Category: Bitcoin

Bitcoin Miner Survey Proposal to be Up for Comment

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private key – What is one word seed word exactly?

I have the following code import hashlib import binascii def word_to_private_key(word): sha256_hash = hashlib.sha256(word.encode()).digest() private_key = binascii.hexlify(sha256_hash).decode() return private_key word = “hello” private_key = word_to_private_key(word) print(“Bitcoin Private Key:”, private_key) Here hello is converted into bitcoin private key. Surprisingly I see some transactions with that private key. For any string of the word variable there is […]

Is Bitcoin Rallying Ahead of Schedule?

Bitcoin (BTC) has gained over 40% in four weeks and is just 10% short of challenging its record high near $69,000. The surge is consistent with the cryptocurrency’s record of rallying ahead of and after the quadrennial mining reward halving. That said, bitcoin call-put skews, which measure the cost of call options relative to puts […]

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