That worked great.

Thanks.

Hi,

If an Alt coin is not listed under "Altcoin Wallet Import", is manual input for each wallet transaction the only option? Or is there another way to bulk enter wallet transactions?

Thanks.

The block chain is a method of storing data using hash functions. Think about it like this, today you collect data "A". You hash "A", and store it away. Tomorrow you collect data "B". But instead of just hashing "B", you hash "B" + hash of "A", and store that away. "B" is now chained to "A" because you included the hash "A" inside the hash of "B". In this example, we call "A" the genesis block because it was the first one, and it is not chained to any prior blocks.

As for mining, it is a proof that some "work" was done. It is rooted to the concept of currency. Ask yourself, why does gold have value? The simple answer is, somebody, or some team had to put in lots of "work" to obtain gold. The bitcoin mining process is mimicking this process.
That is why it to is also refer to as "mining". What your processor is doing is solving a math problem. The problem is a hash function, but for simpler terms, think of it as an equation. Your process plugs in a number, solves the equation, and checks if the answer is within the acceptable region. If its not, your processor picks a new number and tries again. If answer is inside the acceptable region then you get bitcoins.

I see. Thanks for the explanation.

Thanks for the info. That helps.

Couple weeks ago I woke up and started wandering who and when the term blockchain was first used to describe the technology behind bitcoin. There is a lot of history about blockchain on the internet, but I'm curious when the term blockchain first started being used, and who called it blockchain? Was it an expert such as Nick Szabo? Was it the bitcointalk community?

I've read the bitcoin white paper numerous times, and I know Satoshi does not refer to it as blockchain, though he does use both terms block and chain in his paper.

I've also read Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas M. Antonopouos, and though chapter 9 is dedicated to blockchain, Andreas focus is on construction of the blockchain, and not where it came from.

I've also reviewed all the sources that the Bitcoin white paper references, and none of them use the term blockchain. Though many would agree the paper, "S. Haber, W.S. Stornetta, "How to time-stamp a digital document," In Journal of Cryptology, vol 3, no 2, pages 99-111, 1991." is an early form of blockchain.

I've searched bitcointalk, bitcoin wiki, and even watched Banking on Bitcoin but did not find what I was looking for.
Google search has given me multiple articles which all talk about "experts" beginning to shift focus from bitcoin to blockchain around 2014. But this does not answer my questions.

Can somebody point me in the right direction so I can finally sleep again?

Thanks!!

Confirm your motherboard connections are fully set.
If no loose connections then its possible you got a bad motherboard.

I'm close to finishing
Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain by Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Its been really good so far. I'll definitely keep this book close by to use as a reference time to time.

I plan to read next
Bitcoin for Nonmathematicians: Exploring the Foundations of Crypto Payments by Slava Gomzin
Slava Gomzin is co founder of the GRAFT Network block chain.

Awesome. Thanks

BTG is listed under Zhash algo which gives rejected shares.

To fix I created BTG coin and put it under Equilhash BTG algo.

Can this be fix for next update or is there a way I can reconfig BTG to be under the correct algo so I don't have to create my own BTG coin?

Zhash config will get you rejected shares for BTG.

BTG has its own config. I had this same problem with Awesome miner. Awesome miner list BTG under Zhash algo which gives rejected shares. To fix in Awesome miner, I had to create my own BTG coin and put it under the Equilhash BTG algo.

The blockchain stores all the transactions, and groups them into blocks. Each block is linked(chained) together through hash functions.
That is why it is call blockchain.

Note that Satoshi Nakamoto does not use the term blockchain in his Bitcoin whitepaper at all. Blockchain is a term later given to the way Bitcoin transactions were being stored. This idea of linking data together through hash functions was first described in a paper from the early 90s. In fact this paper is one of Satoshi Nakamoto's sources he sites in his Bitcoin whitepaper.

Not all coins can be mine.

For example, in top 10 marketcap coins, both Ripple and Stellar created all coins at launch.

There are other coins such as EOS which can be mined, but because of DPOS census, not everyone can mine. Only those who have enough votes will be able to mine.

The best thing to do is get a $20 watt meter from Amazon.

All investment carry some risk.

What I do is read the whitepaper to understand if the team is innovating a solution for a problem.