on Monday July 1st.
This scope change will result ...
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Should we allow question about the developers?
Should we allow question about the developers?
Where do we draw the line?
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Are crackpot ideas for attacking Bitcoin on-topic?
I have a question, but I'm not sure its topical for this site.
In brief, I think I've thought of a way to commit fraud against the whole bitcoin network with significantly less than 51% of hashing ...
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Influx of Trezor questions
TL;DR:
Please mark Trezor's "customer support" questions as off-topic. We don't care whether packages have been sent, how to apply for a refund or whom to talk to regarding faulty hardware.
Please ...
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Are Ordinals and Inscriptions on-topic?
In the past, there was broad support for narrowing the topic of Bitcoin SE to “technologies that are applicable to supporting the bitcoin currency, in the past, present, or future”.
While it seems ...
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Is Open Transactions on topic?
It's not exactly a derived crypto-currency, but it's an enabler technology that seems to be getting more integrated with Bitcoin.
Are questions on OT on topic here?
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Are questions about trading on-topic?
I've noticed some trading questions that ask about topics that cannot be closed as off-topic because they are about bitcoin, but where the real question is only incidentally related to bitcoin and can ...
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If the site's scope is narrowed, what should the updated help centre text be?
Background
There is a proposal to narrow the scope of the bitcoin.stackexchange.com that has received positive feedback from a large majority of users that have engaged with it.
The vote count on the ...
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Questionable Threads - Are these on-or off topic?
Post questionable threads here, using one reply per thread. No need to vote on each one (as then the people that reported the thread get down voted), but please add comments to each thread reasoning ...
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Are GPU-specific hardware questions on topic?
This question appears to be about building a mining rig and installing a bunch of GPU cards. Something goes wrong, and the OP has a question.
Arguments for on-topic:
Installing a bunch of GPUs is ...
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Are specific mining hardware questions topcial?
Are specific questions about miner setups etc topical eg.
Will x miner work with x pcu
Will x miner hardware work with x software
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