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[gadado]

hmm parts of janos description sounds cryptic to me but then I don't work with linux and don't have so much experience with the crypto.

I wonder is it possible to set up a master node with windows or is this only possible with linux?

The downloaded windows beta qt comes as exe. I don't see an explicit deamon exe there.

However if I am not mistaken I can simple enter getaccountaddress 0 in in the wallet console.

So does this all work with the windows beta wallet or is it only possibly to set up such a node with linux?

[janos666]

Another question about DarkSend:

- Do masternodes pay TXfee while they move coins as part of the DarkSend transactions?

Or course, the planned node-reward will cover that if they do, but there is no reward yet, so I would effectively pay for being a node.

Nope.

I saw you were having problems and it's really difficult to debug at the moment. I'll add some commands and upload a new daemon.

Ok, I will give it another try and report back.

The problem is that darkcoind won't save more than a few hundreds of keys into the wallet.dat, no matter how big keypool I ask for (it does generate all the 10000 or more keys into the thin air but saves only ~500 initially and only ~200 new after it flushes those original 500 unencrypted keys when you later encrypt the file) and I figure DarkSend will eat the keys from the keypool like a crazy addict, and thus you will either need to periodically input your password on the online server (risking your coins if somebody hacked it, even more if you do it automatically and thus you keep the password on the online machine) or copy the wallet.dat to a flash drive, refill it's keypool on an offline computer and copy it back (while your masternode is offline).

Masternodes will never use any new addresses in the keypool, unless you send funds from the node itself. They're simply the center point that all users will connect to for mixing at a specific moment in time.

Other than that, great guide.

Perfect.
I wasn't sure if masternodes need certain amount of coins so they can actively move them around different addresses or that 1000 DRK is more like a "stake" which lays dormant the whole time.

In this case, one could also encrypt the wallet.dat with a random key and immediately destroy it forever (so even you don't know it) with a single key pair inside and print out the private key as a paper wallet which can be kept somewhere safe (e.g. not in your house and/or next to the server hardware).
When you decide to shut the node down and spend your coins, you simply delete your wallet.dat and import the private key from the paper wallet to a freshly generated wallet.dat

Where will node reward coins be sent?
If they go to the same address, won't the increased amount of coins disqualify that node from becoming a masternode?
Is it checked if your address had exactly 1000 DRK transaction once and it still has that 1000 DRK but ignores any other incoming and/or outgoing transactions?


But this also raises a serious question:
What stops people from faking the ownership of a 1000 DRK address if the masternode daemon doesn't need the private key for that public key?

For example, I already posted my 1000 DRK address. Somebody could simply claim it and become a masternode while I am struggling to finally connect my node.
He won't be able to spend my coins, but he will be registered as a masternode while I can't become one.

[camosoul]

hmm parts of janos description sounds cryptic to me but then I don't work with linux and don't have so much experience with the crypto.

Cryptic Crypto is Cryptic/Crypto... Do you see what I did there? Such irony... Yo dawge, I put a meme inside your iron so you can have nice clothes while you hold the bag!

[mattmct]

Should there be some kind of Masternode basic requirements?  One for sure being DDOS protection.

I'm worried that people could just forward the port on their home router, direct to their windows laptop and run a master node.  I'm tempted to do so....  But feel I should do it "right" purchase a new server, with DDOS protection, firewall it, and secure it as much as I can.

I'm worried many will take the easy option, which could lead to a number of DDOS vulnerable masternodes, or they could turn the laptop off lol.

My unix rig is on 24/7, and could be a master node, but my home DSL certainly isn't DDOS protected, I have WRT custom firmware, firewall etc, but feel a master node deserves a proper VPS / server with DDOS protection etc.

Thoughts?

[coins101]

DarkSend Beta v6.1 - v.0.10.3.1

- Change "connect=" to "addnode=", it causes strange issues with masternodes
- Fixed some other issues with connecting to the masternode
- Fixed some other minor bugs

(Same download location)

https://www.darkcointalk.org/threads/darksend-beta-v6.226/

In recognition of this V6 to V6.1 beta update, I'm having a few shots of Limoncino. Salute!

