Bitnodes Incentive Program

[dserrano5]

I think this bitnodes.io people got something wrong.

https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/nodes/dserrano5.es-8333/ keeps saying the node is down, when clearly it isn't. I guess that must be the reason that the curl invocation to the API fails:

Code:

$ curl -H 'Accept: application/json; indent=4' -d bitcoin_address=1foobar -d url=https://dserrano5.es https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/api/v1/nodes/dserrano5.es-8333/  
{
    "success": false
}

(yes, I'm running curl from that server)

Well, no probs, let's try with the IP address, which has been up for some months.

Code:

$ curl -H 'Accept: application/json; indent=4' -d bitcoin_address=1foobar -d url=https://37.59.44.40 https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/api/v1/nodes/37.59.44.40-8333/
{
    "success": true
}
$ elinks -dump https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/api/v1/nodes/37.59.44.40-8333/
   {"status": "UP", "data": [70002, "/Satoshi:0.9.3/", 1423671060, 1, 344700,
   "dserrano5.es", null, "FR", 48.86, 2.35, "Europe/Paris", "AS16276", "OVH
   SAS"], "bitcoin_address": "1foobar", "url":
   "https://37.59.44.40", "verified": false}

Then I wait and:

Code:

$ elinks -dump https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/api/v1/nodes/37.59.44.40-8333/
   {"status": "UP", "data": [70002, "/Satoshi:0.9.3/", 1423671060, 1, 344701,
   "dserrano5.es", null, "FR", 48.86, 2.35, "Europe/Paris", "AS16276", "OVH
   SAS"], "bitcoin_address": "", "url": "", "verified": false}

I have an SSL certificate for my domain, not for the plain IP, so I'm guessing when they go to verify at https://37.59.44.40 they find the SSL errors and refuse to get past there.

Well, no probs, let's try with the domain. Oh wait…

[Newar]

I think this bitnodes.io people got something wrong. [...]

Maybe email them directly (bottom of the page), not sure if they monitor this thread.

[shorena]

-snip-
I have an SSL certificate for my domain, not for the plain IP, so I'm guessing when they go to verify at https://37.59.44.40 they find the SSL errors and refuse to get past there.

Well, no probs, let's try with the domain. Oh wait…

Try the IP w/o SSL (http://...) I cant seem to connect that way via browser though. w/ SSL works fine.

Code:

nmap -p 80 37.59.44.40

returns: filtered

[dserrano5]

Maybe email them directly (bottom of the page), not sure if they monitor this thread.

I just did that, let's see.

Try the IP w/o SSL (http://...)

No.

Code:

nmap -p 80 37.59.44.40

returns: filtered

Yes .

[disclosure]

SSL-enabled URL with unverified cert is supported. Feel free to contact me directly using the contact link at the footer of the website.

[dserrano5]

SSL-enabled URL with unverified cert is supported. Feel free to contact me directly using the contact link at the footer of the website.

Already sent an email 24 hours (-ish) ago. Thanks for taking a look!


Edit: as of March 2nd, the mail is still unanswered. I didn't insist either.

[shorena]

Two more eligible nodes needed.

[Newar]

Two more eligible nodes needed.

[img ]https://i.imgur.com/2Nh1Y6g.png[/img]

It was at 100 at one point, but it dropped again. Which made me think that the way the lottery is supposed to happen isn't that clearly laid out.

[disclosure]

First weekly incentive sent to 75.111.158.225!
https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/nodes/incentive/

[dserrano5]

SSL-enabled URL with unverified cert is supported. Feel free to contact me directly using the contact link at the footer of the website.

Already sent an email 24 hours (-ish) ago. Thanks for taking a look!


Edit: as of March 2nd, the mail is still unanswered. I didn't insist either.

Got an answer today, they now ignore the SSL errors so I'm already verified.

