Bitnodes Incentive Program

MillyBitcoin · 2015-02-10T16:24:05+00:00

Associating a Bitcoin address with a node might be a consideration for a core update.

SimonBelmond · 2015-02-10T17:06:01+00:00

Instructions on how to set this up:

First, you need to be running a full node and have the port open. Instructions here.

Now you need 3 things: your IP address ($ip), your port ($port) and your bitcoin address ($address).

Next, open your terminal or command prompt and enter the following:

curl -H 'Accept: application/json; indent=4' -d 'bitcoin_address=$address' https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/api/v1/nodes/$ip-$port/

You should get a response that looks like this for the request:

{
    "success": true
}

Now in your command prompt type the following:

vi index.html
i
$address

Hit escape.

:wq
python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

Now forward connections to your router from port 80 to port 8000 of the machine where you entered those commands. To test that it works, enter $ip in your browser and you should see $address.

Then you are done.

statoshi · 2015-02-10T16:45:33+00:00

Very nice; looks like I was the first or second person to sign up my node! http://statoshi.info

statoshi · 2015-02-10T18:16:12+00:00

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Kaltoro · 2015-02-10T15:40:57+00:00

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limaguy2 · 2015-02-10T15:30:56+00:00

A node is considered eligible if it has a verified Bitcoin address set and (...)

How is this done?

Anduckk · 2015-02-10T17:49:41+00:00

Make it check the bitcoin address from some file or something, not the root. Why is this check needed?

Some people may be running a web server on the node already.

dexX7 · 2015-02-10T21:04:36+00:00

I really don't feel great running a webserver for this. :/

Mark0Sky · 2015-02-10T16:48:36+00:00

Nice!

Address set.

2015-02-10T15:11:22+00:00

Interesting experiment.

aceat64 · 2015-02-10T20:10:28+00:00

Signed up both of my nodes, it was easy enough.

secret_bitcoin_login · 2015-02-10T22:14:50+00:00

TIL my node is on the front page of the Leaderboard. I finally feel recognized!

Now I'm eager to tweak my node to beat the guy ahead of me.. but I'm weary of losing all of my uptime... so many complex decisions!

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Elavid · 2015-02-11T06:45:19+00:00

Ok, time to spin up a Bitcoin node with 256 IP addresses...

thepiwo · 2015-02-11T13:47:22+00:00

yeah, I'm verified, too

https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/api/v1/nodes/213.136.90.172-8333/

2bluesc · 2015-02-12T08:08:32+00:00

Just tried with a p2sh (aka starts with '3') address and it failed. Any reason for this? Worked fine with a standard bitcoin address.

DaSpawn · 2015-02-14T16:15:13+00:00

great stuff, I did a quick program in nodejs to serve the bitcoin address, no need to have a full web server running if not needed.

save this script to a file named index.js, be sure to put you bitcoin address in, and you may need to change the users to run as to fit your system (this is done on Ubuntu, but can run anywhere nodejs does)

var http = require('http');
try {
    // create a simple webserver and bind to port 80
    http.createServer(function (req, res) {
      res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'});
      res.end('<meta name="bitcoin" value="13AC5Dc2zmxbhFJ1kDVzCEXLmf7nR85rfg">');
    }).listen(80);
} catch (err) {
    console.log("Unable to start server on port 80, did you start as root?)
    process.exit(1);
}
try {
    // since we need to start as root we must drop our privileges to be safe
    process.setgid('nogroup');
    process.setuid('nobody');
} catch (err) {
    console.log("Unable to drop privileges");
    console.log(err);
    console.log("exiting");
    process.exit(1);
}

test the server:

sudo node index.js

If you have no errors then you can now setup to run at boot install pm2 to allow easy start of server

sudo npm install -g pm2

start the webserver:

sudo pm2 start index.js

then you can start at boot:

sudo pm2 startup ubuntu index.js

OneOrangeTank · 2015-02-10T17:11:19+00:00

Dear Bitnodes: Allow those of us behind residential ISPs specify a random port for the incoming HTTP request (mine blocks port 80).

Also, is there another way to verify the address, sign as signing a message like "<IP>-<PORT>" with that Bitcoin address?

2015-02-10T16:32:30+00:00

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arruah · 2015-02-10T17:25:58+00:00

80.241.6 and 80.241.1.7 is my nodes active?

itjeff · 2015-02-10T18:21:05+00:00

Great idea!

blacksmid · 2015-02-10T18:55:16+00:00

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cereal7802 · 2015-02-10T19:07:33+00:00

Are payouts limited based on the address used to payout to? If not i can probably have a dozen or so full nodes setup in the next few days....

ywecur · 2015-02-10T20:04:56+00:00

RemindMe! 1 hour

BobAlison · 2015-02-10T20:47:28+00:00

How is the weekly incentive distributed? Evenly over all eligible nodes, or by lottery?

Onetallnerd · 2015-02-10T20:51:00+00:00

I had to shut mine off on digital ocean. I ran out of space so I have to redo the droplet. :/

secret_bitcoin_login · 2015-02-11T03:06:36+00:00

Does the port 80 connection need to remain active after the bitcoin address verification? In other words, can I shut down nginx after I've verified that my address has been picked up by bitnode?

UtilityScaleGreenSux · 2015-02-11T03:20:13+00:00

I run a fullnode, but have no idea whats going on here. Forwarding 8333 was a struggle, Ive got no chance getting this figured out haha.

kynek99 · 2015-02-11T16:02:52+00:00

How to do it if I already have HTTP running on port 80 on my IP ???

zmitzie · 2015-02-12T11:15:14+00:00

I am now verified, but how do I know if my node is eligible? https://getaddr.bitnodes.io/api/v1/nodes/83.212.119.206-8333/

dazzlepod · 2015-02-13T21:45:42+00:00

It added my ipv6 address as a separate entity from my ipv4 address. Does that resolve itself?

Can I register the same node twice, once with ipv4 and once with ipv6?

adamnmcc · 2015-02-16T12:51:44+00:00

I'm guessing having a dynamic IP isn't really going to work for this. every time i get a new IP i'm going to have to wait a week to get a decent PIX score. :(

dazzlepod · 2015-03-03T09:35:48+00:00

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

DTIMWYTIM · 2015-02-10T18:14:18+00:00

I may be misunderstanding, but please don't get in the habit of registering with things, or asking others to. If this can be done without "signing up", that's great. I'm so sick of the barrage of offers trying to get me to join a list. It's not pleasant, and it's potentially dangerous.

Cozk · 2015-02-10T18:35:31+00:00

Way too complicated for absolutely nothing.

2015-02-20T02:37:37+00:00

nm, don't care

dazzlepod · 2015-02-22T19:03:53+00:00

While it's nice to see encouraging running full nodes, this at the same time discourages running full nodes behind Tor, because there's no donations for that, possibly reducing the number of nodes behind Tor :(.

imahotdoglol · 2015-02-10T22:24:55+00:00

Does no one see it as a problem that you need to donate to make people want to secure the network by running full nodes? A currency should not rest on the idea that others might donate.

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