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Title: How does one run a wallet on a server? Post by: Nullu on September 20, 2014, 05:26:49 PM I've done a fair bit of PHP scripting using the jsonRPCCLIENT library, but I've always ran my scripts locally. My intention is to run this for altcoins, not necessarily have a bitcoind command-line to work with, but will have to work with an open wallet.
What do I need to take into consideration? Is there a server mode for wallets? Any help would be appreciated. I'm pretty new to running wallets on servers. Title: Re: How does one run a wallet on a server? Post by: cr1776 on September 20, 2014, 05:38:04 PM There are a lot of security considerations. A few are discussed here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=176766.0 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=524984.0 A low value alt is a good way to test things. :-) Title: Re: How does one run a wallet on a server? Post by: Nullu on September 20, 2014, 06:14:47 PM There are a lot of security considerations. A few are discussed here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=176766.0 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=524984.0 A low value alt is a good way to test things. :-) It sounds like I need to be more concerned about protecting my wallet from the host providers, rather than users of my service. I can protect against SQL injection. I can encrypt database data, but I don't see how I could protect the wallet from the host provider. If the wallet is going to be sending coins, then it's going to have to be unlocked. Even if I keep it locked and only unlock it when needed, it will still be vulnerable. Title: Re: How does one run a wallet on a server? Post by: cr1776 on September 21, 2014, 12:00:58 AM Protecting from host, protecting from users, protecting from outside attackers are all considerations. It isn't something to take lightly, cold storage is a consideration for a majority of the coins.
VPS can be a problem too. One host wasn't erasing the disk space between VPS sessions for example. You have to worry about hypervisor issues etc. A lot also depends on what attacks you are trying to prevent. E.g. if this is on a coin with a total market cap of $1.00 then it really doesn't matter much. Here are a few more threads, there have been a number of discussions which should help to start. Experience will be key though: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=106339.0 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=27250.0 Title: Re: How does one run a wallet on a server? Post by: Nullu on September 21, 2014, 12:47:19 PM While security is very important, it doesn't quite answer my question.
Right now, I'm running my wallet on a windows machine. How do I run a wallet on a webhost if it's windows only? Title: Re: How does one run a wallet on a server? Post by: Dare on September 23, 2014, 12:39:04 AM All you'll need for a server wallet is bitcoind (or the altcoin's equivalent), which is cross-platform. It's the backend of the Qt wallet you're probably used to, so it's pretty much the same aside from its lack of a GUI (since it's a daemon, and therefore necessarily headless).
However, don't forget about the security concerns; I suggest encrypting the wallet and manually entering the password when you run your scripts, and carefully validating any user input, though if you're working with a low-value altcoin it may not be as important to you. I made a small altcoin to play with a while back, it has no value at the moment and probably never will so I didn't implement too much in the way of security; if you're preparing for something more important, you should spend more time on it accordingly. |