SporeStack: Launch VPS servers with Bitcoin, BCH, BSV, XMR Anonymous, API driven

[Enre]

You guys should have a more permanent option.
I for one would love to start a vm on Vultr but due to their deanonymizing, I would like some other options..

[sega01]

SporeStack now accepts Bitcoin Cash: https://sporestack.com/news#2017-12-12

Migrating for Python 3 for the SporeStack library/CLI is recommended  but not mandatory at this time.

[Deathwing]

SporeStack now accepts Bitcoin Cash: https://sporestack.com/news#2017-12-12

Migrating for Python 3 for the SporeStack library/CLI is recommended  but not mandatory at this time.

I know Shapeshift supports but I do not know if they have an API you can integrate to, but wouldn't it be good to accept Ethereum as well? Has good prices and fast network confirmations. You can (as I mentioned, if possible) integrate through Shapeshift so you can get paid in BTC/BCH anyway.

[sega01]

SporeStack now accepts Bitcoin Cash: https://sporestack.com/news#2017-12-12

Migrating for Python 3 for the SporeStack library/CLI is recommended  but not mandatory at this time.

I know Shapeshift supports but I do not know if they have an API you can integrate to, but wouldn't it be good to accept Ethereum as well? Has good prices and fast network confirmations. You can (as I mentioned, if possible) integrate through Shapeshift so you can get paid in BTC/BCH anyway.

It is definitely possible. I had Dash or Monero as the next one on my roadmap, but Ethereum is another option.

I'll look into ShapeShift's API more and see if it can work for this. Bitcoin Cash was the most natural next coin to add. Now that I'm supporting two currencies, others should be much easier down the road.

I think ShapeShift would have to wait for at least one confirmation so it'd be quite a bit slower. It'd be much easier to work with if I can make a SporeStack payment token or internal credit system of some kind.

Thanks for replying!

[nullius]

SporeStack now accepts Bitcoin Cash: https://sporestack.com/news#2017-12-12

SporeStack accepts (and prefers) Bitcoin Cash

2017-12-12

We highly recommend switching over to Bitcoin Cash as soon as possible for SporeStack use.

Well, this is unfortunate.  I’ve quietly had my eye on Sporestack for over a year, with an eye toward future projects.  As an all-Tor, all-the-time ghost in the.nym.zone with no means of payment other than Bitcoin, it seemed well suited to me.  But I’m prudent in saving my bits; and I did not have an urgent need for a VPS.  Thus, I simply checked in every few months to see the latest developments—and now, when I have a potential immediate need for service.

FYI, pushing the agenda of Bitcoin distorters and their kakocracy will exclude Bitcoin zealots as your potential customers.  Case in point:  Me.

I’d say good-bye at this point, but I am curious:  If fees were the problem, as stated on the Sporestack website, then why didn’t you add Lightning Network support?  LN mainnet became active soon after you started “highly [recommending]” fake-Bitcoin.  Come to think of it, I may soon need some means to anonymously set up a Lightning node in the cloud.

I’m also curious as to whether your recommendation still holds when with Segwit addresses, for almost two months now, I’ve been paying fees sometimes as low as 1 sat/B (!), never higher than 5 sat/B.

[nullius]

Hello, Teran,

Thanks for the thoughtful reply.  It’s rare to see such discussion.  I apologize for the delayed response.

Although I don’t know how Sporestack works internally, Lightning is actually ideal for your business model.  Your concern isn’t too clear, but I infer you think there is some need of per-customer accounting state.  If so, no, this is not the case.  It is not necessary to have a payment channel open with each customer.  You simply present customers with single-use Lightning payment requests which can encode much useful information, including the amount and the request expiration time.  Payment requests are designed to be embedded in QR codes, though you need a bigger QR code area than you do for a Bitcoin address.  This can be used by any customer who can find a route to your node (rather like the Internet itself).  Payments are source-routed; and there has been extensive work on onion-routing (exactly in the Tor sense).

