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

[Morblias]

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

Nope, only p2pool.

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[BitCoinDream]

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

Nope, only p2pool.

1. Is there any owner's incentive in a P2Pool apart from his own Hash rewards ?

2. What would be your charge in setting up a P2Pool ?

[Morblias]

1. Is there any owner's incentive in a P2Pool apart from his own Hash rewards ?

2. What would be your charge in setting up a P2Pool ?

No there is no owner's incentive, unless the pool charges fees. I don't charge anything, I just let people know how to set it up. Or if you wanted, you can give me root privilege and I can set it up for you, then you can change the root password.

This is basically the overview of setting up bitcoind and p2pool: http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMining/comments/286tv6/i_saw_a_lot_of_discussion_on_getting_miners_to/ci89fs7

[namecoin]

I am running into an error while executing
  $ ufw enable

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Longer version:

I am running this on weloveservers.net and I have done a complete wipe out and re-install OS from the control panel. 

I am running this on ubuntu 13.10 now. 

Following the instruction, I am executing (instead of executing the script, I run line by line on command line):

  $ ufw --force enable

I am getting:

ERROR: problem running ufw-init
libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod.c:505 kmod_lookup_alias_from_builtin_file: could not open builtin file '/lib/modules/2.6.32-042stab090.3/modules.builtin.bin'
FATAL: Module nf_conntrack_ftp not found.
libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod.c:505 kmod_lookup_alias_from_builtin_file: could not open builtin file '/lib/modules/2.6.32-042stab090.3/modules.builtin.bin'
FATAL: Module nf_nat_ftp not found.
libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod.c:505 kmod_lookup_alias_from_builtin_file: could not open builtin file '/lib/modules/2.6.32-042stab090.3/modules.builtin.bin'
FATAL: Module nf_conntrack_netbios_ns not found.
ip6tables-restore: line 4 failed
ip6tables-restore: line 65 failed
ip6tables-restore: line 69 failed
sysctl: permission denied on key 'net.ipv4.tcp_sack'

Problem running '/etc/ufw/before6.rules'
Problem running '/lib/ufw/user6.rules'


Some googling showed that this kind of issues could occur on OpenVZ.  Some people recommend commenting out rules in before6.rules and user6.rules. 

Did any of you see have issue executing "ufw enable"?  Or it is just me?  Which OS version did you choose?  I am using ubuntu 13.10. 

Thanks ahead...

[Morblias]

I had that problem on one of my machines a while ago. I believe I had to disable IPv6 in ufw for it to start working again. Let me see if I can find out how to do that again, I can't remember.

Edit: try this:

To disable ipv6, edit /etc/default/ufw and change IPV6 to “no” (without quotes)

# Set to yes to apply rules to support IPv6 (no means only IPv6 on loopback
# accepted). You will need to ‘disable’ and then ‘enable’ the firewall for
# the changes to take affect.
IPV6=no

[BitCoinDream]

1. Is there any owner's incentive in a P2Pool apart from his own Hash rewards ?

2. What would be your charge in setting up a P2Pool ?

No there is no owner's incentive, unless the pool charges fees. I don't charge anything, I just let people know how to set it up. Or if you wanted, you can give me root privilege and I can set it up for you, then you can change the root password.

This is basically the overview of setting up bitcoind and p2pool: http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMining/comments/286tv6/i_saw_a_lot_of_discussion_on_getting_miners_to/ci89fs7

Sorry, I have got a few more Q...

1. Is it possible for a P2Pool owner to dynamically control mining fee, say 0%~0.5% ? As I understand, at P2Pool mining power will be distributed among the miners on a P2P basis. In that scenario, how does the owner charge ? Or I have some wrong conception ?

2. I was checking http://www.weloveservers.net/vps_hosting.php, but did not get any 19 USD per year plan !!! The lowest here is 4 USD per month, i.e. 48 USD per year. In that case, wont DigitalOcean be a better option ?

3. I have a semi-dedicated account where most of the server space and bandwidth are unused. Here is the configuration => http://besthostfree.com/semi-dedicated-hosting.html (Starter Semi Dedicated). Can I run a P2Pool on this ?

4. While I'll be running a BitcoinD for the P2Pool, can I make the basic API calls to it from my Bitcoin services instead of calling blockchain.info ?

Eagerly waiting for your response... Thanks for the awesome reddit link

[Morblias]

Each node operator can set their own fee in p2pool, so anyone mining with them would be charged whatever fee the owner set. After p2pool is installed, you can run the python script to show a list of all options.

Code:

python run_p2pool.py --help

You have to follow this link to get the $19/year deal and click the order button from this page: http://lowendbox.com/blog/black-friday-weloveservers-19year-1gb-and-7month-3gb-openvz-vps-in-five-locations/

It doesn't say how much RAM that semi-dedicated one has, but it needs at the very least 1gb ram (plus 1gb vswap) for bitcoind to run smooth. Also, it might be against their terms of service to run bitcoind on that, so you would have to check with them first before doing so.

