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Title: Running bitcoin node on a server Post by: Wed on August 28, 2015, 06:22:57 AM I have a nearly unused server. So I had the idea to run a fullnode on that server (bitcoind) and connect my local bitcoin-qt to that remote node.
Is that possible? If yes what I have to do to getting that working? Would be great if someone could help me :) Thanks! Title: Re: Running bitcoin node on a server Post by: BurtW on August 28, 2015, 12:40:39 PM I read this
https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node and set up my full node in probably less than 15 minutes. Title: Re: Running bitcoin node on a server Post by: Wed on August 28, 2015, 12:47:24 PM My problem isn't setting up a fullnode. My problem is how can I contact my local bitcoin core with my remote full node (bitcoind) to get rid of my local blockchain.
I dont want to use a lightweight wallet and I dont want to store whole blockchain on my local machine. I'm not sure if this is possible. Title: Re: Running bitcoin node on a server Post by: achow101 on August 28, 2015, 02:42:40 PM My problem isn't setting up a fullnode. My problem is how can I contact my local bitcoin core with my remote full node (bitcoind) to get rid of my local blockchain. You could set up the data directory on that server as a network share and then set the data directory of your local bitcoin core to be that shared folder. It might run into some problems and I would advise against doing this. Otherwise, there is no way to connect Bitcoin Core to your server without having to download the entire blockchain.I dont want to use a lightweight wallet and I dont want to store whole blockchain on my local machine. I'm not sure if this is possible. Title: Re: Running bitcoin node on a server Post by: BurtW on August 28, 2015, 04:19:07 PM Sounds like you want a lightweight client and then hard code it to access your own personal server. I have not done that but I am sure someone on here has.
Title: Re: Running bitcoin node on a server Post by: Wed on August 28, 2015, 09:14:54 PM Sounds like you want a lightweight client and then hard code it to access your own personal server. I have not done that but I am sure someone on here has. That's exactly what I want to do :-) @knightdk I have had already the same idea but I think that's no good solution. Title: Re: Running bitcoin node on a server Post by: coinpr0n on August 29, 2015, 10:41:14 PM With the 'bitcoin-cli' version you can specify 'rpcconnect=...' to a remote server in the bitcoin.conf. I tried with bitcoin-qt but it didn't work. I do not think it's possible without having a network share, synced dropbox(?) or something then using datadir.
Title: Re: Running bitcoin node on a server Post by: shorena on September 26, 2015, 06:31:54 PM Sounds like you want a lightweight client and then hard code it to access your own personal server. I have not done that but I am sure someone on here has. That's exactly what I want to do :-) @knightdk I have had already the same idea but I think that's no good solution. The only wallet I know that does this is mSIGNA. Title: Re: Running bitcoin node on a server Post by: rjmacarthy on September 29, 2015, 09:08:54 AM Can't you just download the block chain and use JSONRPC to contact your server Bitcoin-cli instance?
How to install: http://blog.cryptogrind.com/installing-bitcoin-on-ubuntu-command-line/ You can then use PHP or Node.js to contact the wallet over JSONRPC from a locally built application. I can help you with this if you need. Title: Re: Running bitcoin node on a server Post by: Hannu on September 30, 2015, 03:32:10 PM I have a nearly unused server. So I had the idea to run a fullnode on that server (bitcoind) and connect my local bitcoin-qt to that remote node. Is that possible? If yes what I have to do to getting that working? Would be great if someone could help me :) Thanks! If you have windows , all you need to install latest bitcoin core. :) Ubuntu allso is easy to install bitcoin core. Server make noise at night, if you have computer in same room where you sleep. |