I know. Any excuse. So don't bother asking. I have absolutely no plans of going to an AA meeting.

[camosoul]

DarkSend Beta v6.1 - v.0.10.3.1

- Change "connect=" to "addnode=", it causes strange issues with masternodes
- Fixed some other issues with connecting to the masternode
- Fixed some other minor bugs

(Same download location)

https://www.darkcointalk.org/threads/darksend-beta-v6.226/

In recognition of this V6 to V6.1 beta update, I'm having a few shots of Limoncino. Salute!

I know. Any excuse. So don't bother asking. I have absolutely no plans of going to an AA meeting.

DRK > C-cex.com > BTC > Gyft > Wine.com?

[coins101]

DarkSend Beta v6.1 - v.0.10.3.1

- Change "connect=" to "addnode=", it causes strange issues with masternodes
- Fixed some other issues with connecting to the masternode
- Fixed some other minor bugs

(Same download location)

https://www.darkcointalk.org/threads/darksend-beta-v6.226/

In recognition of this V6 to V6.1 beta update, I'm having a few shots of Limoncino. Salute!

I know. Any excuse. So don't bother asking. I have absolutely no plans of going to an AA meeting.

DRK > C-cex.com > BTC > Gyft > Wine.com?

DRK > C-cex.com > BTC > DRKSND > BTC > Gyft > Strip Club > Wine.com

EDIT:

To health and DRK wealth

[mattmct]

DarkSend Beta v6.1 - v.0.10.3.1

- Change "connect=" to "addnode=", it causes strange issues with masternodes
- Fixed some other issues with connecting to the masternode
- Fixed some other minor bugs

(Same download location)

https://www.darkcointalk.org/threads/darksend-beta-v6.226/

In recognition of this V6 to V6.1 beta update, I'm having a few shots of Limoncino. Salute!

I know. Any excuse. So don't bother asking. I have absolutely no plans of going to an AA meeting.

DRK > C-cex.com > BTC > Gyft > Wine.com?

DRK > C-cex.com > BTC > DRKSND > BTC > Gyft > Strip Club > Wine.com

EDIT:

To health and DRK wealth

Lol I like this.  Now I want a shot glass with DRK on it haha.  Maybe a shot of black Sambuca? haha 

[nzminer]

I do like this coin and believe it has a good future.
But I feel the same for other coins too, the question is, what one will succeed?
I feel its not just me who is mining various coins in the hope one will succeed.

I dont know if its worth me mining DRK, or pumping and dumping other scrypt coins at the exchanges for it?
4 coins a day is not enough and i need more!

[sangoku]

I do like this coin and believe it has a good future.
But I feel the same for other coins too, the question is, what one will succeed?
I feel its not just me who is mining various coins in the hope one will succeed.

I dont know if its worth me mining DRK, or pumping and dumping other scrypt coins at the exchanges for it?
4 coins a day is not enough and i need more!

The faith, the faith baby ;-)
Darkcoin for life

[camosoul]

How much will you pay me, in DRK, to get the vote-selected DRK logo tattooed on my ass?

[ErrorId]

How much will you pay me, in DRK, to get the vote-selected DRK logo tattooed on my ass?

You're doing it wrong.

[dime]

It's a bad day for security. OpenSSL has been compromised for most distros. Enterprise distros (RH <6.5) are not affected.

People missed (or dismissed) my warning before should re-read it. Here is a small addendum.

If you use a VPS, here are your layers of protection:
1. Your own security
-Did you secure ports via iptables against outsiders?
-Were you running any SSL services? Then those may have been compromised. SSH was not affected but is exploitable if other SSL vulnerable services were running.

2. The security of your VM host which you have NO control over.
-The security of other VMs running on the same VM host as you. What were they running? Did they run SSL vulnerable services via LAMP? If they got rooted, then was your VM host rooted via host escalation? If so, then you got rooted as well.

