TalkImg.com - Image hosting for BitcoinTalk

[joker_josue]

 
 Statistics  May 2025____________________
This past month I made a small update to the image zipping tool: https://zip.talkimg.com/. With the update, the script is more effective at compressing images, providing greater guarantees that this will be done in almost all requests. Although we always recommend that the user perform this MB reduction using tools designed for this purpose, I believe that this solution is sufficiently effective when this is not possible. I also added a process log, so the user can keep track of what was done. This log is not saved, it is only visible while the user keeps the page open or starts a new upload.

This month we also saw an increase in uploads, thanks to the famous pizza contest: [2025] Bitcoin Pizza Day on Bitcointalk 🍕. We wish all participants happy (and delicious) pizzas, and thank everyone who used TalkImg to save photos of their pizzas.


Here are the numbers for the month:

	Number of uploads in the month:  7 865 (+1969 that in the last month)
	Total disk space in the month:  2.71GB (+0.84 that in the last month)
	Number of visits to the talkimg.com website in the month: 31 853*  Estimated number of times images were viewed on the forum in the month (hits): 5 069 765*  Bandwidth in the month: 172.44GB* *This data may not represent total/real numbers, because of Cloudflare.

Top 10 Images Viewed
The 10 images viewed (estimated) this month, which were uploaded in the previous month.

#01 251 views

#02 246 views

#03 245 views

#04 245 views

#05 244 views

#06 244 views

#07 244 views

#08 244 views

#09 244 views

#10 243 views

[fillippone]

Is it just me or the zip feature is not properly working?
I have been trying to upload serveral pictures via mobile over the last week and the zip tool has always failed.
It tried only via mobile, using different browser, starting from last Friday probably and the zip tool has always failed.

[DYING_S0UL]

Is it just me or the zip feature is not properly working?
I have been trying to upload serveral pictures via mobile over the last week and the zip tool has always failed.
It tried only via mobile, using different browser, starting from last Friday probably and the zip tool has always failed.

The ziptool is working from my side. I just used it to upload an image from my mobile device and didn't encounter anything like you. Btw, the zip tool is in beta phase afaik, so errors are expected.

Try this..previously when I faced similar problems (not with zip but main version), this caused the issue and following the steps also fixed it.

Did you have the site open in a tab for a long time?

For security reasons, sometimes, when the page is open for a long time without activity, the server turns off the credentials connection (let's call it that). Even when browsing the site, the upload system may not work correctly.

If this is the case, try closing the tab and reopening it or force refreshing the page so that it loads new credentials.

[fillippone]

Try this..previously when I faced similar problems (not with zip but main version), this caused the issue and following the steps also fixed it.

Did you have the site open in a tab for a long time?

For security reasons, sometimes, when the page is open for a long time without activity, the server turns off the credentials connection (let's call it that). Even when browsing the site, the upload system may not work correctly.

If this is the case, try closing the tab and reopening it or force refreshing the page so that it loads new credentials.

Negative.
On all those occasions, it was a fresh launched browser tab, as I was aware of this bug, or feature, of  the website.

Glad it is on my side only, and it is not widespread!

[philipma1957]

Try this..previously when I faced similar problems (not with zip but main version), this caused the issue and following the steps also fixed it.

Did you have the site open in a tab for a long time?

For security reasons, sometimes, when the page is open for a long time without activity, the server turns off the credentials connection (let's call it that). Even when browsing the site, the upload system may not work correctly.

If this is the case, try closing the tab and reopening it or force refreshing the page so that it loads new credentials.

Negative.
On all those occasions, it was a fresh launched browser tab, as I was aware of this bug, or feature, of  the website.

Glad it is on my side only, and it is not widespread!

it does work for me either.  on my Macs which is what I tend to use.

[mcdouglasx]

Is it just me or the zip feature is not properly working?
I have been trying to upload serveral pictures via mobile over the last week and the zip tool has always failed.
It tried only via mobile, using different browser, starting from last Friday probably and the zip tool has always failed.

On this side, tested from Google Chrome (mobile) with and without VPN, it worked perfectly on jpg images between 2 and 2.2 Mb, with prior authorization to upload them to the cloud with the device.

I also tried with a +5 Mb 8k image and another +13mb in png format and it also worked.

[DYING_S0UL]

On this side, tested from Google Chrome (mobile) with and without VPN, it worked perfectly on jpg images between 2 and 2.2 Mb, with prior authorization to upload them to the cloud with the device.

I also tried with a +5 Mb 8k image and another +13mb in png format and it also worked.

I just did it with some big sized images. The first try was a success. The image size was around 15mb or so. But for the second try it's still processing for the last couple of minutes (10 min actually) and I'm still waiting. Although the image size was massive, 20 mb. Which my be the reason why isn't it working or taking forever. Apart from these everything else seems normal

[mcdouglasx]

On this side, tested from Google Chrome (mobile) with and without VPN, it worked perfectly on jpg images between 2 and 2.2 Mb, with prior authorization to upload them to the cloud with the device.

I also tried with a +5 Mb 8k image and another +13mb in png format and it also worked.

I just did it with some big sized images. The first try was a success. The image size was around 15mb or so. But for the second try it's still processing for the last couple of minutes (10 min actually) and I'm still waiting. Although the image size was massive, 20 mb. Which my be the reason why isn't it working or taking forever. Apart from these everything else seems normal

From what I see, there are perhaps three possible problems:
1. The image format, 2. The size, or 3. A network block that prevents the images from uploading. Perhaps an antivirus, sync issues with your internet connection, or a VPN that's detecting the site as insecure.
A few months ago, I remember having problems when I didn't use a VPN; I couldn't access the website.

