User contributions for Theymos

26 December 2018

• 03:2203:22, 26 December 2018 diff hist +208 Quantum computing and Bitcoin some updates

27 November 2018

• 16:0816:08, 27 November 2018 diff hist +36 Decoding BitPay payment requests note that bip70 is deprecated current

19 November 2018

• 20:5020:50, 19 November 2018 diff hist +5 m Craig Wright grammar

13 September 2018

• 07:0507:05, 13 September 2018 diff hist −49 Alert system Mention that it was published

3 September 2018

• 22:4522:45, 3 September 2018 diff hist +1,771 N Decoding BitPay payment requests Created page with "BitPay annoyingly forces users to pay via the [https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0070.mediawiki BIP70] payment protocol. BIP70 was created in 2013, and befor..."

26 August 2018

• 21:1621:16, 26 August 2018 diff hist +94 Setting up a Tor hidden service note that onion v3 is not supported

28 July 2018

• 22:3722:37, 28 July 2018 diff hist +480 Orphan Block Clarify that people usually mean stale block when they say this

19 July 2018

• 23:4223:42, 19 July 2018 diff hist +537 Schnorr Add summary
• 23:3323:33, 19 July 2018 diff hist +202 Secp256k1 Clarify that secp256k1 is independent of ECDSA

24 June 2018

• 00:3900:39, 24 June 2018 diff hist +421 Vocabulary add Policy current
• 00:2600:26, 24 June 2018 diff hist +266 Vocabulary Various minor fixups
• 00:1500:15, 24 June 2018 diff hist +1,459 Vocabulary Update mempool info

14 April 2018

• 04:2504:25, 14 April 2018 diff hist +9 m Nuclear war and Bitcoin No edit summary current
• 04:1504:15, 14 April 2018 diff hist +5 m Nuclear war and Bitcoin No edit summary
• 04:1504:15, 14 April 2018 diff hist +12 m Nuclear war and Bitcoin No edit summary
• 04:1404:14, 14 April 2018 diff hist +4,599 N Nuclear war and Bitcoin Created page with "A nuclear war would be problematic in several ways for Bitcoin, though maybe not the end of the world. ===Attack scope=== It is first necessary to consider the scope of a nu..."

14 September 2017

• 00:0000:00, 14 September 2017 diff hist −363 Satoshi (unit) →Symbol: Added my proposed symbol and organized it into a table

23 August 2017

• 05:3105:31, 23 August 2017 diff hist +961 Block weight No edit summary
• 05:1105:11, 23 August 2017 diff hist +62 Block weight →Detailed example
• 04:5804:58, 23 August 2017 diff hist +5,021 N Block weight Created page with "Prior to SegWit, there was a max block size of 1MB. After SegWit, the concept of max block size was removed and replaced with ''max block weight''. The current max block w..."

17 August 2017

• 23:2923:29, 17 August 2017 diff hist +613 Bitcoin is not ruled by miners →Why Bitcoin is not ruled by miners: Add legal issues

9 August 2017

• 17:2617:26, 9 August 2017 diff hist 0 m Bitcoin is not ruled by miners →Current centralization
• 09:0409:04, 9 August 2017 diff hist +657 Bitcoin is not ruled by miners →How Bitcoin actually works: Add summary note about governance

8 August 2017

• 10:0910:09, 8 August 2017 diff hist +7,737 N Bitcoin is not ruled by miners Created page with "A common misunderstanding is that Bitcoin is ruled by miners; ie. that miners act as some sort of parliamentary body for Bitcoin. This misunderstanding probably arises from ov..."

7 June 2017

• 17:0417:04, 7 June 2017 diff hist −10 m Fee bumping →Choosing an appropriate new fee
• 17:0417:04, 7 June 2017 diff hist −139 Fee bumping replace bitcoinfees.21.co with estimatefee.com

25 May 2017

• 03:3603:36, 25 May 2017 diff hist +16 Transaction expiration No edit summary current

14 May 2017

• 21:0221:02, 14 May 2017 diff hist +28 Transaction expiration No edit summary
• 21:0021:00, 14 May 2017 diff hist +1,962 N Transaction expiration Created page with "Transaction expiration is a common ''myth/misconception''. Once a Bitcoin transaction is created, it never automatically expires. In theory, a transaction could be created, ge..."

