April 21, 2026

ubuntu usb drivers to run bfgminer

Been racking the brain forever, ubuntu noob, but wiped W7 for Ubuntu, updated and upgraded, checked out bfgminer and cgminer, both when running good .bat file with good pool, but they say no device? Adding […]

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Simulating -walletnotify option in Electrum

When run in daemon mode, bitcoind accepts a parameter -walletnotify=<cmd> which runs <cmd> whenever a wallet transaction changes due to sending/receiving. Is there a similar feature in Electrum? If not, how can it be simulated? […]

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How to know if bitcoind synced?

I installed the bitcoind and started it as daemon. After 10hours I’ve tried “du -h” ubuntu@ip-172-31-37-93:~/.Bitcoin$ du -h 16K ./database 59M ./blocks/index 29G ./blocks 646M ./chainstate 30G . How to know if it synced or […]

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Raw Block data in Hexadecimals

Is there any Web API available for us to query Blockchain data in hex format? The format should follow the standard (https://en.Bitcoin.it/wiki/Block#Block_structure) structure rather than JSON.

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