Update

Something just happened to me regarding an image created with chatgpt, I wanted to upload it to talkimg and it wouldn't let me, I ran it through paint (the windows editor) and saved it in jpg (it was in png) and it uploaded without problems, what seems to be a problem with certain metadata in some images.

Although a review of the code says: UNDER MAINTENANCE! Uploads temporarily suspended. We will try to be brief.

Perhaps it's simply internal bugs, and we're overthinking it.

[NotATether]

I am getting

Code:

Gt0PIXHbwAAPYUa.jpg - Request denied (401)

When I try to upload images.

[Rikafip]

I am getting

Code:

Gt0PIXHbwAAPYUa.jpg - Request denied (401)

When I try to upload images.

I just tried uploading something and its working fine for me with no issues whatsoever so issue is probably on your side. Or maybe it was sorted in the meantime.

[DYING_S0UL]

I am getting

Code:

Gt0PIXHbwAAPYUa.jpg - Request denied (401)

This is an old issue that I have encountered countless times. I have reported it and even discussed it here multiple times.
Did you happen to keep the TalkImg tab open for a long time? Below was the solution joker_josue suggested to me previously.

Btw just tried uploading from my side. And it uploaded without any issue.

For security reasons, sometimes, when the page is open for a long time without activity, the server turns off the credentials connection (let's call it that). Even when browsing the site, the upload system may not work correctly. If this is the case, try closing the tab and reopening it or force refreshing the page so that it loads new credentials.

[PX-Z]

I am getting

Code:

Gt0PIXHbwAAPYUa.jpg - Request denied (401)

When I try to upload images.

Have you tried it again? I tried it earlier and just now after reading this comment, and it works just fine, i'm using desktop btw. Refreshing and refreshing the page might help.

[joker_josue]

I've been checking and part of the server I have no record of any kind of problem or instability. Everything has been working normally without any complications.

We have to remember that the forum only accepts images up to 2.5MB, so the site also has this limit.
There are images that claim to take up less space, because they are compressed via metadata. When the upload begins and the metadata is removed, the image increases in size and the upload fails.

We already have a fix that will minimize this situation and ensure that with the removal of metadata, the data defined by them (dimension, orientation) is kept.
I hope to be able to perform this update soon.


In cases of upload failure, as already answered, the problem is when the page is open for a long time but unused
When they want to use it again, it is important to force the page to refresh before uploading.

[DYING_S0UL]

Is the upload working?

Long story short: Uploading stuck at 100%

So here is what happened. I tried to upload some images, but for some reasons it's stuck at 100% for more than 10+ minute and keeps going. It's like buffering buffering buffering nonstop. Internet is fine since I'm browsing and watching stuff currently. Btw, I did a restart of everything, like device, router etc.

EDIT: Now it's working again -__-

[promise444c5]

Is the upload working?

Long story short: Uploading stuck at 100%
EDIT: Now it's working again -__-

something like this right? with that animated spin :



it happens sometimes, just hit 'Ctrl + R' to reload then re-upload or just hit the  cancel button at the side , it could be some sort of error handling...
What i do notice as well is that it retains old uploaded data sometimes until I hard refresh, although I haven't experience that recently but I don't know if anyone do experience this at times.. OP can look into that too.

[joker_josue]

Is the upload working?

Long story short: Uploading stuck at 100%

So here is what happened. I tried to upload some images, but for some reasons it's stuck at 100% for more than 10+ minute and keeps going. It's like buffering buffering buffering nonstop. Internet is fine since I'm browsing and watching stuff currently. Btw, I did a restart of everything, like device, router etc.

EDIT: Now it's working again -__-

This can sometimes happen due to a break in the connection between the browser and the server.
Sometimes it only takes milliseconds to be enough for the upload to get stuck. The server waits for the browser and the browser waits for the server. As they are both waiting for an answer, it stays like this and nothing happens.

I have tried to maintain a quality and fast server, but it only takes a small instability in the Internet connection, a momentary increase in traffic for something like this to occur.

When this happens in the future, just close the site and log back in and upload. In most cases, this solves the problem.

[joker_josue]

 
 Statistics  June 2025____________________
In June, because of the famous contest [2025] Bitcoin Pizza Day on Bitcointalk 🍕 there was a lot of image uploads (and especially views). I would like to thank the many participants in this contest for choosing TalkImg as the hosting option for their pizza images. Congratulations to all participants, and we hope to know soon which pizza was the forum members' favorite.

Plans for the next update are a bit delayed, as I've been involved in other projects, which I hope to announce in a few months, which I believe will also be useful to the entire Bitcoin community. Believe me, the update hasn't been forgotten, but you want to prepare everything well before moving forward with it. If you want to know more about my other project in the meantime, which I recently launched, you can find out more here... (I'll pass on the advertising  ).

Here are the numbers for the month:

	Number of uploads in the month:  7 258 (-607 that in the last month)
	Total disk space in the month:  2.45 2.71GB (-0.26 that in the last month)
	Number of visits to the talkimg.com website in the month: 104 563*  Estimated number of times images were viewed on the forum in the month (hits): 4 320 570*  Bandwidth in the month: 148.75GB* *This data may not represent total/real numbers, because of Cloudflare.

Top 10 Images Viewed
The 10 images viewed (estimated) this month, which were uploaded in the previous month.

#01 317 views

#02 289 views

#03 288 views

#04 285 views

#05 284 views

#06 276 views

#07 274 views

#08 273 views

#09 254 views

#10 252 views

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