16 March 2017

• 03:4503:45, 16 March 2017 diff hist +21 m Setting up a Tor hidden service add to guides category
• 03:4503:45, 16 March 2017 diff hist +27 N Category:Guides Created page with "Guides on how to do things." current

10 March 2017

• 11:2211:22, 10 March 2017 diff hist +74 Data directory add links to Splitting the data directory article

12 February 2017

• 21:3121:31, 12 February 2017 diff hist +4,324 N Splitting the data directory Created page with "Bitcoin Core normally puts all of its data into one data directory, but oftentimes it is useful to adjust things so that certain of these files go elsewhere. ==If your da..." current
• 21:0821:08, 12 February 2017 diff hist +21 m Fee bumping Add guides category
• 21:0821:08, 12 February 2017 diff hist +21 m Passphrase generation Add guides category current

2 February 2017

• 01:4401:44, 2 February 2017 diff hist +33 Fee bumping →I received the stuck transaction
• 01:4301:43, 2 February 2017 diff hist +147 Fee bumping →Other wallets: Note about "wallets" that are actually banks
• 01:2701:27, 2 February 2017 diff hist −277 Fee bumping →I sent the stuck transaction: Add CPFP-based method for sent transactions on Electrum

25 January 2017

• 20:3120:31, 25 January 2017 diff hist +1 m Fee bumping →I sent the stuck transaction
• 20:3020:30, 25 January 2017 diff hist +113 Fee bumping →I received the stuck transaction
• 14:0014:00, 25 January 2017 diff hist +15,330 N Fee bumping Created page with "The fee required for a transaction to quickly confirm varies according to network conditions. Generally it floats around slowly, but sometimes it shoots up due to spam transac..."

23 January 2017

• 20:5920:59, 23 January 2017 diff hist +471 Passphrase generation →Generating keys, seeds, and random numbers (Advanced): Add note about secp256k1 length limit
• 19:4519:45, 23 January 2017 diff hist +1,505 Weaknesses →Attacker has a lot of computing power: Update/expand section. This whole page needs to be updated...

1 January 2017

• 04:4804:48, 1 January 2017 diff hist −2 m Passphrase generation →Generating keys, seeds, and random numbers (Advanced)
• 04:4004:40, 1 January 2017 diff hist +13,424 N Passphrase generation Created page with "In various places in Bitcoin, it is important to generate secure passwords/passphrases. Security is especially important in Bitcoin because if your BTC is stolen, there is oft..."
• 01:2201:22, 1 January 2017 diff hist +25,215 N User:Theymos/Draft Securing Wallet Created page with "The phrase "be your own bank" is often used with Bitcoin, and while it accurately conveys Bitcoin's ability to empower people, it also hints at the increased responsibility th..." current

31 December 2016

• 02:1002:10, 31 December 2016 diff hist −3 m Satoshi Nakamoto fix forum link

25 December 2016

• 04:3904:39, 25 December 2016 diff hist +3,671 N Coin analogy Created page with "Since the time of Bitcoin's creation, the coin analogy has been used to help understand Bitcoin transactions. Everyone trying to understand Bitcoin's technology should kno..."
• 03:4903:49, 25 December 2016 diff hist +4,657 N Setting up a Tor hidden service Created page with "If you use a Bitcoin full node over Tor, then usually it will only be able to make outgoing connections. Therefore, you will only get a maximum of 8 total connections. Thi..."

7 December 2016

• 18:4318:43, 7 December 2016 diff hist −109 People No edit summary

12 August 2016

• 03:5003:50, 12 August 2016 diff hist +87 Help:FAQ →How much will the transaction fee be? / Why is the fee so high?
• 03:4303:43, 12 August 2016 diff hist +170 Miner fees →Background: Note about who pays.
• 03:3503:35, 12 August 2016 diff hist +1,909 Help:FAQ →How much will the transaction fee be?: Rewrite/update this section

4 July 2016

• 08:0508:05, 4 July 2016 diff hist +237 Promotional graphics Added a little copyright info where I knew the copyright status

15 June 2016

• 09:2309:23, 15 June 2016 diff hist +1,989 N Spam transactions Created page with "Spam transactions are transactions which create undesirable extra load on the network due to not following Bitcoin best practices, either maliciously or out of ignorance. Even..."

6 June 2016

• 18:5018:50, 6 June 2016 diff hist 0 m Clearing Up Misconceptions About Full Nodes →Very roughly estimating the total node count: Correction
• 18:4718:47, 6 June 2016 diff hist +1,357 Clearing Up Misconceptions About Full Nodes Added some current stats on estimated full nodes

1 June 2016

• 16:3616:36, 1 June 2016 diff hist +56 Block timestamp No edit summary
• 16:3516:35, 1 June 2016 diff hist +98 Block timestamp No edit summary

28 May 2016

• 10:3310:33, 28 May 2016 diff hist +2,957 N Consensus Created page with ""Consensus" is an ambiguous and problematic word which can mean several different things, both in Bitcoin and elsewhere. It is often used to hand-wave decision issues as, "wel..." current

20 May 2016

• 20:3120:31, 20 May 2016 diff hist +5,016 N Quantum computing and Bitcoin Created page with "Quantum computers are computers which exploit quantum mechanics to do certain computations far more quickly than traditional computers. A sufficiently large quantum computer w..."

