Re: [bitcoin-dev] bitcoin-java, a new bitcoin library

2021-10-05 Thread Steve Myers via bitcoin-dev
Ciao Humberto! building a new library is a great way to learn about bitcoin, you should also take a look at the Bitcoin Dev Kit project (https://github.com/bitcoindevkit) where we're building support for Kotlin/Java (and Android) and eventually Swift and iOS. You don't need to know Rust (though

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Question- must every mining rig attempt every block?

2021-10-05 Thread Ruben Somsen via bitcoin-dev
Hi Nathan, That's a fair question, but note that we've already had a bunch of "green mining" related posts a few months ago, so I suspect you'll be able to find many criticisms to this idea in the following thread: https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2021-May/018937.html It

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Question- must every mining rig attempt every block?

2021-10-05 Thread ZmnSCPxj via bitcoin-dev
Good morning Nathan, > For purposes of conserving energy, couldn't each mining rig have some > non-gameable attribute which would be used to calculate if a block would > be accepted by that rig? > > Don't the mining rigs have to be able to identify themselves to the > network somehow, in order to

[bitcoin-dev] Question- must every mining rig attempt every block?

2021-10-05 Thread Nathan T Alexander via bitcoin-dev
For purposes of conserving energy, couldn't each mining rig have some non-gameable attribute which would be used to calculate if a block would be accepted by that rig? Don't the mining rigs have to be able to identify themselves to the network somehow, in order to claim their block reward?

Re: [bitcoin-dev] bitcoin-java, a new bitcoin library

2021-10-05 Thread Mohamed Youssef via bitcoin-dev
Thanks for posting; I have been looking for such a library to get into the technical details. Do you plan a slack or IRC for collaboration? Best, Mohamed From: bitcoin-dev On Behalf Of Humberto Marcolino via bitcoin-dev Sent: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 08:24 AM To:

[bitcoin-dev] bitcoin-java, a new bitcoin library

2021-10-05 Thread Humberto Marcolino via bitcoin-dev
Hello, My name is Humberto, owner of the repository https://github.com/bitcoin-education/bitcoin-java. I'm posting to divulge a new open-source Bitcoin library written in Java, with support for taproot single key transactions: https://github.com/bitcoin-education/bitcoin-java. My main