Topic: Help the bitcoin network by being a node. - page 8. (Read 20988 times)
Run my own little site off cloud. Has joulecoin and krugercoin on it. Bitcoin takes a huge amount of space so ill have to up my hosting for it. But ya... ita definitely gona happen.
This will be good and you can do it for free by using aws free tier, just did that took 10 minutes
$ bitcoind getinfo
{
"version" : 80500,
"protocolversion" : 70001,
"walletversion" : 60000,
"balance" : 0.00000000,
"blocks" : 31723,
"timeoffset" : 0,
"connections" : 8,
"proxy" : "",
"difficulty" : 1.00000000,
"testnet" : false,
"keypoololdest" : 1385783742,
"keypoolsize" : 101,
"paytxfee" : 0.00000000,
"errors" : ""
}
$ bitcoind getinfo
{
"version" : 80500,
"protocolversion" : 70001,
"walletversion" : 60000,
"balance" : 0.00000000,
"blocks" : 31723,
"timeoffset" : 0,
"connections" : 8,
"proxy" : "",
"difficulty" : 1.00000000,
"testnet" : false,
"keypoololdest" : 1385783742,
"keypoolsize" : 101,
"paytxfee" : 0.00000000,
"errors" : ""
}
I'm already trying to help with 5 nodes! 
Great post
Great post
So I figured what the heck, I'll try this out for a while. I waste more than that on a day's worth of coffee. Way more
I followed the Ubuntu 13.10 instructions and they seemed to work like a champ... this is what I show now:
{
"version" : 80500,
{
"version" : 80500,
"protocolversion" : 70001,
"walletversion" : 60000,
"balance" : 0.00000000,
"blocks" : 10838,
"timeoffset" : -1,
"connections" : 8,
"proxy" : "",
"difficulty" : 1.00000000,
"testnet" : false,
"keypoololdest" : 1385752126,
"keypoolsize" : 101,
"paytxfee" : 0.00000000,
"errors" : ""
}
So not REALLY understanding what I am doing besides lending a hand, does that look alright?
I followed the Ubuntu 13.10 instructions and they seemed to work like a champ... this is what I show now:
{
"version" : 80500,
{
"version" : 80500,
"protocolversion" : 70001,
"walletversion" : 60000,
"balance" : 0.00000000,
"blocks" : 10838,
"timeoffset" : -1,
"connections" : 8,
"proxy" : "",
"difficulty" : 1.00000000,
"testnet" : false,
"keypoololdest" : 1385752126,
"keypoolsize" : 101,
"paytxfee" : 0.00000000,
"errors" : ""
}
So not REALLY understanding what I am doing besides lending a hand, does that look alright?
This is good. How many connections do you see?
The bandwidth graph has what units? Kilobits/sec? Kilobytes/sec? Something else?
Many thanks to the OP. Based on it, I've revised the instructions for Ubuntu 13.10
//installing bitcoind on Ubuntu 13.10, run this commands on putty
mkdir ~/.bitcoin/
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude upgrade
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo aptitude install bitcoind
Next STEP: Configure Bitcoind
Edit an empty ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf file in the .bitcoin folder:
nano ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
Insert the following code in it:
server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=INVENT_A_UNIQUE_USERNAME
rpcpassword=INVENT_A_UNIQUE_PASSWORD
press Ctrl+O to save and Ctrl+E (to exit I think)
Then, to start bitcoind write:
bitcoind
It will output "Bitcoin server starting"
The blockchain now will begin to download, to view the status of the download write:
bitcoind getinfo
Code:
//installing bitcoind on Ubuntu 13.10, run this commands on putty
mkdir ~/.bitcoin/
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude upgrade
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo aptitude install bitcoind
Next STEP: Configure Bitcoind
Edit an empty ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf file in the .bitcoin folder:
nano ~/.bitcoin/bitcoin.conf
Insert the following code in it:
server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=INVENT_A_UNIQUE_USERNAME
rpcpassword=INVENT_A_UNIQUE_PASSWORD
press Ctrl+O to save and Ctrl+E (to exit I think)
Then, to start bitcoind write:
bitcoind
It will output "Bitcoin server starting"
The blockchain now will begin to download, to view the status of the download write:
bitcoind getinfo
a little bump on this... for the newcomers.