I don't know a whole lot about APIs so I might not be the best person to ask that, but yeah I believe you can do so. You would just need to use the ip and rpcuser/password to gain access to it, such as how the btc-update.py contains this from https://github.com/jgarzik/python-bitcoinrpc

Code:

access = AuthServiceProxy("http://RPCUSER:PRCPASSWORD@127.0.0.1:8332")

[StarenseN]

I've just sponsored 2 nodes.

1st Node:
http://198.23.132.134/
Bandwidth: http://198.23.132.134/vnstat

2nd Node:
http://109.73.173.112/
http://109.73.173.112/vnstat/

Everything was paid to Morblias and he did the setup within an hour.

That was smooth and I enjoy the idea of participating to the Bitcoin project actively. If you could do the same, that'd be nice.

[namecoin]

I had that problem on one of my machines a while ago. I believe I had to disable IPv6 in ufw for it to start working again. Let me see if I can find out how to do that again, I can't remember.

Edit: try this:

To disable ipv6, edit /etc/default/ufw and change IPV6 to “no” (without quotes)

# Set to yes to apply rules to support IPv6 (no means only IPv6 on loopback
# accepted). You will need to ‘disable’ and then ‘enable’ the firewall for
# the changes to take affect.
IPV6=no

Amazing.  That fixes my ufw issue.  That also fixed my other connections issues.  For example, connecting from ssh took 20-30seconds to connect after ufw is enabled.  that is also fixed.  
Thank you very much Morblias.  

[BitCoinDream]

Is it possible to run a P2Pool or at least a node on Google App engine ?

p.s. Google App engine supports Java, Python, PHP & Go.

[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

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

I think i run the server in LA if i remember. Can i change the location? Do i have to ask them to change it? If yes i will try to transfer it to germany servers.

[namecoin]

Is it possible to run a P2Pool or at least a node on Google App engine ?

p.s. Google App engine supports Java, Python, PHP & Go.

Appengine is a different animal from Amazon aws or a regular hosting service.  appengine does not allow you to run everything.  It is not a vm-like box, but it gives you several benefits in other areas for those tradeoff. 

[Raxe.io]

Supporting the community:

http://173.254.246.150/

Two more to come.

[OrlandoTodd]

Donation sent!  Thank you Morblias for doing this. 

[Justin00]

A full node is just someone running the bitcoin client 24x7 right ??
not dissing your service, sounds like a great deal... just trying to confirm I know what it is that the service provides.

[BitCoinDream]

Is it possible to run a P2Pool or at least a node on Google App engine ?

p.s. Google App engine supports Java, Python, PHP & Go.

Appengine is a different animal from Amazon aws or a regular hosting service.  appengine does not allow you to run everything.  It is not a vm-like box, but it gives you several benefits in other areas for those tradeoff. 

I used to run some of my non-DB apps on app engine and they work like charm. As app engine supports Python, I would like to know if we can setup BitcoinD on this platform. App engine does not specifically say anywhere that they wont allow Bitcoin client to run on their platform. I need to know if it is technically possible and if Morblias can do that...

[Morblias]

A full node is just someone running the bitcoin client 24x7 right ??
not dissing your service, sounds like a great deal... just trying to confirm I know what it is that the service provides.

Yes, and opening port 8333 on router to make sure you can accept incoming connections.

[Morblias]

Donation sent!  Thank you Morblias for doing this.  

Awesome, thanks! I got another VPS purchased, but they are under maintenance at that location right now. After that is done, I will get another node up and running there! Thanks again!

Edit: http://212.18.225.167/

[rme]

Donation sent!  Thank you Morblias for doing this. 

Awesome, thanks! I got another VPS purchased, but they are under maintenance at that location right now. After that is done, I will get another node up and running there! Thanks again!

Just an idea, if you change the hostname of every vps you install a bitcoin node in it you could search and list all of them in https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/, for example here they are all the bitcoin nodes that have "ovh.net" in his hostname (https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/nodes/1403281800/?q=ovh.net)

The hostname does not have to be valid (pointing to the vps ip), you can create fake ones like 0001.bitcoin.full.node,  0002.bitcoin.full.node and so.

So clicking to this link would list all of them (the ones that are online): https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/nodes/1403281800/?q=bitcoin.full.node

[Justin00]

Thanks for clearing that up. I new I wasn't missing out on the party!

A full node is just someone running the bitcoin client 24x7 right ??
not dissing your service, sounds like a great deal... just trying to confirm I know what it is that the service provides.

Yes, and opening port 8333 on router to make sure you can accept incoming connections.