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How to verify Bitcoin core – Validate checksum & verify release signatures

coinguides — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 05:29:34 +0000

How to verify the Bitcoin core software? Wait! “Do I need to verify the software? I downloaded Bitcoin core from the official website bitcoin.org and I never checked the keys nor verified the release signatures previously”. Should I verify Bitcoin Core? Not just Bitcoin core. You should verify every software before you install it on …

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How to check hash (checksum) / verify PGP signature of Ledger Live app

coinguides — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 06:54:44 +0000

Hardware wallets, despite providing the most secure storage solution many users still lose their coins. Particularly newbies and its mainly because of their negligence. They fall for the most obvious scams. The very first step that you need to take in protecting your crypto is to stay away from phishing scams. After the data breach …

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SHA-256 Hashing Algorithm – List of coins based on Bitcoin’s SHA256 algo

coinguides — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 07:27:49 +0000

Back when altcoins were trending we used to often list coins based on their hashing algorithm, specially for miners. It helps specific set of miners to choose and mine a particular coin based on its profitability. Now altcoin mining seems like a thing of a past. Particularly since they are no longer profitable for hobby …

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The 5 Different types of cryptocurrency mining that you need to know

coinguides — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 06:57:09 +0000

Most of you reading this know the different types of hardware’s that are used to mine cryptocurrency. But beginners who are new to this space and are interested in mining cryptocurrency do not know where to start or how it works. As Bitcoin and Altcoins are in the new market cycle we see new people …

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X11 Coins – List of Cryptocurrencies based on X 11 hashing algorithm

coinguides — Tue, 28 May 2019 05:55:51 +0000

Do you own Antminer D9, Baikal Giant X10, Innosilicon A5, FusionSilicon or any other latest X7 ASIC miner? Well, this post is for you. All these are X11 ASIC machines that are designed to mine Dash. Not only Dash, but they are capable of mining any Proof of Work cryptocurrencies that are based on X11 …

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Blake256 Algorithm (Blake256r14) – List of all coins and ASIC miners

coinguides — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 12:16:26 +0000

Blake is a cryptographic hashing algorithm which is an improved version of SHA256 and is one of the finalist in NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) SHA3 competition. It is designed and submitted by Jean-Philippe Aumasson and is based on and uses Dan Bernstein’s ChaCha stream cipher. Blake is the original algorithm and currently …

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How to verify MD5, SHA256 checksum of a cryptocurrency wallet / software

coinguides — Tue, 02 Apr 2019 14:59:27 +0000

MD5 and SHA256 checksum: Recently one of our user asked “In the Github page I do see several Windows 64 files; a .exe file, a .md5sum file and a .sha256sum file; which one should I download?” We told them to download the .exe file or the .zip file which is larger in size. The ones …

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