3. The security of your VPS provider which you have NO control over.
-What about web services? Was your account compromised? Was your user info compromised? If so, you should check if anyone has logged into your account or tried to masquerade as you.

This openssl vulnerability hits web based services pretty bad. Every key/password is to be considered compromised at the moment. This hits especially bad against newbies because they will generally use insecure distros such as debian, ubuntu, mint.

You could run a micro on EC2 for $14/mo to do it.

Important: Please take time to read this!

I see a lot of excitement from people looking to run masternodes, but ensure you know what you are doing. Among them, is NOT putting a masternode on ANY VPS provider.

Here is a checklist of things that could go wrong. Remember it's your 1000 drk sitting in a hotwallet.
1. Remember you did not do the install, you launched an image that was prepared. This is analogous to putting your key into someone else's computer. There is no way of knowing the image is not rootkitted because you are INSIDE the image.

2. VMs are still rather new and there are plenty of host privilege escalation exploits. This means security of your vm is not 100% yours. You are multiplying your risk by the number of other VMs on your VM host, and the network it is connected to.

3. VPS storage is rather primitive and NOT designed for security. Your root storage is NOT encrypted at all. Encrypting a container inside your vm will not do any good because it must be decrypted for your process to run it. Then the VM host has access to it.

4. (offtopic) If you don't have the resources to set up your own machine and are just looking to use a VPS, you may not have general knowledge of hardening your image against vulnerabilities. A few topics to be knowledgeable about include selinux, PaX, iptables, auditd if you run anything else what so ever on the VM.

5. Trusting your provider: those of you who have been in this game long enough will remember countless heists, but the one that rings out in my memory is the one where someone lost a wallet of 25k btc when btc was at $20 USD. He cried over $500k of btc, what was he thinking when 25k btc meant the loss of $30million+? I haven't looked it back up, but as I recall, he NEVER found out how he lost it, and that was the worst part. The only suspicion was that he uploaded a backup of his wallet onto dropbox. Who took it? A dropbox employee? Was dropbox compromised? As far as I know, no one ever found out. No amount of security audits can help find the culprit when the number of doors and windows are an unknown variable.

If you're into darkcoin because privacy is your thing but you don't think twice about online security, I have a VM to sell you.

ps. sign up for your free darksend.it/username at http://darksend.it

[patrolman]

ps. sign up for your free darksend.it/username at http://darksend.it

What's the darksend.it/username for?

[camosoul]

How much will you pay me, in DRK, to get the vote-selected DRK logo tattooed on my ass?

You're doing it wrong.

No, he's doing it wrong. I'm offering exclusive branding on my ass, no one else... :-p

[coins101]

No, he's doing it wrong. I'm offering exclusive branding on my ass, no one else... :-p

One on each check and a QR Code?

[camosoul]

No, he's doing it wrong. I'm offering exclusive branding on my ass, no one else... :-p

One on each check and a QR Code?

DRK logo, as stated already...

[janos666]

DarkSend Beta v6.1 - v.0.10.3.1

- Change "connect=" to "addnode=", it causes strange issues with masternodes
- Fixed some other issues with connecting to the masternode
- Fixed some other minor bugs

(Same download location)

https://www.darkcointalk.org/threads/darksend-beta-v6.226/

Working

Code:

~/.darkcoin$ ./darkcoind --help
DarkCoin version v0.10.3.0-7-g82b912d-beta


2014-04-08 18:17:15 RegisterAsMasterNode
2014-04-08 18:17:15 Found unspent output equal to nValue
2014-04-08 18:17:15 Is capable master node!

Same here. This latest beta finally works for me.

[camosoul]

Same here. This latest beta finally works for me.

I wonder why we're centralizing DarkSend... Why can't it be as equally distributed as the BlockChain? TOR chooses Rendezvous nodes for hidden services entirely at random, so no "MasterNode" can be identified...

[Kai Proctor]

Who is the admin of darkcointalk ? Could you confirm my registration please ? (Joined Sunday)