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Questions tagged [bitcoin]

Questions pertaining to the digital currency payment network known as Bitcoin.

Bitcoin is an open source peer-to-peer digital crypto-currency payment network. The currency used in transactions on the network is called a bitcoin.

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How do I install Bitcoin in Ubuntu?

Can anyone walk me through the process of installing Bitcoin on Ubuntu? I'm new to linux, and this is really all I want to do with this computer.
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How to install Bitcoin mining software?

I see there's an existing question on how to install the Satoshi Bitcoin client, but I'm wanting to install mining software. Like the asker of the above question, I'm new to Ubuntu, so I'm not familiar with the process of installing software if it's…
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How to install bitcoin mining software in Ubuntu 14.04 for joining a mining pool?

I just installed bitcoin-qt wallet on Ubuntu 14.04 and have synced with the bitcoin network. How do I install a mining program that will enable me to join a mining pool?
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How can I install the Electrum bitcoin wallet?

I would like to install the Electrum Bitcoin Wallet on Ubuntu 12.10. The Linux instructions are located at http://electrum.org/download.html and say: Install python-qt4 and pip: sudo apt-get install python-qt4 python-pip Install electrum: sudo pip…
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How can I install cpuminer?

I am trying to install cpuminer according to this tutorial. The tutorial describes installing cpuminer using terminal. sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libncurses5-dev pkg-config automake yasm # clone cpuminer git clone…
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Does Canonical accept BTC/Bitcoins as donations?

I was wondering if there is a way to donate with bitcoin to Canonical? I would love to donate, but the only funds available to me now are bitcoins.
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How to run the official bitcoin client?

I want to run the official Bitcoin client, rather than one from somebody's Personal PPA, as was explained in Question 41001. How do I install and run it?
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Bitcoin mining attack

I think my server has been attacked and I appreciate any help. On the image Top process it shows strange processes. The output of netstat -tap shows multiple: tcp 0 1 myserver:47985 monero.crypto-pool:6666 SYN_ENVI - If I…
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How to uninstall Bitcoin Core and remove data

I recently installed Bitcoin Core on my Ubuntu 16.04 system. It's taking up too much disk space. How do I completely uninstall the software and remove data to free up my hard drive space?
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Is there a program to mine bitcoins in ubuntu 13.10?

I do not understand much about mine bitcoins, but I downloaded a program that is like a wallet, but I want to know how I do to mine. Has a calling GUIminder but is for windows, someone knows one that is for ubuntu?
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how would I run a script or application when idle?

I would like to run various cryptocurrency generators, "miners" as they are known as, whenever my main pc is idle more then 30 minutes (no mouse or keyboard activity, etc.). How would I set this up? edit: haven't picked what miners I'd use but I…
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Error when starting BitCoin

I just installed Bitcoin and everything seemed to be going well. After a few days the client stopped loading at boot and instead gave this error: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery bitcoin in …
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How can I set up poclbm (a bitcoin miner)?

I'm trying to set up poclbm on my 12.10 machine. My graphics card (as stated in system settings) is an 'Intel® 965GM x86/MMX/SSE2'. I am trying to use the guide here but python-pyopencl can't be installed - The following packages have unmet…
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How to install GreenAddress Bitcoin Wallet in Ubuntu?

Can someone make a short tutorial about how to install the bitcoin wallet GreenAddress in Ubuntu?
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Bitcoin PPA installation problem

Im trying to download Bitcoin for my Ubuntu Oneiric. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install bitcoin/bitcoin Everything goes smooth until the install line. Reading package lists... Done Building…
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