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Which of the open-source Bitcoin clients has the most thoroughly commented source code?
Learning from a source code is very useful at times, but it is a pain if the code is not commented well. Which of the open source Bitcoin software have the most thoroughly and understandably commented source code? That is, if someone wanted to…
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How is it possible that transactions can be added to a block currently being mined?
It seems counter-intuitive that the current block can be hashed and transactions can be added to it, however that is what this thread indicates.
Can someone help me connect the dots (not necessarily regarding that linked network attack) and…
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What level of mathematical understanding do I need in order to contribute or to understand the crypto behind bitcoin?
My mathematical knowledge is up to CALC II (college level.) Is this enough mathematical maturity in order to understand the crypto in bitcoin or do I need more knowledge? If I do indeed need more knowledge than please point me to good…
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What's a good resource to learn how [technically] bitcoin works?
What are some good resource(s) for learning how bitcoin works?
I can't seem to find any resources that are any more detailed than the basics - how you have wallets, the blockchain, confirmations, mining, etc. The source code for bitcoin is also a…
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How do I get started in finance & market analysis?
I'am currently new to bitcoin & doesn't any finance or market background, currently I got huge interest to how this currency system will affect our life, as I spend more and more time reading about bitcoin, then I feel I need more knowledge about…
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Slow but effective mining as a learning tool
Most discussion about mining is from the perspective of serious Bitcoin users who are trying to profit from it. I’m curious to try mining, only to experiment and become more familiar with cryptocurrencies. I’m not interested in being profitable over…
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Can everybody earn bitcoin?
I am a Bangladeshi. I know little about bitcoin and I have no credit card. Is it essential having bank account to earn bitcoin? How will bitcoin help me? How and where can I start earning bitcoin?
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./learncoind not connecting to DigitalOcean Droplet
I'm on video 5 of the Learncoin youtube series and I am getting an error when I try to run ./learncoind
2016-04-07 03:40:40 connect() failed after select(): Connection refused
2016-04-07 03:40:40 trying connection MY-DROPLET-IP:9333
I have my SSH…
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What is the value of these bitcoin certifications that have popped up recently?
Are bitcoin related certifications viewed favorably amongst the bitcoin community? I work in a related field and I am interested in pursuing a certification to distinguish myself, but I'm not sure how valuable these things are.
For example the…
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I am eager to know details about distribution of bitcoin
Bitcoin only has 21 million possible coins so far I know. Who hold these coins? I just want rough estimation.
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Where can I find more resources that explain Bitcoin simply?
I have been learning crypto for a little bit now and have been helped a lot by pebwindkraft, Andrew Chow and Adam in particular.
I would like to ask about resources that help beginners like me to understand the crypto space, I have been following a…
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How to allow/setup crypto transfers/payments on my website?
I'd like to learn how to allow end users on my website to pay for goods using cryptocurrency.
Questions I have:
1 - How would I confirm the transaction has been received ?
2 - How would I confirm the value of the transaction is correct ?
3 - Are…
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Writing a GPU Bitcoin mining client (learning purposes)
I want to write a basic GPU miner from scratch for learning purposes.
By "from scratch" I don't mean that I am unwilling to use libraries but I want it to be similar to real GPU mining software, and I want to learn in-depth from this.
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Understanding Bitcoin protocol (through practice)
OK, firstly, Ken Sheriff (the guy who mined Bitcoin using pencil and paper) has posted some fantastic Bitcoin articles on his blog.
In "Using Bitcoins the Hard Way" he writes (emphasis added):
It turns out that actually using the Bitcoin protocol…
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What are some resources that would help me become a Blockchain developer?
I'm a backend developer with experience in web development and microservice architectures. I have already worked a lot with some languages like C#, Java, C++, etc.
As my next step, I want to become what people call a Blockchain developer.
Where…
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