17 May 2016

• 03:4403:44, 17 May 2016 diff hist +50 Data directory →Transferability

24 March 2016

• 02:1502:15, 24 March 2016 diff hist +2 m Data directory →Transferability
• 00:5300:53, 24 March 2016 diff hist 0 m Data directory →Transferability
• 00:4200:42, 24 March 2016 diff hist +2,112 Data directory And "transferability"

10 February 2016

• 00:4000:40, 10 February 2016 diff hist +278 Talk:Block chain No edit summary current

16 December 2015

• 16:1816:18, 16 December 2015 diff hist +11 m Script →Locktime

25 September 2015

• 03:1503:15, 25 September 2015 diff hist +47 m Script →Words
• 03:1103:11, 25 September 2015 diff hist +658 Script →Words: A bit of clarification/cleanup in the explanation

22 July 2015

• 02:5702:57, 22 July 2015 diff hist +386 Satoshi Nakamoto soften the strong implication that Satoshi was multiple people

19 July 2015

• 07:1407:14, 19 July 2015 diff hist +1 Bitcoin in the far future →Sidechains
• 07:1307:13, 19 July 2015 diff hist +4 Bitcoin in the far future →Sidechains
• 07:1307:13, 19 July 2015 diff hist +16 Bitcoin in the far future →Sidechains
• 07:1207:12, 19 July 2015 diff hist 0 Bitcoin in the far future →Sidechains
• 07:1107:11, 19 July 2015 diff hist +35 Bitcoin in the far future →Sidechains
• 07:0907:09, 19 July 2015 diff hist +5,776 N Bitcoin in the far future Created page with "Bitcoin as it exists today can be used for transactions at any distance and therefore can be used in space or on other planets. However, some effects of latency are amplified..."
• 05:2105:21, 19 July 2015 diff hist +81 Bitcoin Wiki:WikiProject Protocol add myself current

11 July 2015

• 21:1421:14, 11 July 2015 diff hist +141 Script rv Backslashhh. The behavior of OP_RETURN didn't change. It still marks a transaction as invalid, and it's still valid (though non-standard) to have more than one OP_RETURN output.

2 July 2015

• 02:5402:54, 2 July 2015 diff hist +1,053 Bitcoin symbol Cleanup
• 02:4402:44, 2 July 2015 diff hist +8 Template:Outdated Allow {{outdated|section}} current

24 June 2015

• 05:1705:17, 24 June 2015 diff hist +9 m User:Theymos/Alert codes No edit summary current
• 05:1605:16, 24 June 2015 diff hist +9 m User:Theymos/Alert codes No edit summary
• 05:1505:15, 24 June 2015 diff hist +164 User:Theymos/Alert codes add platform flags
• 04:4904:49, 24 June 2015 diff hist +4,636 N User:Theymos/Alert codes Created page with "Alert codes would be an integer composed of one main code bit ORed with zero or more flag bits. == Main codes == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Code name ! Text |- | MINER_ATTACK..."

2 June 2015

• 04:3304:33, 2 June 2015 diff hist +113 N User talk:Gappleto97 →Confirmed: new section current

30 March 2015

• 02:4302:43, 30 March 2015 diff hist −46 m Secp256k1 Update SEC 2 link to the official site, which is back up again

28 March 2015

• 18:3218:32, 28 March 2015 diff hist +737 Talk:Script →Common confusion on Turing-completeness.

8 March 2015

• 06:4106:41, 8 March 2015 diff hist +583 User talk:Taras →Dokuwiki revisions: new section

1 March 2015

• 04:5704:57, 1 March 2015 diff hist +18 m Paper wallet No edit summary
• 04:4204:42, 1 March 2015 diff hist −3,471 Hierarchical Deterministic Wallet Backups Combine paper wallet pages current
• 04:3904:39, 1 March 2015 diff hist +1,821 Paper wallet Combine paper wallet pages
• 03:5903:59, 1 March 2015 diff hist −8 User:Theymos/Paper Wallet No edit summary current
• 03:5403:54, 1 March 2015 diff hist +30 User:Theymos/Paper Wallet No edit summary
• 03:3503:35, 1 March 2015 diff hist +10 User:Theymos/Paper Wallet →Generation of secure keys
• 03:3303:33, 1 March 2015 diff hist −1 User:Theymos/Paper Wallet →Encoding/formatting
• 03:3103:31, 1 March 2015 diff hist +26 User:Theymos/Paper Wallet No edit summary
• 03:3003:30, 1 March 2015 diff hist +10,010 N User:Theymos/Paper Wallet Created page with "thumb|right|200px|Casascius holding early paper wallets In the most specific sense, a ''paper wallet'' contains all of the data necessary to ge..."

7 January 2015

• 08:1508:15, 7 January 2015 diff hist −4 m Full node →What makes a full node?

25 December 2014

• 00:0400:04, 25 December 2014 diff hist +33 Securing your wallet →Securing the Bitcoin-QT or bitcoind wallet: Keys are also used when addresses are created

18 December 2014

• 16:2616:26, 18 December 2014 diff hist +216 User talk:Taras →Bitcoin-Qt move: new section