Questions tagged [signet]
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What are the key differences between regtest and the proposed signet?
What are the key differences between regtest and the proposed signet?
One of the key differences is that using regtest is not ideal for public networks as anyone anywhere can just rewrite the blockchain at their whim by mining a ton of blocks. Are…
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Why doesn't signet use a unique bech32 prefix?
I noticed that signet and testnet both use tb1 addresses. Why doesn't signet use a unique prefix that distinguishes it from testnet?
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Will there be a testnet4? Or do we not need a testnet reset once we have Signet?
The last testnet reset was for the current testnet3 back in 2012 (not including segnet which was a testnet for SegWit before SegWit was activated on mainnet). Are we due another testnet reset? Or is there no need for testnet anymore with the…
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Is there a sandbox in bitcoin for testing?
Is there a sandbox in Bitcoin for testing, so that I can create sample bitcoins without mining and do transactions for testing purposes?
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How do I get set up on Signet?
I have heard about Signet here and here.
How do I get set up on Signet?
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How can I spend from a P2TR address on Signet with the Bitcoin Core wallet in 22.0?
Apparently (credit 0xB10C) there are only 20 key-path and 5 script-path spends of P2TR outputs on the Signet blockchain today (July 7th 2021). How can I increase this number today with say the Bitcoin Core wallet in the upcoming 22.0 release? If…
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Can you break down what data is encoded into a bech32 address?
Can you break down what data is encoded into a bech32 address?
e.g. bc1qw508d6qejxtdg4y5r3zarvary0c5xw7kv8f3t4
How do bech32 addresses on testnet, regtest, signet compare?
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How to setup signet with bitcoin core locally
I am trying to run a signet network locally using bitcoin core. I have downloaded bitcoin core and upon installation, it seems I have to go through the Initial Block Download process.
I am only interested in running the signet network. Please how…
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Where can I find taproot spend examples on testnet/signet?
I am in the middle of writing some Taproot libraries and would like some testnet/signet p2tr spends. Is there an easy way to find them? Most explorers don't have any filters like that. Even a list of 10 different p2tr's with various key-spends and…
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Can we experiment on Signet with multiple proposed soft forks whilst maintaining the ability of full nodes to validate the Signet chain?
One of the goals of Signet is to test proposed soft forks before they are activated on mainnet. Not only does this mean proposed soft forks such as Taproot that at the time of writing (August 2020) are at an advanced stage (BIPs reviewed, PR under…
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When using bitcoin-cli I get an error regarding fallback fees when trying to send regtest Bitcoin. How do I resolve this?
I have been doing an assignment on Bitcoin Core 0.20. Now every time I try to do a transaction:
Apples-iMac:bitcoin apple$ bitcoin-cli -regtest sendtoaddress bcrt1qd3jck0lv87yuk25tk3xy5rqq67apwasee874xk 25
error code: -4
error message:
Fee…
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What is the history on how previous soft forks were tested prior to being considered for activation?
How were previous soft forks tested prior to being considered for activation? Were they added to the default testnet? Was a custom testnet setup with the soft fork functionality available on that custom testnet? Were they tested on a sidechain like…
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signet network Error: CreateBaseChainParams: Unknown chain sig
What does this mean? I'm trying to work with signet to review some prs and I'm getting a fair amount of errors.
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Running a local testnet
a newbie bitcoin researcher here.
For my first work I need a local bitcoin network on which I have as much control as possible. I have a windows machine.
For example - I need to control the number of nodes, network structure, mining difficulty and…
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On signet of bitcoin core, why didn't the average time between blocks I mined accord with the time I set?
I'm new here. I met some problem when I use signet on bitcoin core in docker container. I used this command to work out the nbits value to set the average mining time which is 60s.
python3.8 miner --cli="bitcoin-cli" calibrate…
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