1bitc0inplz (OP)
Member
 Offline
Activity: 112
Merit: 10
|
 |
May 17, 2011, 02:02:14 AM |
|
Can someone explain the differences between running bitcoin with the --server option versus compiling it as a daemon and running bitcoind?
Other than the obvious difference, ones a daemon the other isn't, is there any difference in the role they can serve?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Once a transaction has 6 confirmations, it is extremely unlikely that an attacker without at least 50% of the network's computation power would be able to reverse it.
|
|
|
Advertised sites are not endorsed by the Bitcoin Forum. They may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
error
|
|
May 17, 2011, 02:06:45 AM |
|
bitcoin gives you a GUI. bitcoind does not.
|
3KzNGwzRZ6SimWuFAgh4TnXzHpruHMZmV8
|
|
|
1bitc0inplz (OP)
Member
Offline
Activity: 112
Merit: 10
|
|
May 17, 2011, 02:10:59 AM |
|
bitcoin gives you a GUI. bitcoind does not.
Really? That's the only difference? That's what I was beginning to suspect, but I wanted to double check. So, somebody who wanted to create a pool, but was too busy screwing with other parts of their software they needed to create, could just run bitcoin --server as their "backend" until they got around to screwing with setting up boost and all the other dependencies required to build bitcoind? Sorry, I just wanted to re-phrase my understanding of what you said, just to make certain I understand. |
|
|
|
|
lulzplzkthx
|
|
May 17, 2011, 02:19:22 AM |
|
bitcoin gives you a GUI. bitcoind does not.
Really? That's the only difference? That's what I was beginning to suspect, but I wanted to double check. So, somebody who wanted to create a pool, but was too busy screwing with other parts of their software they needed to create, could just run bitcoin --server as their "backend" until they got around to screwing with setting up boost and all the other dependencies required to build bitcoind? Sorry, I just wanted to re-phrase my understanding of what you said, just to make certain I understand. I believe boost, etc. is required for bitcoin, not just bitcoind. I could be very wrong. |
|
|
|
1bitc0inplz (OP)
Member
Offline
Activity: 112
Merit: 10
|
|
May 17, 2011, 02:20:55 AM |
|
I believe boost, etc. is required for bitcoin, not just bitcoind. I could be very wrong.
No, I believe you are right. But, with bitcoin (not daemon) I don't necessarily have to compile it. I can just download the binaries and run. I do not believe (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) that there is an official bitcoind binary for any platform... I'd have to compile that myself. |
|
|
|
|
lulzplzkthx
|
|
May 17, 2011, 02:54:38 AM |
|
I believe boost, etc. is required for bitcoin, not just bitcoind. I could be very wrong.
No, I believe you are right. But, with bitcoin (not daemon) I don't necessarily have to compile it. I can just download the binaries and run. I do not believe (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) that there is an official bitcoind binary for any platform... I'd have to compile that myself. The Windows installer provides a bitcoind.exe in the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Bitcoin\daemon\ Though I believe the Linux version does NOT include a bitcoind executable, and I don't touch Apple-branded stuff. |
|
|
|
1bitc0inplz (OP)
Member
Offline
Activity: 112
Merit: 10
|
|
May 17, 2011, 03:06:23 AM |
|
... I don't touch Apple-branded stuff.
  Thanks for the reply. I am hyped about this. So glad I can focus my energy on solving other problems, and leave tracking down dependencies for another day. |
|
|
|
netrin
Sr. Member
Offline
Activity: 322
Merit: 251
FirstBits: 168Bc
|
|
May 31, 2011, 10:35:07 AM |
|
The Linux 0.3.21 binaries do indeed come with pre-compiled bitcoin and bitcoind.
Lulzplzkthx, answer=(false==answer); variable 'answer' not defined nor recursive. Clever and twisted though.
|
|
|
|
Vitalicus
Full Member
Offline
Activity: 467
Merit: 100
DIA | Data infrastructure for DeFi
|
|
January 10, 2013, 09:17:05 PM |
|
How to do a transaction from other PC (without timewiever), if I started the server on my local computer.
|
|
|
|
Gavin Andresen
Legendary
Offline
Activity: 1652
Merit: 2216
Chief Scientist
|
|
January 10, 2013, 09:29:53 PM |
|
correction: bitcoin-qt/bitcoind command-line arguments have a single-dash, so it would be
bitcoin-qt -server
Since you have to set a rpcuser/rpcpassword in the bitcoin.conf file for -server to work anyway, you might want to put "server=1" in the bitcoin.conf file instead of using the command-line argument...
|
How often do you get the chance to work on a potentially world-changing project?
|
|
|
SgtSpike
Legendary
Offline
Activity: 1400
Merit: 1005
|
|
January 10, 2013, 09:36:27 PM |
|
correction: bitcoin-qt/bitcoind command-line arguments have a single-dash, so it would be
bitcoin-qt -server
Since you have to set a rpcuser/rpcpassword in the bitcoin.conf file for -server to work anyway, you might want to put "server=1" in the bitcoin.conf file instead of using the command-line argument...
Cool - I didn't realize I could run a bitcoind server and still have the gui available. That could be handy! |
|
|
|
|
|