Im thinking about doing this, feel like i need to do something for the network as it has don a lot for me it will be worth the 60$ a year
it will be worth the 60$ a year 
Trying it out but get error on this step
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo add-apt-repository command not found
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo add-apt-repository command not found
Code:
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
Will fix that.
Trying it out but get error on this step
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo add-apt-repository command not found
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo add-apt-repository command not found
Code:
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
Will fix that.
thanks too.
Code:
press Ctrl+O to save and Ctrl+E (to exit I think)
should beCode:
press Ctrl+O to save and Ctrl+X (to exit)
As long as your making changes
Trying it out but get error on this step
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo add-apt-repository command not found
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo add-apt-repository command not found
Any help to install in a Raspberry Pi with Arch Linux?
I would be interested as well.Blockchain is too large for a 4GIG SD and pi is too slow according conversations on minepeon thread
Well you don't have to use a 4GB card, I have a 32GB in mine.
Any help to install in a Raspberry Pi with Arch Linux?
I would be interested as well.Blockchain is too large for a 4GIG SD and pi is too slow according conversations on minepeon thread
QUESTION FOR EXPERTS:
I hear people say that you want to be able to store all the "unspent outputs" in RAM. Is this true? If you rent a VPS with only 512 MBytes of RAM, does your node still contribute in a useful way? I'd love to learn more about these finer details.
I hear people say that you want to be able to store all the "unspent outputs" in RAM. Is this true? If you rent a VPS with only 512 MBytes of RAM, does your node still contribute in a useful way? I'd love to learn more about these finer details.
It doesn't matter where those outputs are stored, it does matter where the private key is stored, that is the only way to spend the bitcoins.
Yes you node does, if you are running a node for contributing be on the look out for 0.9 this will have a disable wallet mode this will free up ~40mb of ram, I am currently running it for a border router, so it this will make that barrier a lot less.
QUESTION FOR EXPERTS:
I hear people say that you want to be able to store all the "unspent outputs" in RAM. Is this true? If you rent a VPS with only 512 MBytes of RAM, does your node still contribute in a useful way? I'd love to learn more about these finer details.
I hear people say that you want to be able to store all the "unspent outputs" in RAM. Is this true? If you rent a VPS with only 512 MBytes of RAM, does your node still contribute in a useful way? I'd love to learn more about these finer details.
It doesn't matter where those outputs are stored, it does matter where the private key is stored, that is the only way to spend the bitcoins.
Yes you node does, if you are running a node for contributing be on the look out for 0.9 this will have a disable wallet mode this will free up ~40mb of ram, I am currently running it for a border router, so it this will make that barrier a lot less.
Great! Thanks for the help gweedo!!
Hi guys, as a bitcoiner (for at least 2 years now) I have really never contributed to bitcoin, besides buying some and holding.
So last week I rented a cheap cloud server and installed bitcoind, to help bitcoin network stay stable and strong, and it feels really good.
It costs only 5$ a month and has 20gb SSD (faster than HDD) so the blockchain fits pretty well. Been running for a week and hasn't crashed. (running on ubuntu 12.04 x32)
So last week I rented a cheap cloud server and installed bitcoind, to help bitcoin network stay stable and strong, and it feels really good.
It costs only 5$ a month and has 20gb SSD (faster than HDD) so the blockchain fits pretty well. Been running for a week and hasn't crashed. (running on ubuntu 12.04 x32)
Nice tiaguitah, and thanks for the tutorial! I've been thinking about doing the same thing too, and you've just removed one of the obstacles.
QUESTION FOR EXPERTS:
I hear people say that you want to be able to store all the "unspent outputs" in RAM. Is this true? If you rent a VPS with only 512 MBytes of RAM, does your node still contribute in a useful way? I'd love to learn more about these finer details.
isn't it like someone is creating web service that accepts bitcoin payment he have to set up this anyway? which would mean the more services accept bitcoin the more distributed network?
No a lot of services use a merchant tool setup, from like bitpay or coinbase.
or bips.me (for european merchants)
i was using blockchain.info too but it was too unstable which means i had to create my own server and use other services as backup only when my server was somehow offline.
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