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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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How to verify Electrum signature? Check if your electrum wallet is legit

coinguides — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 06:48:45 +0000

Electrum is one of the most popular Bitcoin wallet that is available for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. It is safe, fast and simple to use. Anybody can download the wallet and start using it right away. Moreover the wallet is open source. This is one reason why more number of users trust and use …

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What happens if you send Bitcoin to Bitcoin cash address or vice versa?

coinguides — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:27:47 +0000

Back when Bitcoin cash was launched many newbies got confused between the two blockchains and guess what? There are many reports of users who accidentally sent their Bitcoin (BTC) to Bitcoin cash (BCH) address or Bitcoin cash to BTC address. Now this is no longer an issue as Bitcoin cash changed their address format to …

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Bitcoin address changed – Why my wallet’s BTC address keep changing?

coinguides — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 06:38:46 +0000

Has your Bitcoin address changed? When sending / receiving Bitcoin or while just checking the account page of your online wallet you might have observed this. The Bitcoin address currently displayed is different from the one you’ve used in the past. If you are just getting started with Bitcoin then it may seem quite scary …

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Bitcoin Wallet vs Address – Differences between crypto wallet and address

coinguides — Mon, 06 May 2019 10:25:05 +0000

Are you new to Bitcoin, and are looking for a way to store your coins? All you need is a wallet to manage the address and an address to store your coins. Wait!? Is it wallet, address or wallet address? The term wallet creates unnecessary confusion and beginners often think they are the same. Recently …

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What is XBT and how it relates to Bitcoin? Difference between BTC & XBT

coinguides — Thu, 02 May 2019 11:52:08 +0000

There is no doubt that Bitcoin enthusiasts and cryptocurrency traders prefer BTC as a symbol of Bitcoin. But do you know that there is another symbol for Bitcoin called XBT? Have you ever stumbled upon XBT while looking for Bitcoin price online? Coinbase, a popular digital currency exchange; CoinMarketCap, a cryptocurrency research and data website …

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What are Block Rewards? How Bitcoin mining block rewards work?

coinguides — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:46:10 +0000

Previously on Coin Guides we’ve explained Bitcoin confirmations, Bitcoin mempool, Block height, transaction hash ID and many others. Here in this article we’re going to explain what a Block reward is and how the Bitcoin miners are rewarded for finding a block? This post applies not only to Bitcoin but any crypto currencies that 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 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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What is Block Height in cryptocurrency? Blockchain height explained

coinguides — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:51:42 +0000

How many times have you come across this occurrence where the developer of a coin tells you to update wallets before a specific block height? Whether there is a minor update or there is a hard fork about to happen in the network; the development team first announces the block height at which the implementation …

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