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Title: Blocking Bitcoin Core from downloading Blockchain ? Post by: OmegaStarScream on February 12, 2016, 03:22:58 PM Is it possible to do that ?
All I want is to install Bitcoin Core and only use it to Verify and sign messages using my addresses but I also want it to stop downloading the blockchain each time I run the software since I don't really need it for those two features I mentioned above . Title: Re: Blocking Bitcoin Core from downloading Blockchain ? Post by: pedrog on February 12, 2016, 03:26:12 PM Why not use a lite wallet?
Or blockchain.info? Title: Re: Blocking Bitcoin Core from downloading Blockchain ? Post by: --Encrypted-- on February 12, 2016, 03:29:01 PM simply disconnect before you open the wallet? or set the proxy setting to IP 127.0.0.1 and whatever port.
Title: Re: Blocking Bitcoin Core from downloading Blockchain ? Post by: OmegaStarScream on February 12, 2016, 03:56:38 PM Why not use a lite wallet? Or blockchain.info? I have my wallet.dat and I have my addresses there , I want to use them to sign messages that's why I don't want to switch somewhere else. (not even sure if I can import the addresses and sign from blockchain.info or not) . simply disconnect before you open the wallet? or set the proxy setting to IP 127.0.0.1 and whatever port. I'd prefer to stay connected on the internet , but I will try that proxy setting suggestion ,ty Title: Re: Blocking Bitcoin Core from downloading Blockchain ? Post by: pedrog on February 12, 2016, 04:01:31 PM Why not use a lite wallet? Or blockchain.info? I have my wallet.dat and I have my addresses there , I want to use them to sign messages that's why I don't want to switch somewhere else. (not even sure if I can import the addresses and sign from blockchain.info or not) . You can import your addresses to any decent wallet, including Blockchain.info. Title: Re: Blocking Bitcoin Core from downloading Blockchain ? Post by: OmegaStarScream on February 12, 2016, 04:06:55 PM Why not use a lite wallet? Or blockchain.info? I have my wallet.dat and I have my addresses there , I want to use them to sign messages that's why I don't want to switch somewhere else. (not even sure if I can import the addresses and sign from blockchain.info or not) . You can import your addresses to any decent wallet, including Blockchain.info. I use both Electrum and Blockchain.info , I can see that we can import using the private keys on BLockchain but can we sign and verify messages ? and for what comes to Electrum , if I import private keys , can I recover them using the seed later ? or new imported addresses cannot be retreived using the seed Title: Re: Blocking Bitcoin Core from downloading Blockchain ? Post by: --Encrypted-- on February 12, 2016, 04:09:19 PM Why not use a lite wallet? Or blockchain.info? I have my wallet.dat and I have my addresses there , I want to use them to sign messages that's why I don't want to switch somewhere else. (not even sure if I can import the addresses and sign from blockchain.info or not) . You can import your addresses to any decent wallet, including Blockchain.info. I use both Electrum and Blockchain.info , I can see that we can import using the private keys on BLockchain but can we sign and verify messages ? and for what comes to Electrum , if I import private keys , can I recover them using the seed later ? or new imported addresses cannot be retreived using the seed blockchain.info can sign but not verify. wallet created by importing private key to electrum can't be retrieved from seed but you still have the private key so you can make a new one. edit: ofc if the imported wallet generates new addresses they can't be recovered unless you save the priv keys. Title: Re: Blocking Bitcoin Core from downloading Blockchain ? Post by: StratusOakmont on February 12, 2016, 04:17:18 PM I think blocking RPC and P2P ports will work
ports 8332 and port 8333 but its best to export private key from bitcoin core wallet and import it to light wallet as suggested above, you can try multibit its easy to use Title: Re: Blocking Bitcoin Core from downloading Blockchain ? Post by: pedrog on February 12, 2016, 04:28:26 PM And first results on google for verifying signatures:
http://coinig.com/ And with Multibit: https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_signAndVerifyMessage.html Title: Re: Blocking Bitcoin Core from downloading Blockchain ? Post by: thejaytiesto on February 12, 2016, 06:34:24 PM I wouldn't recommend going to blockchain.info (im assuming your wallet.dat is your main wallet?.)
If you are too annoyed at having to download the blockchain, you may want to try 0.12 when it comes out, run a pruned node so you don't have to download a lot of the blockchain, and also it will run a lot faster. Cant wait to try it out. Title: Re: Blocking Bitcoin Core from downloading Blockchain ? Post by: OmegaStarScream on February 12, 2016, 07:10:13 PM I wouldn't recommend going to blockchain.info (im assuming your wallet.dat is your main wallet?.) If you are too annoyed at having to download the blockchain, you may want to try 0.12 when it comes out, run a pruned node so you don't have to download a lot of the blockchain, and also it will run a lot faster. Cant wait to try it out. It's basically my first bitcoin wallet , and it contains my addresses but It doesn't contain any funds , I just need it sign messages with it . Also isn't 0.12 out already ? Title: Re: Blocking Bitcoin Core from downloading Blockchain ? Post by: shorena on February 12, 2016, 07:16:14 PM And first results on google for verifying signatures: http://coinig.com/ And with Multibit: https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_signAndVerifyMessage.html Coinig is broken I wouldnt recommend using it. If you want to avoid core connecting to another node add the following line to your bitcoin.conf[1] file (create it in your ~/.bitcoin (linux) or %APPDATA%/Bitcoin (windows) folder if needed) Code: connect=127.0.0.1:8333 #forces a single connection to localhost keeping core offline, remove line to connect to other nodes. [1] https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Sample_Bitcoin.conf Title: Re: Blocking Bitcoin Core from downloading Blockchain ? Post by: OmegaStarScream on February 13, 2016, 02:12:35 PM And first results on google for verifying signatures: http://coinig.com/ And with Multibit: https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_signAndVerifyMessage.html Coinig is broken I wouldnt recommend using it. If you want to avoid core connecting to another node add the following line to your bitcoin.conf[1] file (create it in your ~/.bitcoin (linux) or %APPDATA%/Bitcoin (windows) folder if needed) Code: connect=127.0.0.1:8333 #forces a single connection to localhost keeping core offline, remove line to connect to other nodes. [1] https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Sample_Bitcoin.conf I assume it's the same thing as doing this ? Here is what I've done : https://i.imgur.com/ObJKza7.png and It's now says "NO block source available" , I assume it's working fine then :) thanks Title: Re: Blocking Bitcoin Core from downloading Blockchain ? Post by: shorena on February 13, 2016, 05:14:58 PM And first results on google for verifying signatures: http://coinig.com/ And with Multibit: https://multibit.org/en/help/v0.5/help_signAndVerifyMessage.html Coinig is broken I wouldnt recommend using it. If you want to avoid core connecting to another node add the following line to your bitcoin.conf[1] file (create it in your ~/.bitcoin (linux) or %APPDATA%/Bitcoin (windows) folder if needed) Code: connect=127.0.0.1:8333 #forces a single connection to localhost keeping core offline, remove line to connect to other nodes. [1] https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin#Sample_Bitcoin.conf I assume it's the same thing as doing this ? Here is what I've done : https://i.imgur.com/ObJKza7.png and It's now says "NO block source available" , I assume it's working fine then :) thanks Yes, setting a non existing proxy should do the trick as well. "No block source..." is the message you want (at least in your case) :). |
