PSA: Add a Full Node for just $19/year!

[cypherdoc]

But three days now i dont get any info about the server and i think the node is down and i cant get it work

Well, it' not down since you linked us to http://69.12.86.115/ it shows 8 active connections.

It could be an issue with the server itself, assuming you did the VPS, correct?

yes i did the vps and i check everyday the node and i have about 40-60 connections. Now i can see to the node page that i have 8 connections but i cant get any info with bitcoind getinfo command
I will check again in one hour to see what happens. If is not working i will try to reinstall bitcoind

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[chek2fire]

it says is unreachable do i have to reinstall it?

[Harley997]

Does anyone know if this pricing is locked in year over year? If so I'm going to have to set up a ton of these!

Cheers,
Adam

There is some risk concentrating them all in the same data-center.

I have idle long-term plans to set up a Bitcoin node in Iceland, which I believe to be relatively Bitcoin friendly. Would be valuable if Bitcoin is ever banned at home.

Wouldn't the same risk be present if the servers that host the nodes are leased by the same provider?

The person I was responding to was talking about spinning up a bunch of identical nodes in the same data-center. Are you asking if 1 server is just as risky as a bunch? I think my point is you don't get the same diversity benefits with all of them in one place.

My "idle long-term plans" are essentially about keeping the network going if the G8 decide to crack down on it. My current ISP prohibits illegal use in their TOS. So if hosting a node becomes illegal, I would have to shut it down: or move it to a more friendly jurisdiction.

But what if Amazon (or whoever you are leasing from) decides to try to attack the network. Couldn't they essentially take over the existing nodes and launch double spending attacks against people who accept 0/unconfirmed transactions (or other attacks that utilize nodes as opposed to miners).

[cypherdoc]

it says is unreachable do i have to reinstall it?

Is the block count advancing in the browser? What does "top" show?

[mamarried]

That server drive with a capacity of 30 GB will be full well before the year is up, given current growth rates in block chain size:
https://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size
I like the idea, but drive space seems to be a real constraint on a plan like this.

[cypherdoc]

I just had my Orlando server go down for about the 7th time.

I demanded an ip  reassignment and got it.

[chek2fire]

Any advice from anyone what i have to do to run again my node? Or what i have to do a clean install?

[chek2fire]

is there any way to erase everything and to do a new fresh install?

edit:I have done a fresh reinstall with the control panel of the server. The night i will do a new fresh setup.

[StarenseN]

Hello, I'm interested to sponsor a node. Is it still legit and efficient?

[Morblias]

Any advice from anyone what i have to do to run again my node? Or what i have to do a clean install?

Follow these steps to remove it and re-install:

You may have to re-install.

Assuming you have the PPA already added (if you ran the bitcoinAutoNode.sh script, it is added), all you need to do is

Code:

sudo apt-get remove bitcoind
sudo apt-get install bitcoind

If the PPA isn't added,

Code:

add-apt-repository -y ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove bitcoind
sudo apt-get install bitcoind

Then after it installs type "bitcoind" to start it.

[Morblias]

@Morb

Unrelated- did you ever get your p2pool going? I seen your post on reddit but I was never able to follow up on it. If you did, I'd love to bug the heck out of you to help me get one going

I've set it up before but I'm terrible with mods/configs

Yeah, I got it working: http://107.170.116.161:9332/static/

Setup stuff here: http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMining/comments/286tv6/i_saw_a_lot_of_discussion_on_getting_miners_to/ci89fs7

And I used this UI: https://github.com/justino/p2pool-ui-punchy

[Morblias]

Excuse my newbness- when you remove bitcoind does this remove the blockchain as well? Meaning, when you hit install bitcoind it has to go through the whole dl process again?

Asking for myself and others reading

No, it doesn't remove anything in the ~/.bitcoin directory, only the bitcoind/bitcoin-cli stuff in the /usr/bin folder, and possibly some other places too. After you reinstall it, it will start up at the last block it was up to prior to uninstalling.

[chek2fire]

Any advice from anyone what i have to do to run again my node? Or what i have to do a clean install?

Follow these steps to remove it and re-install:

You may have to re-install.