[shorena]

First weekly incentive sent to 75.111.158.225!
https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/nodes/incentive/

And another winner, 104.7.88.191 this time.

Edit: btw are there any details how the node is picked? Is it weighted by PIX are nodes that allready received an incentive removed from the list?

[disclosure]

And another winner, 104.7.88.191 this time.

Edit: btw are there any details how the node is picked? Is it weighted by PIX are nodes that allready received an incentive removed from the list?

A node is picked randomly from a pool of eligible nodes, so a selected node may be selected again in the future.

[Mikestang]

It's not user-friendly enough, at least for majority windows users.
You'll have to hack a little to get things done right.

it is not made to be user friendly. There are other programs made to be user friendly.

Run full nodes is for people that know what they are doing

That's a bit elitist of you, don't you think?  I run a full node, but have no idea how to make an API call.  There should be a way from within bitcoin core to register a btc address, otherwise this excludes everyone who contributes their node to the network, yet lacks the technical know-how to make an API call.

WTB 'How to make API call for Dummies'

[shorena]

It's not user-friendly enough, at least for majority windows users.
You'll have to hack a little to get things done right.

it is not made to be user friendly. There are other programs made to be user friendly.

Run full nodes is for people that know what they are doing

That's a bit elitist of you, don't you think?  I run a full node, but have no idea how to make an API call.  There should be a way from within bitcoin core to register a btc address, otherwise this excludes everyone who contributes their node to the network, yet lacks the technical know-how to make an API call.

WTB 'How to make API call for Dummies'

I assume you have a webserver running and it has the address listed in order to verify.

To check your nodes status do:

Code:

curl -H 'Accept: application/Json; indent=4' https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/api/v1/nodes/YOURIP-YOURPORT/

In order to register your node you need this:

Code:

curl -H 'Accept: application/json; indent=4' -d 'bitcoin_address=1yourADDRESS' -d 'url=http(s)://your.web.address' https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/api/v1/nodes/YOURIP-YOURPORT/

It should return success true and after that it will take a few minutes. If you check the status again it should now show "verified".

There might be typos as I "copied" the scripts from another machine. I didnt think to google the API first, anyway...
Their full API is here -> https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/api/

[Mikestang]

I assume you have a webserver running

I'm sorry, I could have stopped you right there with a "nope".  I can barely navigate a command line, I wouldn't even begin to know where to enter that curl stuff, you see my problem?  That's the technical know-how part I'm lacking.  I can install core and run a full node, anyone can do that, but it takes special knowledge (right now) to be able to register for the incentives program, which isn't much incentive to people like me.

I don't even know if this is something that's easy to learn?  Like I just figured out, using google, how to use cygwin to ssh into one of my miners and use the vi editor to edit a config file.  That was fairly difficult for me, took about an hour or two.  I do have my own domain and two web pages, but it's all hosted 3rd party, not sure if I can use that for the webserver part or not.  Do I stand a chance?

[Newar]

[...]  Do I stand a chance?

You do. For starters: Which OS?

[doof]

191.239.66.185:8333

[doof]

Now it seems bitcoin foundation is focusing on enlarging bitcoin nodes scale  . Do we have a plan to establish bitcoin ledger root nodes ( the nodes maintain full ledger ) before the public ledger reaches a very large size ?  what do you think ?

https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/nodes/incentive/

Is bitnodes.io your site?

[shorena]

[...]  Do I stand a chance?

You do. For starters: Which OS?

and before we go into this to deep, Id like to add:

@Mikestang Do you have a fixed IP? You can check on several sites[1][2][3] or with your ISP, because the incentive will only work for you if your IP does not change. Otherwise you have to register regularly every time your IP changes, e.g. daily and your node will have a low score, because it appears to be only online for e.g. 24 hours.

[1] http://www.whatismyip.com/
[2] http://www.whatsmyip.org/
[3] http://www.whatsmyip.net/

[Oscilson]

How do they know the wallet address of the full node?