Bitcoin Cash double spends
Double spend is when a set of coins is spent in more than one transaction. This can happen for various reasons, but one of the reasons is fraud attempts.
Bitcoin Cash accepts 0-conf payments, which I consider insecure by default. But I would like to have some data to support this, so I went looking.
Since …
How can I buy Bitcoin?
Generate a password, and then pay someone to send bitcoins to that password.
A password?! That's it?
Yep, that's it.
What do you mean with "send to a password"?
It means those bitcoins now belong to the owner of that password.
What if someone finds my password?
Then he will be able to spend your bitcoins.
H…
Do you know which Bitcoin constant is this?
26,959,535,291,011,309,493,156,476,344,723,991,336,010,898,738,574,164,086,137,773,096,960
Maybe in its hexadecimal format?
0x00000000FFFF0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Yes, it’s the maximum target hash.
But what thus it means, and why this “weird” value?
Bitcoin’s protocol wants b…
Sighash, short for Signature Hash, is a concept within the Bitcoin protocol that determines which parts of a transaction are signed. It plays a crucial role in ensuring the security and integrity of the Bitcoin network.
By using different Sighash types, users have control over which parts of a transaction are mutable and which are immutable when …
Nostr stands for “Notes and Other Stuff Transmitted by Relays”. It is a decentralized social network protocol that aims to create a censorship-resistant and user-empowered alternative to existing social media platforms.
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