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February 26, 2014, 04:22:04 AM
#6
The port doesn't matter that much but usually it's 8333
Apologizes, was mixed up.
sr. member
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February 26, 2014, 02:40:58 AM
#5
The port doesn't matter that much but usually it's 8333
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February 26, 2014, 12:26:41 AM
#4
I'm a little confused about something and I was hoping to get some help here on this.

How do you become a Bitcoin node?  https://blockchain.info/connected-nodes

What is a node?  Would this just simply be me running Multibit or Bitcoin Qt on my laptop or what would it be?

If you are a node, would other transactions be seen by you, i.e. transactions seen by multiple peers?
In order to be a node, you must port forward port 8332 and wait for other peers to be seen by you. A peer simply relays a transaction to the rest of the nodes.

So anyone can become a node and you can do this through Multibit or Bitcoin Qt?
You could not use multibit to be a full node. To be a full node, you must download the whole blockchain, Bitcoin QT does this.
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February 26, 2014, 12:22:59 AM
#3
I'm a little confused about something and I was hoping to get some help here on this.

How do you become a Bitcoin node?  https://blockchain.info/connected-nodes

What is a node?  Would this just simply be me running Multibit or Bitcoin Qt on my laptop or what would it be?

If you are a node, would other transactions be seen by you, i.e. transactions seen by multiple peers?
In order to be a node, you must port forward port 8332 and wait for other peers to be seen by you. A peer simply relays a transaction to the rest of the nodes.

So anyone can become a node and you can do this through Multibit or Bitcoin Qt?
member
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February 26, 2014, 12:19:36 AM
#2
I'm a little confused about something and I was hoping to get some help here on this.

How do you become a Bitcoin node?  https://blockchain.info/connected-nodes

What is a node?  Would this just simply be me running Multibit or Bitcoin Qt on my laptop or what would it be?

If you are a node, would other transactions be seen by you, i.e. transactions seen by multiple peers?
In order to be a node, you must port forward port 8332 and wait for other peers to be seen by you. A peer simply relays a transaction to the rest of the nodes.
newbie
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Merit: 0
February 26, 2014, 12:15:31 AM
#1
I'm a little confused about something and I was hoping to get some help here on this.

How do you become a Bitcoin node?  https://blockchain.info/connected-nodes

What is a node?  Would this just simply be me running Multibit or Bitcoin Qt on my laptop or what would it be?

If you are a node, would other transactions be seen by you, i.e. transactions seen by multiple peers?
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