im looking to setup a virtual debit cards that can be topped up with crypto,
so far ive tried
getspendl dot com
cryptopay dot me
crypterium dot com

all of them are not available at the moment, does anyone know of any other sites?

I did a fresh install and was able to install just bitcoind. So no more GUI, I added the directory through the command line pointed to the bitcoin folder on my ssd.

Ok, i will add the data dir to the config file and give it a shot.  Thanks


I'ts strange because when I look up my IP on a site like whatismyip it shows up with another IP and not the one on my ipconfig command, not sure what would be causing that. I do know that ipconfig wouldnt lie and would show the real ip, so i will stick with the ip from ipconfig. Thanks


Yes the node is in my house
Server is in friends house in same city close by.
Yes people will be playing on server in friends house and that server will be connecting to my server with bitcoin node.

I am def looking into using tor now to help with security, but i feel like i will have to learn this first thing before the tor aspect comes in.
Ok, for port forwarding to same ports.

1, is there a way to keep this the same?
2. Yeah i just checked and my ip (with node) already has been changed in the last day.
3. whats the safe way? tor?


We are experimenting and learning as we go, I was eventually thinking of throwing all of this up on a dedicated server, the main site on one server and the node on another. Yes its complex but in my thinking is that it will help if the server is hacked, i rather the main site be hacked then the site and node at the same time.
Whats a more secure way your thinking of storing the money?

Ok, i did a fresh install of ubuntu, was able to install bitcoind successfully. I got in the cli.

Learning how to open up my port 8333 on my router. Issue with this is that ipconfig is showing a different IP address then whatismyip.
So when i insert my ipconfig IP on my router it goes through but nothing is happening. I also let bitcoin core run for over 10 minutes. https://bitnodes.io/#join-the-network is also showing a different IP address.
I opened the port on my router with the ipconfig IP and bitnodes cannot reach it either but there is activity happening on the bitcoin core.


another issue is that I have my blockchain downloaded on my ssd drive, i do the bitcoin-cli datadir to it, it connects but bitcoincore is still downloading the blocks to my home folder. I am unsure how to stop this other download.

ok so still having issues.

I installed bitcoin core with snap,

I have my blockchain downloaded on an ssd, so I routed the bitcoin core gui to read from the ssd, it connected and synced and is running.

i created the config file in the home directory and added the lines ETFbitcoin wrote. I was able to get my public ip4 ad ip6, not sure which one i need to give my friend.

server=1
rpcuser=your_username
rpcpassword=your_password
rpcallowip=1.2.3.4

do i create a username and password here in the config file? or is there a command that needs to be done to create the username and password?

the rpcallowip is my public ip?

it seems like my bitcoin core gui is not picking up the config file correctly.

also when i run this command in the ubuntu terminal
bitcoin-core.cli -rpcuser=your_username -rpcpassword=your_password getnetworkinfo

it shoots this out, not sure what im looking at here 

{
  "version": 220000,
  "subversion": "/Satoshi:22.0.0/",
  "protocolversion": 70016,
  "localservices": "0000000000000409",
  "localservicesnames": [
    "NETWORK",
    "WITNESS",
    "NETWORK_LIMITED"
  ],
  "localrelay": true,
  "timeoffset": 0,
  "networkactive": true,
  "connections": 10,
  "connections_in": 0,
  "connections_out": 10,
  "networks": [
    {
      "name": "ipv4",
      "limited": false,
      "reachable": true,
      "proxy": "",
      "proxy_randomize_credentials": false
    },
    {
      "name": "ipv6",
      "limited": false,
      "reachable": true,
      "proxy": "",
      "proxy_randomize_credentials": false
    },
    {
      "name": "onion",
      "limited": true,
      "reachable": false,
      "proxy": "",
      "proxy_randomize_credentials": false
    },
    {
      "name": "i2p",
      "limited": true,
      "reachable": false,
      "proxy": "",
      "proxy_randomize_credentials": false
    }
  ],
  "relayfee": 0.00001000,
  "incrementalfee": 0.00001000,
  "localaddresses": [
    {
      "address": "2600:1012:b015:c695:1111:111:11b8:40ca",
      "port": 8333,
      "score": 1
    },
    {
      "address": "2600:1012:b015:c695:72e9:1111:111:1111",
      "port": 8333,
      "score": 1
    }
  ],
  "warnings": ""
}


Thanks for all your help guys/gals and for being patient. Its a completely new language for me.

Bitcoin Client Software and Version Number: 22.0 bitcoin core installed from snap
Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
Description of Problem: Unable to get into bitcoind cli and obtaining info

I am creating an small game site with one game so far, im working with a friend in the same city but the development server is in his house, im looking to run the bitcoin node from my house.
we are trying to set up the rpc connection to process the small transaction going into and from the gamers wallets from the games and their external btc wallets, everything is pretty much setup but i am not able to find my nodes ip address and user name and password. Ive been searching for hours on how to get this info but nothing is popping up. I know its something super easy (maybe). Well thanks for the help, would love to get this going.

so sad seeing this. can't imagine how you feel. its like a grow house burning down. trust me i've been there 

best of luck!