May 2, 2026

did Satoshi anticipate large pools?

Is there any statement about the design of Bitcoin alluding to dealing with large pools controlling a good part of the network? while it is true that pools can compete and people can “vote” by […]

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bitcoind sendfrom with minconf=0

Is it possible using bitcoind JSON-RPC API to receive funds from someone and send it immediately to another third-party address? I do not want to wait for 1 confirmation. getbalance with minconf=0 shows I have […]

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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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