I’m looking for a well developed, maintained and stable API allowing to access Bitcoin testnet. Something like Infura for Ethereum. Googling gives many results, but can somebody point me out what is really in use? […]

On a Ledger Nano S, you are given a BIP39 24 word mnemonic. What is the path to the address used? Is it m/44’/144’/0’/0/0 ? Say for example I use the address generated by the […]

I’m using bcoin and it’s class FullNode to run a full Bitcoin Node. Here’s the configuration: const node = new bcoin.FullNode({ prefix: ‘/mnt/d/bcoin’, network: ‘testnet’, indexTX: true, indexAddress: true }); And then I start the […]

Do Full Nodes validate all transactions after all Bitcoin are mined? A fork of bitcoin core with all coins pre mined would be behaving in this way too I’d imagine..? Also, would these nodes still […]

I made a purchase and paid using Bitcoin. They sent me a link which took me to a coinbase processor. I got the wallet address and sent the money from my Electrum Wallet. I have […]

I am trying to create a raw transaction and send it to the testnet. I am using testnet keys and here is the simplified readable output from my script: decoded private key: efd0171bc0e1a973c75d97cdf38ecccfb2e70227a23cfcdadfed8d9dd1f198c6dc testnet private […]

Is BIP 146, which defines using the low S value, still on the docket to be signalled and implemented given that SegWit fixed the txid malleability issue by moving the witness outside the transaction? I’m […]

To implement automated deposits/withdrawals of a single currency for a business there has to be a lot of code in place specific for that currency. For example if I want to automate sending and receiving […]

DuckDuckGo turns up nothing of interest. How to import multiple priv keys in Electrum from a file using Electrum console or shell script, for all derivable valid BTC addresses? (1,3,bc1) Eventually I would like to […]

What is the best practice to deal with inactive channels? Do they have an impact on my node’s ‘reputation’ somehow, should I close them after a few days of being inactive? What happens if channel […]