Bitcoin miners want their newly-found blocks to propagate across the network as quickly as possible, because every millisecond of delay increases the chances that another block, found at about the same time, wins the "block race."
Instructions for 10.9 are in the works. | |
Install and configure brew | |
$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSkL raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)" | |
$ touch ~/.bashrc | |
$ echo "export CFLAGS=\"-arch x86_64\"" >> ~/.bashrc | |
$ echo "export ARCHFLAGS=\"-arch x86_64\"" >> ~/.bashrc | |
$ source ~/.bashrc | |
$ brew update | |
$ brew doctor |
#!/bin/sh | |
security find-generic-password -a "$1" -g 2>&1 | grep password | sed -e "s/password: \"//" -e "s/\"//" |
# Use the Ubuntu Linux distro as the base for this image | |
FROM ubuntu | |
# Install necessary build tools | |
RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade --yes && apt-get install build-essential clang git --yes | |
# Download and install PseudoNode | |
RUN cd /root && git clone https://github.com/basil00/PseudoNode.git && cd ./PseudoNode && make | |
# These two commands enable port 8333 to be routed and start the node by default | |
EXPOSE 8333 | |
CMD ["bash", "-c", "cd /root/PseudoNode && ./pseudonode --stealth --coin=bitcoin-xt"] |
var Client = require('bitcore-wallet-client'); | |
var BWS_INSTANCE_URL = 'https://bws.bitpay.com/bws/api' | |
var secret = process.argv[2]; | |
var client = new Client({ | |
baseUrl: BWS_INSTANCE_URL, | |
verbose: false, | |
}); |
list of links for quick copypasting when debating on forums, also useful as a reading list
this was posted on reddit, link is https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/7mh8c2/long_live_decentralized_bitcoin_a_reading_list/
some of these links may be subject to linkrot, try looking on archive.org or archive.is
a trip to the moon requires a rocket with multiple stages by gmaxwell https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/438hx0/a_trip_to_the_moon_requires_a_rocket_with/
#!/bin/bash | |
# Run: "chmod u+x obsetup.sh" before running the script | |
user=$(whoami) | |
dir=$(pwd) | |
if [ $user = 'root' ]; then | |
echo "Please run this script as a regular user." | |
exit; | |
fi |
A description of known problems in Satoshi Nakamoto's paper, "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System", as well as notes on terminology changes and how Bitcoin's implementation differs from that described in the paper.
The longest chain not only serves as proof of the sequence of events witnessed, but proof that it came from the largest pool of CPU power.