Questions tagged [full-node]
Nodes that fully verify all of the rules of Bitcoin. The most popular software implementation of full nodes is called Bitcoin Core.
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what is the best way to store btc for long-term?
I am looking for a way to store btc for long-term.
Have been using airgapped hw wallet but I want to get rid of third party risk at all.
I do not want to use mnemonic anymore as I found that BIP39 is ...
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How does nix-bitcoin provide greater security for installing Bitcoin nodes?
nix-bitcoin claims on its GitHub repo to facilitate the installing of Bitcoin nodes and higher layer protocols (e.g. Lightning) with increased security? How does it do this?
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Multisig Setup - Pruned Bitcoin Core on Computer vs. Dedicated Hardware
Are there security implications of running a pruned Bitcoin Core node on a personal computer vs. a full Bitcoin Core node on a dedicated hardware device (i.e. Raspberry Pie with Umbrel, myNode, nodl, ...
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Rolling forward [hash-of-the-block]
can somebody explain me what's the meaning of a Rolling forward after a reindex of the chain in the log of bitcoind?
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My node is not showing on Bitnodes
I have a 0.16.3 Bitcoin Core wallet running. I have incoming transactions allowed and I have lots of incoming connections. However, I fail to see my node on the map of Bitnodes; it says it's ...
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What are the privacy implications of sharing or publishing the .onion address of a bitcoin node?
Some tutorials redact the .onion address of their nodes for privacy reasons: https://coldcard.com/docs/img/econoalch/Sparrow47.png
What are the attack vectors that they are defending themselves from? ...
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weird block check after a reindex
is it normal that after a reindex the block check restarts strangely fast up to a certain point? My node was already synced.
The GIF is not speeded up. It's the real speed of the sync...
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New resync after a complete reindex
After an error with LevelDB (corrupted) I did a reindex and after that bitcoind automatically start a new synchronization. This seems much faster some times, it started from genesis and in 1 hour it ...
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LevelDB error after power outage
After a power outage, starting bitcoind I recieved this errors (circled in the image). Reading online some users suggest to do a reindex and i did it but after 11 hours my node isn't reindex yet... ...
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Testnet Bitcoin Connection refused (111)
I have ah Raspberry and i will a BTC & Lightning node set up.
my bitcoin.conf
testnet=3
Bitcoind options
server=1
daemon=1
txindex=1
disablewallet=1
Connection settings
rpcuser=raspibolt
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How to connect my mobile wallet to a full node via a TOR hidden service address?
I would like to configure a mobile (Android) wallet to connect to a TOR-enabled full node (Bitcoin Core), via its onion address. I haven't decided which wallet to use yet. It will depend, of course, ...
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Can I use trezor as a backend?
One of my clients (who has a Bitcoin Node deployed) is interested in being able to use Trezor to accept payments.
The most important thing is the creation of a new address, obtaining information about ...
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How to setup Lightning Node on Windows Desktop in 2022?
I have gone through setting up lightning node, but a lot of resources stated to get hardware and to run LND through command line. But How can we setup a Lightning node in regular laptop with nice GUI ...
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Configure Bitcoin full node in my local LAN
It is said that deploying a Bitcoin full node would protect the privacy of my Bitcoin addresses. If I configure a Bitcoin full node to be outbound only, would that be enough to protect me? Do i still ...
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Bitcoind gui client, wallet client with peer preference, node manager
first time user here so politely point out any thing I have done wrong.
I am looking for three things, but first let me explain the situation and use case:
I am using bitcond full node on a headless ...
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Running a bitcoind docker
Thanks to the bitcoin.stack community I have successfully launched a bitcoind docker with an external volume which has the block data
Currently its in 100% sync but I am facing an issue to get ...
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can i run a full node on a laptop without a 3rd party router?
i am using verizon fios and have attemped to connect to full node. verizon said that i can n0t do it on their router and would need to purchase a 3rd party router and daisy chain to theirs. Any ...