Lightning overall keeps less state than on-chain transactions, insofar as the only global and/or permanently immutable state is in channel open/close transactions on the blockchain; information on individual payments is local and, if desired, somewhat ephemeral.  Also, you never really know where a payment is coming from, which should suit you fine.

Otherwise stated, Lightning will indeed support this business model:

But the bread and butter of SporeStack is anyong being able to pick up a Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash mobile wallet, scan a QR code, and get a server.

Moving money respectively onto or off of your Lightning channels to fund a channel or “cash out” onto the blockchain is conceptually not too different than moving money between hot and cold wallets.  If you already run a Core node, clightning will work with that, too.

I may have more to say on these matters.  I do like your business model.  Yet to start with, I simply wanted to clarify about Lightning Network.

[babo]

great work dude

i follow you from start and your service is one of the best


i like too zeit/now.sh but your service is similar

[sega01]

I'd like to announce SporeStack's new hidden hosting. You can launch a server over Tor that only communicates through Tor and is accessed through a Hidden Service.

More details here: https://sporestack.com/news/#2019-02-27

Or on our hidden service: http://spore64i5sofqlfz5gq2ju4msgzojjwifls7rok2cti624zyq3fcelad.onion/news/#2019-02-27

Also, V1 has been removed replaced with V2. Usage is quite different.

Code:

$ ssh-keygen # If you don't have an SSH key already.
# pip is the Python package manager. Make sure you are using Python 3.
$ pip3 install sporestack
# The easiest way. BTC is also supported.
$ sporestackv2 launch Your_Internal_Hostname --days 1 --operating_system ubuntu-18-04 --ssh_key_file ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub --currency bch

# Pay from a WalkingLiberty wallet (easier for automation), only spawn on hosts that allow topping up.
$ sporestackv2 launch Your_Internal_Hostname --days 1 --operating_system ubuntu-18-04 --ssh_key_file ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub --currency bch --walkingliberty_wallet (walkingliberty wallet) --want_topup True

# Or with IPXE and being more specific with other options. iPXE installs will take longer, but offer more flexibility.
$ sporestackv2 launch Your_Internal_Hostname --ipv4 /32 --ipv6 /128 --disk 10 --memory 1 --days 1 --ipxescript_file ubuntu-18-04.ipxe --currency bch --walkingliberty_wallet (walkingliberty wallet) --want_topup True

# Or both iPXE and OS/SSH key, whichever has capacity.
$ sporestackv2 launch Your_Internal_Hostname --ipv4 /32 --ipv6 /128 --disk 10 --memory 1 --days 1 --ipxescript_file ubuntu-18-04.ipxe --operating_system ubuntu-18-04 --ssh_key_file ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub --currency bch --walkingliberty_wallet (walkingliberty wallet) --want_topup True

# Or launch a "hidden" node with Tor networking for Bitcoin.
$ sporestackv2 launch Your_Internal_Hostname --api_endpoint http://spore64i5sofqlfz5gq2ju4msgzojjwifls7rok2cti624zyq3fcelad.onion --ipv4 tor --ipv6 tor --disk 5 --days 1 --ipxescript_file ubuntu-18-04.ipxe --currency btc

[sega01]

Bump.

[sega01]

Bitcoin SV now supported: https://sporestack.com/news/#2019-04-19

This is in addition to Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash.

[sega01]

Bump.

[sega01]

Bump.

Added a screenshot.

[sega01]

Just launched a web launcher and a very minimal JS library. It's right on the front page: https://sporestack.com/

Please let me know what you think!

[DavidMott]

This looks very useful. I'd certainly consider this next time i need a VPS again.

[sega01]

This looks very useful. I'd certainly consider this next time i need a VPS again.

Thank you!

Just added a pricing table on the front page: https://sporestack.com

Pricing
(Does not apply to hidden, Tor-only servers)
Cores    Memory (GiB)    Disk (GiB)    Bandwidth (TiB)    Approximate price per 28 days (USD)
1    1    25    1    9.00
1    2    50    2    18.00
1    3    60    3    27.00
2    2    60    3    27.00
3    1    60    3    27.00
2    4    80    4    36.00
4    8    160    5    72.00
6    16    320    6    144.00
8    32    640    7    288.01
12    48    960    8    432.00
16    64    1280    9    576.00
20    96    1920    10    864.01
24    128    2560    11    1152.00
32    192    3840    12    1728.00

[sega01]

I've added region selection to the front page: https://sporestack.com/

If you select the Digital Ocean host, you can pick a region to launch your server in.

