Topic: My first three weeks being a bitcoin startup! - page 2. (Read 1813 times)

First gweedo congrats this was no small task and something that was needed for the progression of BTC as a whole.  Offering more direct access to the blockchain and then allow clients to manipulate on their own end as they see fit to create data and information was the next logical step.  This removes a lot of the mystery around BTC and allows information to be gathered easily and translated to something normal non-bitcoin end users to understand.  This has benefits far beyond just a company not wanting to run their own node, but allows everyone free access to the information that exists, but is sometimes difficult for most to decipher!

I look forward to your success with this and although I've never directly talked to you I always stop and read your threads and respect what you do and post!

Oh and be sure to get enough sleep it will still be there tomorrow and you can't afford burn out take some time to relax and listed to Wu!

Very nice logo. It need some more simple explanation of what you are offering.

What kind of attacks were they unleashing on your server?

First off this isn't my first bitcoin startup but this is my long term startup and first one that I feel I actually have to work at it being good.

The site is https://apicoin.io

So the first week was insane, not only did I buy a VPS that didn't work for my needs but I apparently got a life ban from a second hosting company because they didn't know that the bitcoin node was not a hacking tool. I was saved by http://www.bitronictech.net/ and he actually worked with me to get the right vps for my service. I got it up and running put my paranoid devop hat on and added all security features that I feel are must needs. Thank god I did that. As soon as I started to promote this site, and people saw I had a bitcoin node that is running on the server, I was getting about 100-200 attacks daily. Even though this bitcoin node is in disable wallet mode and is gateway to bitcoin network for other applications basically it has no money didn't stop people from trying. I was reading the server logs more often than I was reading my emails. This caused me not to sleep that much and become even more paranoid. I have fought back most of the attacks.

Second week after being sure my server would survive the daily attacks. I started hammering out some long term goals.

• Privacy of information that users are querying from my servers.
• Working closely with every client no matter how big or small.
• Making the most robust, secure, and reliable api to bitcoin network.

Then I started hammering out short term goals which are more like features and milestones for the site. These will not be shared. I also fixed a lot of bugs and fine tuned how the site is running. Now I don't have to baby sit it as much and setup my automatic alerts. I also didn't sleep a lot. I also joined a startup forum and was laughed at because I am doing a bitcoin startup. This just made me so much hungrier and I told them I have a lot of work to do, I have yet to be back.

Third week which was last week. I woke up everyday, with the mindset of Pinkey and the Brain. To just be hungry about taking over the world. Also I talked to some cool people and went to some cool places (Can't really talk about these parts). The site is in beta and I wish the beta users would be more verbose about what is going right and what is going wrong. I hope to open up payments later this month. Which I will then use the site to have the site notify itself of payments. I hope bring on some talent, because it is just me and social media person.

So what I learned these past weeks. One to always stay hungry, corny I know. I breathe, sleep and eat bitcoin, it is has fully become my life. I always on the look out for people to join the site as clients. I send out about 10 cold emails a day, and many of them are not bitcoiners but their site can benefit. I answer some support emails, and I am always looking for ways to improve the site.

Feel free to leave questions in this thread.