A process running in the background. Pronounced "DAY-mon".
A process running in the background. Pronounced "DAY-mon".
Questions tagged [daemon]
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Ubuntu Linux -- How do I start bitcoind as a service to run automatically?
I've got a bunch of other services set up to boot automatically when my Ubuntu server starts (services like wicd-daemon and VPN), but I can't figure out how to set up the bitcoin daemon (bitcoind) to start automatically when the system boots up.…
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What does getinfo output mean?
I am trying to get my foot in the door wrt to bitcoind. I pulled the github version here. As suggested here, I am starting the daemon like so
bitcoind -daemon
and I am monitoring it like so
bitcoind getinfo
And I get the following output
{
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puk
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Sending bitcoins programatically without running a node
How can I send bitcoins in my web app without running the daemon on my server?
Is there a way to do it? Do third parties allow you to send through them?
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How can I run Bitcoind -server in "light mode"?
Hi! I would like to set up a local wallet at my computer, which runs as a daemon. However, the blockchain takes ages to download and every single day it takes quite a lot of time to update the receiving transactions.
Is there a way to use Bitcoind…
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Can I run bitcoind without downloading new blocks?
I want to run bitcoind to interact with the daemon, but having bitcoin download new blocks and verify them is taking a toll on my CPU. I do not want the latest data - I just want the daemon to be running. Is there a way to prevent bitcoin from…
user
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How to connect to RPCPORT=9332 via LAN
I edited litecoin.conf file...
To this:
testnet=0
rcpuser=user
rpcpassowrd=pass
rpcport=9332
server=1
I use minerd with litecoind and when I try to connect to the local machine 127.0.0.1:9332 everything work fine. When I try to connect another…
01BTC10
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Automatically restart bitcoind on crash
On Ubuntu 14.04 I have not been able to get the Bitcoin daemon to automatically restart. Rarely the daemon dies and it is important that it starts again without manual intervention. To get it to start automatically with Upstart I have followed the…
Peter Bushnell
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Reserve the connection for local wallets
I run a Bitcoin daemon on my LAN server that is connected to the Internet, and would like to use one or more Bitcoin wallets on local workstations that would connect only to my daemon. This initially works (connect=IP in wallet's bitcoin.conf), but…
SBurina
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How does one mine Namecoins?
In order to mine Bitcoins, one needs to start the bitcoind with "-server" flag and later request from it a getwork to solve. Does the Namecoin client operate in the same way, or is there some specific "namecoind" version one needs to use in order to…
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How to upgrade Bitcoin daemon in ubuntu 12.04?
I am currently having Bitcoin daemon version 0.9.0 and bitcoind getinfo shows error like "Upgrade required"
{
"version" : 90000,
...
"errors" : "URGENT: Upgrade required: see https://www.bitcoin.org/heartbleed"
}
How to upgrade Bitcoin daemon in…
M.R
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Bitcoin-cli how to get balance of a wallet on different node?
I am making a bitcoin mobile application, and I an trying to get the balance of a wallet that is on the mobile phone, from a daemon that is running on a separate node. The mobile wallet is connected to this node and can use any of the CLI commands…
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What is the key differences between bitcoin-qt, bitcoin-cli, bitcoind, bitcoin rpc, and daemon?
Can someone please give a brief explanation on these? I'm getting very confused with the differences, and every tutorial article I read uses these terms interchangeably (I'm trying to set up a pruned…
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rpc json outside localhost
I tried to to host bitcoin core json-rpc to listen other than localhost but it would not work even i set it to listen to ip 0.0.0.0
My config (for…
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Is bitcoin-qt using bitcoind? or bitcoind is already built in the bitcoin-qt wallet?
When using bitcoin-qt wallet, all commands are executed externally with bitcoind?
I am asking because I saw an altcoin wallet-QT (DMD) which comes as a single file without any daemon file, does it mean the daemon is already built in the qt wallet?
Yoni Hassin
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Why does bitcoin sync inventories?
I read the bitcoin docs describing how btc syncs. During IBD it gets the inventories up to the tip with getblock. Why does it not skip this step and get the blocks, generating the inventories as it gets each block? Surely getting inventories is…
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