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gabeh73-btc
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newb- Lightning node questions
December 31, 2018, 12:30:30 AM
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I am trying to install a lightning node on a linux mint OS. I have gotten to the past where I enter:
$ bitcoind -daemon
2018-12-30T21:09:08Z Bitcoin Core version v0.17.0.0-ge1ed37edaedc85b8c3468bd9a726046344036243 (release build)
2018-12-30T21:09:08Z InitParameterInteraction: parameter interaction: -whitelistforcerelay=1 -> setting -whitelistrelay=1
2018-12-30T21:09:08Z Assuming ancestors of block 0000000000000000002e63058c023a9a1de233554f28c7b21380b6c9003f36a8 have valid signatures.
2018-12-30T21:09:08Z Setting nMinimumChainWork=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000028822fef1c230963535a90d
2018-12-30T21:09:08Z Using the 'sse4(1way),sse41(4way),avx2(8way)' SHA256 implementation
2018-12-30T21:09:08Z Using RdRand as an additional entropy source
Bitcoin server starting
it seems to be running or synching? I don't even know....through searching I found that I could type this command to find out what is going on
gabe@gabe-TECRA-C50-B ~/.bitcoin $ ps aux | grep bitcoin
gabe 5733 0.0 0.0 14224 936 pts/2 S+ 19:17 0:00 grep --color=auto bitcoin
gabe 7242 37.7 47.6 4764628 1886536 ? Ssl 16:09 71:00 bitcoind -daemon
gabe@gabe-TECRA-C50-B ~/.bitcoin $ ps aux | grep bitcoin
gabe 5859 0.0 0.0 14224 940 pts/2 S+ 19:18 0:00 grep --color=auto bitcoin
gabe 7242 37.6 46.1 4748392 1825568 ? Ssl 16:09 71:06 bitcoind -daemon
gabe@gabe-TECRA-C50-B ~/.bitcoin $ ps aux | grep bitcoin
gabe 7242 36.9 50.7 4773740 2007572 ? Ssl 16:09 72:39 bitcoind -daemon
gabe 7252 0.0 0.0 14224 864 pts/2 S+ 19:25 0:00 grep --color=auto bitcoin
gabe@gabe-TECRA-C50-B ~/.bitcoin $ ps aux | grep bitcoin
gabe 7242 36.3 49.6 4862572 1965732 ? Ssl 16:09 74:49 bitcoind -daemon
gabe 8812 0.0 0.0 14224 924 pts/2 S+ 19:34 0:00 grep --color=auto bitcoin
it seems the Daemon is running...but anyone know what the #'s mean or can tell me how much longer I can expect this to take I'd be grateful. Also I assume I cannot run "$ lightningd" command until this thing is done?
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Re: newb- Lightning node questions
December 31, 2018, 01:05:27 AM
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this does not seem like daemon is running, did you try
Code:
bitcoin-cli getinfo
or
Code:
bitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo
also you should post the bitcoin.conf info
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Re: newb- Lightning node questions
December 31, 2018, 06:49:01 AM
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Quote from: gabeh73-btc on December 31, 2018, 12:30:30 AM
it seems the Daemon is running...but anyone know what the #'s mean or can tell me how much longer I can expect this to take I'd be grateful. Also I assume I cannot run "$ lightningd" command until this thing is done?
To get the status of how synced is your blockchain copy run
tail -f ~/.bitcoin/debug.log
bitcoind prints to the debug.log file the current block height and the % of progress while it's syncing. If the progess is at 1.00 it means you're done and your node is running.
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Re: newb- Lightning node questions
January 03, 2019, 07:30:49 PM
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I find it strange to see debug output on the console... I have written a service script to automatically (re)start my daemon in case of a reboot or a crash, but if i remember correctly from the last time i manually started a daemon, the output was minimal....
Like the others have said, the output of the debug.log and the content of bitcoin.conf (minus username, password or tiken) could help...
It might also be a good idear to give some extra info: which walktrough were you following, which lightning daemon were you installing, were you installing on a physical machine or on a vps (+specs).
If you used the default ports following command should also work to check if bitcoind is running (it checks which process is listening on port 8333):
lsof -i :8333
Or,
ps -ef | grep bitcoin
But you already tried this if im not mistaking
Ps: i'm not @ the office, so any command or recommandation i give is from memory... Typo's can happen
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Re: newb- Lightning node questions
January 23, 2019, 02:54:14 PM
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Quote from: gabeh73-btc on December 31, 2018, 12:30:30 AM
it seems the Daemon is running...but anyone know what the #'s mean or can tell me how much longer I can expect this to take I'd be grateful. Also I assume I cannot run "$ lightningd" command until this thing is done?
I think it just needs time to sync. Sometimes it can take a LONG time.
Also, there is no "lightningd", there is LND though, as well as c-lightning libraries. I havent used c-lightning, but getting LND up and running with bitcoind on raspbian wasn't that difficult. Other than the LONG times for the initial sync.
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Re: newb- Lightning node questions
January 24, 2019, 11:23:56 AM
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Quote from: sat0shiswife on January 23, 2019, 02:54:14 PM
there is no "lightningd", there is LND though, as well as c-lightning libraries
lightningd is the c-lightning executable file
Quote from: sat0shiswife on January 23, 2019, 02:54:14 PM
LONG times for the initial sync.
Takes a few hours on a properly configured desktop machine (with +10 Mbit/s internet). Do that first on an external disk, then plug that external disk into your RasPi, saves alot of time
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