[sega01]

I would like to offer $30 worth of BTC, BCH, or BSV for up to five people to review SporeStack.

I am looking for impartial reviewers who will be honest and give me useful feedback and reviews for others to know about SporeStack, here in this thread (or new threads, if applicable).

Of the $30 worth, I would like $10 to be spent on the platform and $20 to be kept for your time. No word minimums or anything like that, although screenshots would be nice.

Looking for people who have some reputation on Bitcoin Talk, ideally an existing review or two they can reference, who know at least the basics of using Linux, and have used VPS hosts before.

Please reply here or in PM if you are interested.

Thank you for your time.

[servsec]

Servers last from 1-28 days, but can usually be topped up. Multiple regions available, multiple Linux images and iPXE. No registration required, no IPs logged.

Pretty easy to try:

Launch on the website: https://sporestack.com/

Or your console:

Code:

pip3 install  sporestack
sporestackv2 launch YourHostname --operating_system debian-9 --ssh_key_file ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub --days 1 --currency btc

Handy for development, quick VPNs, network test servers, or building out a whole infrastructure on microservices. Giving the servers fixed lifetimes lets you expect failure and short server life so that you develop around it.

Also supports hidden hosting, launching a server that's only accessible through Tor.

More information at SporeStack.com, or the V3 onion service on Tor.

In action:

https://sporestack.com/static/sporestackv2-screenshot.png

Pricing:
(Does not apply to hidden, Tor-only servers)
Cores    Memory (GiB)    Disk (GiB)    Bandwidth (TiB)    Approximate price per 28 days (USD)
1    1    25    1    9.00
1    2    50    2    18.00
1    3    60    3    27.00
2    2    60    3    27.00
3    1    60    3    27.00
2    4    80    4    36.00
4    8    160    5    72.00
6    16    320    6    144.00
8    32    640    7    288.01
12    48    960    8    432.00
16    64    1280    9    576.00
20    96    1920    10    864.01
24    128    2560    11    1152.00
32    192    3840    12    1728.00

Thanks!

These servers are expensive and not anonymous as says here: https://sporestack.com/news/#2017-04-01
Stop the fake advertising

——
Now, spawn usage will be slightly different.
sporestack spawn --days 28 --full_name 'Satoshi Nakamoto' --ssn 524-01-0711 --phone 210-555-1337 --cc '4929 7089 0341 6566' --dob 1990-01-01 --photo_id ./drivers_license.jpg

[sega01]

These servers are expensive and not anonymous as says here: https://sporestack.com/news/#2017-04-01
Stop the fake advertising

——
Now, spawn usage will be slightly different.
sporestack spawn --days 28 --full_name 'Satoshi Nakamoto' --ssn 524-01-0711 --phone 210-555-1337 --cc '4929 7089 0341 6566' --dob 1990-01-01 --photo_id ./drivers_license.jpg

It's fair if you think the servers are too expensive. There is a notable account over signing up at Vultr (who takes Bitcoin) and getting servers from there. For many, that is the best way to go.

About your claims of not being anonymous, I think you didn't notice that the post was made on April Fools two years ago, and says "(April Fools!)" at the bottom.

[babo]

These servers are expensive and not anonymous as says here: https://sporestack.com/news/#2017-04-01
Stop the fake advertising

——
Now, spawn usage will be slightly different.
sporestack spawn --days 28 --full_name 'Satoshi Nakamoto' --ssn 524-01-0711 --phone 210-555-1337 --cc '4929 7089 0341 6566' --dob 1990-01-01 --photo_id ./drivers_license.jpg

What you say may be true (I did not investigate), but the idea and implementation is nice.
I like it very much as a project!
obviously for anonymous uses, I would never use it. I'm paranoic.