Mining Operations Articles

Bitcoin Core 0.16 getrawchangeaddress guide covering raw transaction change, address types, keypool state, output verification, backups and privacy.

Bitcoin Core 0.16 getnettotals guide covering cumulative traffic, timestamps, upload cycles, targets, historical block serving and monitoring.

Bitcoin Core getchaintips guide covering active, valid-fork, valid-headers, headers-only and invalid tips, branch length and safe fork monitoring.

Bitcoin Core getblockcount RPC made simple. See what the feature does, where its limits sit and which checks node or wallet operators should make.

Bitcoin Core getblockchaininfo guide covering network, blocks and headers, progress, IBD, chainwork, pruning, soft-fork state, warnings and monitoring.

Bitcoin Core getbestblockhash RPC made simple. See what the feature does, where its limits sit and which checks node or wallet operators should make.

Bitcoin Core estimatesmartfee guide covering confirmation targets, economical and conservative modes, BTC/kB units, clamping, errors and safe fallbacks.

Bitcoin Core disconnectnode guide covering address and node-ID targeting, immediate scope, reconnection, addnode interactions, monitoring and access control.

Bitcoin Core addnode guide covering add, remove and onetry modes, peer protections, sync limits, endpoint validation, monitoring and rollback.

Bitcoin Core 0.16.0 guide covering full SegWit wallets, Bech32, HD wallet limits, wallet directories, rescans, safe mode, RPC changes and rollback.

Learn how ASIC mining inrush current works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.

Learn how Bitcoin block template fee audit works, what it changes for miners, the money and safety risks, and the checks to make before using it.