Assuming you have the PPA already added (if you ran the bitcoinAutoNode.sh script, it is added), all you need to do is

Code:

sudo apt-get remove bitcoind
sudo apt-get install bitcoind

If the PPA isn't added,

Code:

add-apt-repository -y ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove bitcoind
sudo apt-get install bitcoind

Then after it installs type "bitcoind" to start it.

thanks Morbias for your advice but i have already do this but i have the same results. I a server wipe out with a fresh install of ubuntu 64 12.04 and i will do a fresh setup.

[chek2fire]

Ok i have done a clean new install with ubuntu 12.04 but can someone know why i cant access my server via ssh? When i try to do that i get this strange message?

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@    WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!     @
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IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
It is also possible that a host key has just been changed.
The fingerprint for the RSA key sent by the remote host is
******************************************
Please contact your system administrator.
Add correct host key in /home/spiros/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.
Offending RSA key in /home/spiros/.ssh/known_hosts:1
  remove with: ssh-keygen -f "/home/spiros/.ssh/known_hosts" -R 69.12.86.115
RSA host key for 69.12.86.115 has changed and you have requested strict checking.
Host key verification failed.

i can access my server through control panel of weloveservers but i cant access it from a consoloe in my pc.
thx for any advice

[gwillen]

Ok i have done a clean new install with ubuntu 12.04 but can someone know why i cant access my server via ssh? When i try to do that i get this strange message?

(snip SSH error)
Offending RSA key in /home/spiros/.ssh/known_hosts:1
  remove with: ssh-keygen -f "/home/spiros/.ssh/known_hosts" -R 69.12.86.115
RSA host key for 69.12.86.115 has changed and you have requested strict checking.
Host key verification failed.

i can access my server through control panel of weloveservers but i cant access it from a consoloe in my pc.
thx for any advice

This was solved in IRC. For those following along at home: This is expected when you rebuild a server, because the ssh client no longer recognizes it. Fix it by running the provided 'ssh_keygen' command, on the CLIENT MACHINE where you're running ssh (not on the VPS).

[chek2fire]

ok my fault i have type the commands in ssh server client and not to my pc now is ok

[chek2fire]

I have done once again all the steps to setup the node but unfortunately after the last reboot the node start and after a while stops to accept connections. If i type top i see that bitcoind run but here

https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/

i see that my server is off
When i type

bitcoind getinfo

the command line stuck and nonthing returns. I try to reinstall bitcoind, to erase /.bitcoin folder but with no luck. Can i setup a node without anything else to that server? If i do a new clean install with only bitcoin installed what else i have to setup to run a node? I dont care about the website or anything else. I care only to run a node.
Thank you

[cypherdoc]

I have done once again all the steps to setup the node but unfortunately after the last reboot the node start and after a while stops to accept connections. If i type top i see that bitcoind run but here

https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/

i see that my server is off
When i type

bitcoind getinfo

the command line stuck and nonthing returns. I try to reinstall bitcoind, to erase /.bitcoin folder but with no luck. Can i setup a node without anything else to that server? If i do a new clean install with only bitcoin installed what else i have to setup to run a node? I dont care about the website or anything else. I care only to run a node.
Thank you

I'm having similar issues with one of my nodes.  I'm going to have to try an uninstall reinstall today. Yes, all my nodes only run bitcoind.

[Morblias]

I have done once again all the steps to setup the node but unfortunately after the last reboot the node start and after a while stops to accept connections. If i type top i see that bitcoind run but here

https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/

i see that my server is off
When i type

bitcoind getinfo

the command line stuck and nonthing returns. I try to reinstall bitcoind, to erase /.bitcoin folder but with no luck. Can i setup a node without anything else to that server? If i do a new clean install with only bitcoin installed what else i have to setup to run a node? I dont care about the website or anything else. I care only to run a node.
Thank you

By any chance are you running a weloveservers node in Orlando? There have been a couple of people that had problems with that area's nodes that had to file tickets with them to move their VPS to a new location.

Also, if you just want to install bitcoind with nothing else, no web UI or anything, just use this command:

Code:

wget -O btcNode.sh https://raw.github.com/XertroV/BitcoinAutoNode/master/bitcoinAutoNode.sh ; sudo bash btcNode.sh

You can go here to see everything it does: https://raw.github.com/XertroV/BitcoinAutoNode/master/bitcoinAutoNode.sh

[BitCoinDream]

@Morblias Do u help in setting up a normal pool with miner's payment interface ?