Questions tagged [bitcoin-core-development]
Source code and development of Bitcoin Core, the reference implementation of Bitcoin.
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C before Amount [duplicate]
I see CAmount mentioned here and elsewhere in the Bitcoin core codebase. What does the 'C' before Amount denote? Is it Consensus?
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Why do protocol developers work on maximizing miner revenue?
A Twitter user asks: "Why are so many [protocol engineers] so worried about miner revenue? [...] IMO, it would be best to focus on what the end users want, not large corporation wants." (...
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DEFAULT_MAX_PEER_CONNECTIONS for Bitcoin core is 125 or 130?
DEFAULT_MAX_PEER_CONNECTIONS is set to 125 by default in core to the best of my knowledge. However, I read in The Optech Newsletter #310 that it is 130... could not validate this info anywhere in the ...
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Does Bitcoin Core have Prometheus support?
Does Bitcoin Core have Prometheus support? I am having difficulty finding the code for it in the repo?
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How to add prometheus support in my Bitcoin full node application in Rust
How can I implement prometheus client support in Rust in my bitcoin full node application, I was having trouble finding leads. A theoritical explanation on what I have to do, or some code snippets ...
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Where exactly is the mining code in Bitcoin Core?
I've been looking for months for the real mining code in the Bitcoin Core source code for the function/s that implement the incrementing of the nonce and hashing blocks for mining and never found ...
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TRUC transactions (version = 3) general availability
Given that "2 package RBF" and "V3 transactions" are merged in the main branch, which release TRUC transactions would be available? Thank you!
Relevant PRs:
https://github.com/...
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How can I effectively trace code paths for fuzz testing in a Bitcoin core?
I want to write a fuzz test to increase the coverage of net_processing.cpp for this piece of code. But I am unable to navigate/trace from where this function is being called .
I have checked in ...
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Why changing Bitcoin Cap Limit Is Not Possible
To alter the Bitcoin blockchain protocol, such as increasing the Bitcoin cap, a consensus among the majority (95%) of participants is necessary due to decentralization and the consensus mechanism.
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Why is there a separate bitcoin and bitcoin-core GitHub repo? [duplicate]
Can someone explain why these two repositories exist at the same time?
https://github.com/bitcoin
https://github.com/bitcoin-core
It is a bit confusing for a newcomer to the codebase what to actually ...
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When should Bitcoin Core functional tests be run?
When should functional tests be run? Or is it always a good time to run functional tests?
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What does this functional test include?
Does the test test/functional/test_runner.py include all possible functional tests, or is it just a dummy initial test run?
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Bitcoin Cross-compilation failed with errors in notification.cpp
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config bsdmainutils curl git
installed all the dependencies in dependencies.md
sudo apt install ...
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Moving the entire directory to new location for Bitcoin Core CLI
I use Bitcoin CLI and not the QT one, when syncing i used a external SSD to store blocksdata in SSD, obviously noob me didnt know of datadir function
Now my Chainstate, txindex are in roaming folder ...
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How many ways are there to Read Satoshi era Wallets?
I've come acrossed a few -
running the original Satoshi v.0.1.0 through v.0.1.5 Clients all the way up to Satoshi v.0.7.x - I believe all of these can read Original Satoshi Wallet.dat(s) -
I have a ...
