Bitcoin Stack Exchange
Bitcoin Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [proxy]

21 questions
8
votes
4 answers

Mining behind a proxy and restrictive firewall (only http ports allowed) - possible?

I have a very restrictive firewall with an additional proxy here. Is there a GPU mining tool out there that supports proxy server? The best would be a SSL connection to the mining pool. A long living stream also doesn't work I think, because…
keiki
  • 231
  • 1
  • 3
  • 7
4
votes
2 answers

Have there been case studies of how anonymous bitcoins are?

The blockchain has a lot of information about all bitcoin transactions. I've heard a lot of conjecture about how anonymous bitcoins transactions are, but I haven't seen a scientific study. Are there any case studies that show how to track a bitcoin…
CQM
  • 1,590
  • 15
  • 29
3
votes
1 answer

Get the slush stratum proxy working on a mac

Title says it all - can anyone walk me through setting this up on a mac? I ran the linux python install script but i'm guessing i'm missing a few dependencies as it failed on me. edit: there are numerous errors, listed here: Reading…
Jay
  • 724
  • 7
  • 19
3
votes
1 answer

How to run a litecoin miner behind a proxy server?

I've downloaded the Windows 64-bit Litecoin mining software as provided from http://pool-x.eu/gettingstarted I'm trying to run the miner from behind a firewall. My browser uses an HTTP proxy to get to the internet, and as I understand it I should be…
Highly Irregular
  • 10,910
  • 6
  • 52
  • 102
3
votes
2 answers

Stratum Mining Proxy - Error decoding message on startup

I'm attempting to run stratum-mining-proxy with minerd. Proxy starts and runs with the following command: python ./mining_proxy.py -o ltc-stratum.kattare.com -p 3333 -pa scrypt Proxy starts fine. Run Minerd (U/P removed): minerd -a scrypt -r 1 -s 6…
Dustin
  • 143
  • 2
  • 4
2
votes
1 answer

Create a new receiving address in the behalf of another wallet?

I want to create an API service that will trigger my local wallet to generate new account with receive address and return that address to a user. User => API => my_local_wallet => API => User The user will have this address and will be able to…
Dor Bar
  • 141
  • 8
2
votes
2 answers

How to run Bitcoin Core behind corporate proxy?

I'm want to run Bitcoin Core client on TestNet and I need to config it for using under corporate proxy. Since I'm using Squid to set proxy for my system I should set "localhost:3128" somewhere... but bitcoin-qt options seems to have only SOCK5 proxy…
smartmouse
  • 165
  • 7
2
votes
1 answer

How does Transaction Remote Release work?

How exactly does TRR (Transaction Remote Release) work? What are the similarities (and differences) with the way TOR works?
shx2
  • 803
  • 1
  • 8
  • 14
2
votes
1 answer

Alternative to run Bitcoin over Tor

I know running Bitcoin over Tor isn't a good idea: Bitcoin over Tor isn’t a good idea. My question is: there are any alternative to hide the IP to the network safely? Using a proxy, if you don't full control / trust it I guess a similar attack can…
Felipe
  • 1,688
  • 3
  • 19
  • 31
2
votes
0 answers

What do I tell my company IT dept so they allow my bitcoin core container to connect to other nodes

I work for a corporation therefore work behind a corporate firewall. I login to their vpn then I access company resources like mails, IMs etc. As a internal team project, I'm trying to setup a btc full node on a k8s platform. I created a local…
kdas
  • 131
  • 2
1
vote
1 answer

Would proxying a lightning hot-wallet with a lightning cold-wallet make the hot-wallet safer?

(Edit: I realize how Mt.Gox-y the below setup sounds, but I'm coming at it from a "lightning routing problem perspective", not necessarily a straight "bitcoin security perspective"...though...those two things overlap quite a bit.) The setup/problem:…
ijdh89
  • 21
  • 3
1
vote
1 answer

Having trouble with a new wallet

Not sure if this is the right place to post because it is not specifically bitcoin, but it is crypto, and I need the help of someone a bit more tech-savvy than myself... I have just downloaded the wallet for a new cryptocurrency, and it was working…
user70948
  • 11
  • 1
1
vote
0 answers

running a full node on a network restricted to outbound connections on port 80 via proxy

Wanted to know if there is any way i can run a full node on a machine in a restricted LAN that can not exit outbound packets except to a specific proxy on port 80 ? (an answer requiring to use an additional special server to forward packets that…
thedrs
  • 319
  • 2
  • 11
1
vote
0 answers

Does CGminer work with Network miners?

I have the black cube miners that work via cat5/network and have yet to be able to connect them to cgminer. I have looked all over the internet and haven't found anything about how to do it. So my question is can CGMiner connect to network…
Caiapfas
  • 21
  • 1
  • 3
1
vote
1 answer

How can I get CGMiner to connect to mining_proxy.exe

I'm trying to get my CGMiner to connect to my mining_proxy.exe which I have my network ASICminers running through. I have tried these (below) in every combination I could think of, local ip, 127.0.0.1, local host, connecting directly to eclipse. you…
Caiapfas
  • 21
  • 1
  • 3
1
2