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Bitcoin core wallet RPC console commands – Bitcoin-qt client API call lists

coinguides — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 05:48:12 +0000

In this article we’ll share some of the basic commands that you can use to interact with your Bitcoin core RPC console. Bitcoin core QT client is the original Bitcoin wallet and a full node that has features most other Bitcoin wallets don’t have. It builds the backbone of the network. It offers full validation …

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Bitcoin QT client / core wallet closing abruptly (crash fixed)

coinguides — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 06:05:16 +0000

Is your Bitcoin wallet closing without any warning or notification? Well, you are not alone. Issues like this are common and in most cases the problem occurs when you force shutdown the wallet. If that is the case then probably you might have messed up your blockchain file. You’ll need to delete the blk.dat files …

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What is Bitcoin address, why is it important & how to get a BTC address?

coinguides — Fri, 17 May 2019 14:45:21 +0000

Note: Bitcoin address and BTC address both refer to the same thing. BTC is just a ticker symbol of Bitcoin. There is also another symbol called XBT which also refers to Bitcoin. Here you can learn about ticker symbol and the difference between XBT and BTC. It’s been more than a decade since Bitcoin was …

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How to backup electrum wallet – Backup Bitcoin electrum wallet

coinguides — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 09:51:40 +0000

System malfunction, hardware failures and data theft can occur anytime. If you are storing Bitcoins in your PC or Laptop then it is very important that you backup your wallets. Previously we’ve made a guide on core wallet backup. Also we’ve explained how to backup Monero wallet. Recently one of user asked us how do …

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A quick tip on creating and editing your masternode configuration file

coinguides — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 06:37:27 +0000

Has your masternode stopped working or is it not stable enough? What you need to note is that if your masternode has a laggy performance or if it disconnects randomly then you’ll end up losing your payments. For this reason make sure your nodes are running 24 x 7 without any performance issues. There are …

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How to backup core wallet and how to replace wallet.dat backup file

coinguides — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 12:32:44 +0000

We were recently contacted by a user who informed us that their hard disk got corrupt and as a result they can’t access their wallets anymore. But fortunately they had several copy of wallet.dat file. So we advised them to install latest version wallet in another machine and import the original wallet.dat to new wallet …

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What is SUQA & how to mine SUQA? – Mining X22i algorithm (NVIDIA / AMD)

coinguides — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 12:54:41 +0000

It’s been so long since we made a coin mining guide. A lots of New altcoins are being announced on Bitcoin talk every single day. But not all of them seems promising. Most projects are just of clone of another coin that have no real value or vision. In such space finding a coin with …

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What does -rescan, -reindex command do & How to rescan / reindex wallet?

coinguides — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:12:05 +0000

Core wallet is quite sensitive and two commands which is used to fix a large number of wallet related issues are - rescan and -reindex. Are you getting any error when starting your core wallet? Or is your local blockchain database broken / corrupt? This can occur when copying blockchain from one computer to another, …

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Lyra2REv2 Algorithm – List of Coins & Lyra2v2 Miners for NVIDIA / AMD

coinguides — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:33:50 +0000

With the rise of ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) mining; standard hardware’s like CPUs and GPUs are being pushed out of the game. Most cryptocurrencies that claims to have ASIC resistant algorithm are not actually resistance to ASIC. They say this because there are no ASICs or FPGAs developed …

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How to move/copy wallet to another computer – Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero

coinguides — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 12:02:20 +0000

Have you brought a new computer and wish to move all your wallets from old PC. If you are using light weight electrum wallet or any other multi-currency hot wallets like Jaxx or Exodus; moving it to another computer is quite simple. All you need to do is download wallet to new PC and restore …

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