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r1973 (OP)
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April 15, 2016, 06:40:47 PM |
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I am running a bitcoin core (v-0.12.1), I am not sure why. Is there a way to visualize the client, as to how it connects to the network?
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tyz
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April 15, 2016, 06:47:06 PM |
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Could you specify what you mean, please? Do you mean a visualization of the nodes your client is connected with? If you need some general charts and visualization about Bitcoin transactions etc, then you will some nice stuff here: http://www.bitcoinlinks.net/tag/transaction-visualizations |
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r1973 (OP)
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April 15, 2016, 06:54:43 PM |
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Do you mean a visualization of the nodes your client is connected with?
Yes, exactly. Is it possible? How? |
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achow101
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April 15, 2016, 06:57:11 PM |
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Do you mean a visualization of the nodes your client is connected with?
Yes, exactly. Is it possible? How? You would need third party software. Bitcoin Core will only tell you some stats about your peers but no "visualization". |
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r1973 (OP)
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April 15, 2016, 07:02:14 PM |
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You would need third party software. Bitcoin Core will only tell you some stats about your peers but no "visualization".
Which third party software? Is it safe to use? |
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achow101
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April 15, 2016, 07:02:58 PM |
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You would need third party software. Bitcoin Core will only tell you some stats about your peers but no "visualization".
Which third party software? Is it safe to use? I don't know of any that would do that. I just know that Bitcoin Core itself does not give any visualizations of anything. |
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NyeFe
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April 15, 2016, 07:20:53 PM |
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You would need third party software. Bitcoin Core will only tell you some stats about your peers but no "visualization".
Which third party software? Is it safe to use? I don't know of any that would do that. I just know that Bitcoin Core itself does not give any visualizations of anything. I'm (possibly) sure theirs only information on which nodes are connected to the network, but, not actually the chain of nodes that broadcasted their IP:Port to make them visible. well, it would be easy to do if you could access a history of which nodes broadcasted which nodes, and which nodes broadcasted them...... but you can't, and you can't listen to port 8333 to find which nodes are connected to you (because bitcoind would be using it) the only possible options, would be to get a list of known nodes in the network and individually request which nodes they're connected to and then map out the results... but i also doubt that theirs an API to query nodes for this information, if there's, you would need the username/password (per node) to make an RPC request. But you can see each connected nodes, and their IP (which helps determine their location) heretl;dr: no... |
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r1973 (OP)
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April 15, 2016, 07:34:20 PM |
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You would need third party software. Bitcoin Core will only tell you some stats about your peers but no "visualization".
Which third party software? Is it safe to use? I don't know of any that would do that. I just know that Bitcoin Core itself does not give any visualizations of anything. I'm (possibly) sure theirs only information on which nodes are connected to the network, but, not actually the chain of nodes that broadcasted their IP:Port to make them visible. well, it would be easy to do if you could access a history of which nodes broadcasted which nodes, and which nodes broadcasted them...... but you can't, and you can't listen to port 8333 to find which nodes are connected to you (because bitcoind would be using it) the only possible options, would be to get a list of known nodes in the network and individually request which nodes they're connected to and then map out the results... but i also doubt that theirs an API to query nodes for this information, if there's, you would need the username/password (per node) to make an RPC request. But you can see each connected nodes, and their IP (which helps determine their location) heretl;dr: no... So nothing to show my brother and parents who were "staring" at my PC, looking at the bitcoin-core, and seeing nothing - and trying to understand it. It (the core) doen't have an incentive, unlike mining... |
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NyeFe
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April 15, 2016, 07:47:51 PM |
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You would need third party software. Bitcoin Core will only tell you some stats about your peers but no "visualization".
Which third party software? Is it safe to use? I don't know of any that would do that. I just know that Bitcoin Core itself does not give any visualizations of anything. I'm (possibly) sure theirs only information on which nodes are connected to the network, but, not actually the chain of nodes that broadcasted their IP:Port to make them visible. well, it would be easy to do if you could access a history of which nodes broadcasted which nodes, and which nodes broadcasted them...... but you can't, and you can't listen to port 8333 to find which nodes are connected to you (because bitcoind would be using it) the only possible options, would be to get a list of known nodes in the network and individually request which nodes they're connected to and then map out the results... but i also doubt that theirs an API to query nodes for this information, if there's, you would need the username/password (per node) to make an RPC request. But you can see each connected nodes, and their IP (which helps determine their location) heretl;dr: no... So nothing to show my brother and parents who were "staring" at my PC, looking at the bitcoin-core, and seeing nothing - and trying to understand it. It (the core) doen't have an incentive, unlike mining... Well, the only safe way to securely store your wallets is in a local core network which is password protected, or on a paper wallet... That has to be seen as an incentive (though you'd agree that a financial one would have been more preferable)  |
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achow101
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April 15, 2016, 08:41:45 PM |
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So nothing to show my brother and parents who were "staring" at my PC, looking at the bitcoin-core, and seeing nothing - and trying to understand it. It (the core) doen't have an incentive, unlike mining...
What are you trying to show them? That it's connected to something? If you want that, you can hover over one of the icons in the lower right hand corner and it will tell you what it is connected to. Or you can go to Help > Debug Window then the Network Traffic and the Peers tab will show you the data that Bitcoin Core has uploaded and downloaded and the peers it is connected to. |
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