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The computer operating system named Linux is used by many for mining and transferring Bitcoins.

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Disclaimer: Having some linux permissions issues, but it is related to setting up a Bitcoin Node, and an Electrum Server; if there's a better place to post this, please lmk!. I've been following the ...
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I'm learning about how to run a Bitcoin full node. I have started tinkering with it on Windows, and have put the data directory in an external SSD drive I got specifically for storing the entire ...
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In the Bitcoin Core instructions, it says that to use the GUI, you have to execute bitcoin-qt. It gives this explanation for a potential obstacle: If all the required libraries are installed, Bitcoin ...
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I am not technically proficient but I want to download Bitcoin Core on my Dell laptop with Ubuntu. I have a new external drive and want to download a (pruned) BTC node for use in conjunction with ...
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Have bitcoind.service file in /etc/systemd/system with the following contents: [Unit] Description=Bitcoin daemon After=network.target [Service] ExecStart=/media/user/2TB/.bitcoin/bitcoind-start.sh #...
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I made a mistake and installed bitcoin core under the main system user “dog” in Linux (Debian). Now I am scratching my head thinking what I should do to change the user to “coindog” which would not be ...
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Can I verify that I used an authentic version of bitaddress.org if I only have the SHA256 hash string I generated from the HTML file? >> sha1sum bitaddress.org.html How can I do this on Linux? ...
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Why is a bitcoin node pruned to 550MB taking up 10GB+? $ du -smc blocks chainstate index | sort -g 0 index 849 blocks 10325 chainstate 11174 total
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How do I run a pruned Bitcoin Core node on linux indefinitely without running into this wallet error? I know it's possible from the Bitcoin Core app on Windows but I'm not sure how to achieve it on ...
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I am interested in running lightning core, but the instructions say Bitcoind is required. I am running a full bitcoin-qt node on Linux Mint Ubuntu. Will lightning core work with qt or, if not, is ...
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I try to build Bitcoin Core on my Ubuntu 23.10 machine using the "Build Unix" documentation page but it fails with undefined reference to evhttp_uridecode. Here are the details: I started by ...
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I was interested in using a Raspberry Pi Zero W to run the claimed "Bare Minimum (With Custom Settings)" install of bitcoind on either Gentoo or Linux From Scratch. It was suggested that it ...
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I run bitcoind on mini pc using Debian as headless server -auto run by cron and without connect monitor-. Normally when I want shutdown, I do "bitcoin-cli stop" then "shutdown now"....
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I'm in a very frustrating situation. I used to run Bitcoin Core on Windows, without these problems, but ever since I switched to Linux (XFCE), and I of course have Bitcoin Core (GUI) starting ...
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I run Linux. Debian 12. XFCE. I have installed Bitcoin Core. I think this same thing happens on Windows as well. Basically, I have it start at boot. Then, after many minutes have passed and I have ...
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