The Mining Shop Blog Posts & Articles

Bitcoin Core 0.17 decodepsbt guide covering unsigned transaction intent, UTXO data, partial signatures, scripts, derivation paths, unknown fields and fee review.

Bitcoin Core 0.17 createwallet guide covering names and paths, immediate loading, private-key-disabled mode, warnings, backups and multiwallet governance.

Bitcoin Core 0.17 createpsbt guide covering selected inputs, ordered outputs, exact BTC amounts, locktime, BIP125 replacement and Creator-role limits.

Bitcoin Core 0.17 converttopsbt guide covering raw transaction hex, signature-data rejection or discard, witness decoding, intended use and PSBT review.

Bitcoin Core 0.17 combinepsbt guide covering same-transaction PSBT merging, base64 inputs, metadata conflicts, signer privacy, result review and finalisation.

Bitcoin Core 0.17.0 guide covering txindex and chainstate migrations, dynamic wallets, labels, PSBT, partial-spend avoidance and guarded upgrades.

Bitcoin Core 0.16.3 release guide covering the urgent duplicate-input crash fix, vulnerable versions, signrawtransaction correction and incident-safe upgrades.

BIP 322 guide covering the Complete script-based signed-message format, simple and full proofs, PSBT workflows, proof-of-funds limits and verification.

Bitcoin Core 0.16.2 release guide covering wallet timeout clamping, verifytxoutproof hardening, import checks, mining waits and guarded maintenance.

Bitcoin Core 0.16.1 release guide covering blockmaxsize removal, transaction policy, chain activation fixes, wallet compatibility and guarded node upgrades.

BIP 178 guide to the Draft Version Extended WIF proposal, suffix values, address-type intent, one-way compatibility, implementation status and safe key recovery.

Bitcoin Core 0.16 walletpassphrasechange guide covering old and new secrets, rotation ceremony, backups, failure handling, verification and recovery.