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Consequences of turning on pruning setting in Bitcoin core after initial block download
I have been running full node without specifying the pruning settings in bitcoin.conf.
I was wondering if I need to re-download the entire blockchain if I restart my node after turning on pruning ...
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Pull Bitcoin node data from external public nodes using JSON-RPC
I read couple of blogs and responses on hosting server to expose data using JSON-RPC but wanted to confirm if there is a way to query node data that I am not hosting (not connecting via P1P) using ...
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Does running a standard Bitcoin full node mean your node verifies transactions of other members?
If I install Bitcoin Core and run it as a Full Node, will Bitcoin Core automatically verify transactions from other users? So, just by installing a Bitcoin Core Full Node, could I possibly process ...
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What does enabling coinstatsindex in my bitcoin.conf file do for my node?
Using bitcoind --help tells me this:
"Maintain coinstats index used by the gettxoutsetinfo RPC (default: 0)"
Is it just storing the information in gettxoutsetinfo for each block in the chain?...
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What are the safe ways to connect to bitcoin network using tor?
One case that I remember when someone was unable to connect his bitcoin full node to the network because of censorship: https://twitter.com/TheBlueMatt/status/1161291626553270272
Matt suggested using ...
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Bitcoin-core not saving transaction data
I have installed Bitcoin Core for full node and the synchronization seems to have finished, but there seems to be no transaction data saved on my PC storage. Why is this? Hopefully it should be ...
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Electrum-personal-server isn't seeing any historical transactions; using a Trezor
I followed the instructions in the Electrum Personal Server guide. I know that the transactions are there because I checked wallet.trezor.io. But none are showing up in Electrum. I have run --rescan. ...
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Is it possible to create a wallet service, which doesn't have all the blockchain downloaded?
Is it possible to create a wallet service, which doesn't have all the blockchain downloaded? Like not running a full node itself?
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Local balance query for Bitcoin address
I would like to be able to query the balance of an address (not belonging to me). The data should come from a fully synced bitcoin full node inside the local LAN and I do not want to query any api ...
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Quantifying the long term costs associated with self hosting the Bitcoin node?
In this question I discussed the option of self hosting the Bitcoin node vs. using 3rd party services with API access. I quoted a colleague who said that "for every coin we wish to support, we ...
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What does an un-upgraded node see when new Taproot transactions are on chain?
Nodes that don’t know about Taproot need to be able to validate the blocks with Taproot transactions. Marking them as valid spends is the only option for not forking the network.
Yet, if the ...
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TX doesn't contain an equal number of transactions with bitcoin addresses
I'm researching bitcoin and noticed that when transactions come through my node I don't have an equal number of "amounts" (e.g everything between 88ac and 19) with addresses (e.g everything ...
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Bitcoin-qt exits silently after syncing blocks until before 24 hours
I shutdown bitcoin-qt (version: 23.0) around two weeks back. Now when I relaunch it, it syncs blocks until 24 hours and then silently exits. debug.log file contains the following as last line -
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Why would I prefer a full client over a light client that depends on a centralized server?
There are Bitcoin wallets like "Sparrow" which use a central service for maintaining the Blockchain, so I don't have to download 400GB to start using Bitcoin.
Now, why should I use Bitcoin ...
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Should I use Electrum Wallet OR Bitcoin Core as my website's payment gateway?
I'm a developer who is building a website that need to process Bitcoin payment requests. So I need a payment gateway.
In my last project, I used Electrum wallet as payment gateway but my last ...
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How does 1ML measure the availability ranking of nodes?
If there is an 1ML Node Rank ranking explanation anywhere ?
My node is online 99.9% but "Availability" dropped down from 700 to 4000 in last 3 months. :(
I guess this is somehow associated with the ...
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How to achieve fast mempool synchronization at startup?
I just started my 'occasional' full-node and I am watching the size of the mempool grow after full block synchronization - watch -n 3 'bitcoin-cli getrawmempool true |jq "length"' - it has around 4000 ...
