Questions tagged [wiki]
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Who has admin privilages for the bitcoin wiki?
Who has an admin user?
I know Stephen Gornick has. Who else?
Who besides MagicTux has technical admin credentials? (server access)
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Bitcoin Address Wiki Issue
I'm having issues following through the technical wiki here - https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Technical_background_of_Bitcoin_addresses
Point 2 says to perform a SHA256 hash on the public key, which I'm understanding is…
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Why is the Bitcoin Wiki protected against editing?
I recently found an error on the Bitcoin Wiki, when I noticed that I could not edit it.
I made an account a long time ago, so I logged into it, but still I am not able to edit pages.
Why is this? A wiki is supposed to be community-driven.
Who does…
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Why does the bitcoin wiki have an invalid ssl certificate and show PHP errors at the top of every page?
I figured this would be cleaned up pretty quickly, but it seems to have been that way for a month or more. Was just curious - it is many people's first exposure to bitcoin and doesn't really install confidence.
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Bitcoin Wiki mirror?
Are there mirrors of the Bitcoin Wiki?
(https://en.bitcoin.it/ is down.)
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Why the "Unspent Transaction Output Set" is called "UTXO", not "UTOS"?
Just out of curiosity, the Wiki says UTXO means "Unspent Transaction Output", but what does each letter mean in the acronym?
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Why P2SH seems to be never smaller than 34 characters, unlike P2PKH?
Why base58 of P2SH invoice address seems to be never smaller than 34
characters; unlike base58 of P2PKH invoice address, in which 33 characters
is very common?
Bitcoin wiki tells (format and emphasis mine):
Some Bitcoin invoice addresses can be…
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How to get permission to edit the Bitcoin Wiki?
I would like to contribute to the Bitcoin Wiki, but I do not have permission to create page. How do I get permission to edit the Bitcoin Wiki?
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Who runs the Bitcoin wiki?
Who runs the Bitcoin Wiki? What is their Twitter account?
I am looking for the community, group or person who runs this site.
Does this being have a Twitter account? The account @bitcoin_wiki exists, but they have only 30 followers, which makes me…
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What does script operation "OP_IFDUP" do?
According to the wiki page, OP_IFDUP will duplicate the top of the stack "if the input is true or false". It seems to me that everything is true or false when interpreted as a boolean.
According to the source code:
case OP_IFDUP:
[...]
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Will the fee for "bitcoin.it" decrease as the value of BTC increases?
I'm interested in contributing technical information to the Wiki page located on https://en.bitcoin.it however they require editors to donate 0.01 BTC at the following page.
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Special:BitcoinPayment
I'm not interested in…
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Who implemented BitcoinPayment at the Bitcoin wiki?
Who was the technical person who implement/integrated BitcoinPayment at the Bitcoin wiki? How can he be contacted?
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The role of governments when comparing Bitcoin and gold
I was reading the bitcoin wiki on myths and I completely agree that Bitcoin has the advantage of limited in supply like gold but it's a lot convenient and secure to use then gold. However, if you read further, one of the myth they are trying to…
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green addresses are "generally considered a bad idea and not advisable to implement."?
Why does the wiki say that green addresses are "generally considered a bad idea and not advisable to implement."?
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