Questions tagged [broadcast]

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Can an unconfirmed transaction that only Blockchain.info shows be manually re-broadcast?

Blockchain.info shows a transaction that was created by Blockchain.info/wallet but for whatever reason the transaction didn't confirm right away and appears to not be getting re-broadcast (perhaps because the transaction is more than a day old…
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Is the transaction pool global or local?

I can't find anything in the web about that topic. Do all the miners have one global pool filled with transactions, i. e. Miner 1 takes Transaction 1 into his candidate block, so Transaction 1 won't be in the transaction pool anymore. Or does each…
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Can a node broadcast a valid signed raw transaction while still syncing?

Built and signed a native bech32 UTXO, but when I attempt to broadcast from my testnet node using the command sendrawtransaction it returns "missing inputs". I don't have the private keys in my wallet, and the testnet node is still syncing, but I…
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Broadcast a signed transaction

I sent money from 4 inputs to 2 outputs, one of which I don't control. The transaction's fee is too small (didn't change my settings and the transaction fees got a lot higher, recently) and will not confirm anytime soon. I then created a new…
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How do nodes rebroacast transactions

When a bitcoin node receive a new transaction, it rebroadcast it and stores it in its mempool. If the transaction gets into a block, then it is removed from the node's mempool. But what happen when it is still unconfirmed after some blocks? How does…
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How do you broadcast a transaction programatically?

What is the best way to broadcast a transaction to the network programatically? I know that blockchain.info has /pushtx but I'm pretty sure it rejects XHR requests from external sources because of CORS.
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Why did my Coinbase transaction take 4.5 hours to get in a block?

Why did this transaction take so long to be put in a block? I initiated a 7 BTC transfer at 6:13 PM Eastern Time from Coinbase to an external address in an over the counter transaction today. It was put in a block 4.5 hours later (10:42 Eastern…
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16: bad-txns-vin-empty. Code:-26

I am trying to push a raw transaction via BTC insight API, but I always get an error message: 16: bad-txns-vin-empty. Code:-26 Here is the raw transaction…
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How does a node get information from other nodes?

I think a node sometimes needs to get a information from other nodes. e.g. get set of UTXO. get main(longest) chain. I have two questions. How does a node tell other nodes these requests? Like in github, are there commands like 'pull…
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How to receive newly broadcasted transactions immediately with bitcoin-core RPC?

With getrawmempool it gets me txids, however it just dumps the whole mempool on me. This isn't convenient if I want to quickly detect new transactions. Is it possible to only get newly broadcasted transactions? Is there another way to sort of…
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Error validating transaction using BLOCKCYPHER

I recently followed the steps on the answer by StephenM347 to the following problem: Cannot access my bitcoins because my wallet is still synchronising. What can I do to spend them immediately? However, on the last step (broadcasting my transaction…
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My transactions regularly have to be rebroadcast. Why? How can I fix it?

I run a small Bitcoin related service in which bitcoins get sent out my users regularly throughout each day via my bitcoind node. Once or twice a week some of the transactions don't seem to be properly broadcast, and when pushing manually using…
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Transact Bitcoin with no internet

An issue I find when I travel is that I would like to visit a cafe that accepts Bitcoin but because I am abroad I usually don't have an internet connection on my phone. I could use WiFi but what is the best way to transact Bitcoin without internet…
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How are transactions and blocks relayed?

What is the protocol for relaying transactions and/or blocks in bitcoin? I realize that nodes never relay a transactions and blocks with a variety of properties (e.g., invalid transactions). This question is concerned more with the specific…
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Bitcoind is able to listen both to clearnet and Tor networks but broadcast transaction only over Tor?

I know bitcoin core node can listen to both Tor and clearnet connections, but in this situation is it possible to broadcast transaction only over the Tor network and not clearnet? I'm asking it for privacy reasons. If it possible, is this better for…
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