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Error while syncing with the blockchain on my Raspberry Pi
So I already have the node set up on my raspberry pi. This night the transfer of the Blockchain from my laptop to the raspi's hard disk finished. Now I am waiting for the blocks to match the headers
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Is it true that Taproot accidentally now allows for NFTs stored on chain up to 400kB per NFT? And is there no solution/mitigation defined yet? [duplicate]
This post raises some questions: https://twitter.com/pourteaux/status/1618364013712375810?t=uHlLpWVz_ACFPrKAwF68XA&s=19
My main question is whether the above post actually constitues a correct ...
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Connect to Remote Bitcoin Node
Is there a free Bitcoin full node I can connect remotely? Based on my understanding, SPV nodes have to rely on full nodes, but I don't know how to connect to full nodes with SPV nodes. How can I find ...
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Bitcoin Core shows addresses that Electrum says don't belong to my wallet (imported MPK via EPS). What is going on?
I got a full node (pruned) up and running with Bitcoin Core via Tor. I installed Electrum Personal Server (EPS) and connected my hardware wallet with Electrum via Tor. I generated a watch-only wallet ...
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Is Running Bitcoin Core (bitcoind) On Android Termux A Good Idea? [closed]
This is what I did:
Before we begin, disable Google Play services and Google Play store to reduce conflict with app on F-Droid.
Decentralization gets us even further with what I figured out.
Install F-...
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How to check NODE type in Bitcoin?
There is a Bitcoin node in my Lab, how can I check it is a Full node or not? there is any command to check node type?
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Creating a pruned node from an archiving node
Suppose I have an archiving full node (i.e. a full node where all blocks are saved to disk forever) running on one of my computers.
Now suppose I have another computer where I'd like to run a separate ...
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Why can't I connect to my Node? (on MacBook)
I just got a Bitcoin Core node running on my computer.
The next thing I wanted to do is connect Sparrow or Specter to it. But none of them are able to connect.
What can I do to make sure it's not my ...
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Bitcoin node setup through Proton vpn possible?
Anyone able to get a bitcoin node to communicate through proton vpn?
Protonvpn does offer port forwarding. but i had no luck. bitnodes.io isnt finding it.
https://protonvpn.com/support/port-forwarding/...
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Bitcoin core download randomly stops
my goal is to set up a full bitcoin node. This is my third try, please help.
Bitcoin core version: 24.0.1
Hardware spec: MacBook Pro late 2011 i5 4cpu, 4GB ram, 500GB HDD,
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Security of users not running a full node
Imagine, a datacenter network running full nodes & no user running a full node.
Would that be unsafe? If no, why do bitcoin users run a full node? If yes, why don't bitcoin users run a full node?
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Bitnodes for node on testnet
I have used the bitnode's own script to install a full node on an Ubuntu 16.04 Digitalocean droplet. I can verify that my node is up and running by checking the IP with port 8333 on Bitnode's check ...
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Is it bad practice to run full node with all Bitcoin P2P protocol optional services enabled?
I am running my full node /Satoshi:23.0.0/ with all optional services enabled.
These are: NETWORK, BLOOM, WITNESS, COMPACT_FILTERS, and NETWORK_LIMITED.
My bitcoin.conf file contains following entries:...
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How is the merkle root verified if the mempools may be different?
How is the merkle root verified if the mempools are different? I already understand how its calculated. If a node has a mempool of transactions, and a miner has only some of those transactions and ...
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does connecting to full node via rpc over the public internet reveal your credentials?
While trying to connect to my full node, I accidentally entered my public ip address in the rpcconnect field of bitcoin.conf. Should I be worried that my password is now out there and anyone can ...
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Obtaining balance/UTXOs of an address from Bitcoin Core, blockbook, or some other solution
In my application I would like to obtain the balance and UTXO set of some Bitcoin addresses. I'm primarily looking to achieve this using a full node (Bitcoin Core, RPC), but I am also open to other ...
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