Support #889
Updated by Daniel Curtis about 7 years ago
This is a guide for setting up and mining bitcoin on FreeBSD 10. This is not a comprehensive guide and is meant for educational purposes. YMMV h2. Prepare the Environment * Make sure the system is up to date: <pre> pkg update && pkg upgrade </pre> * Install sudo: <pre> pkg install sudo </pre> * Create a bitcoin user and group: <pre> pw add group bitcoin pw add user -n bitcoin -g bitcoin -s /sbin/nologin -c "Bitcoin" </pre> h2. Install Bitcoin Daemon * Install bitcoin-daemon: <pre> pkg install bitcoin-daemon bitcoin-utils </pre> * Create a basic bitcoin config file: <pre> vi /usr/local/etc/bitcoin.conf </pre> #* And set the following parameters: <pre> rpcuser=bitcoinrpc rpcpassword=SuperSecretPassword rpcallowip=127.0.0.1 rpcport=2300 daemon=1 server=1 gen=0 </pre> * Create the bitcoin data directory: <pre> mkdir /var/db/bitcoind chown bitcoin:bitcoin /var/db/bitcoind </pre> * Start and enable the server at boot: <pre> echo 'bitcoind_user="bitcoin"' >> /etc/rc.conf echo 'bitcoind_group="bitcoin"' >> /etc/rc.conf echo 'bitcoind_data="/var/db/bitcoind"' >> /etc/rc.conf echo 'bitcoind_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf service bitcoind start </pre> h3. h3 Useful Commands bitcoin-cli commands * Get blockchain and network stats <pre> sudo -u bitcoin bitcoin-cli -conf=/usr/local/etc/bitcoin.conf getblockchaininfo sudo -u bitcoin bitcoin-cli -conf=/usr/local/etc/bitcoin.conf getnetworkinfo sudo -u bitcoin bitcoin-cli -conf=/usr/local/etc/bitcoin.conf getnettotals </pre> * Create a new bitcoin address and retrieve the address: <pre> sudo -u bitcoin bitcoin-cli -conf=/usr/local/etc/bitcoin.conf getnewaddress "MyBitcoin" sudo -u bitcoin bitcoin-cli -conf=/usr/local/etc/bitcoin.conf getaccountaddress "MyBitcoin" </pre> * Get wallet info: <pre> sudo -u bitcoin bitcoin-cli -conf=/usr/local/etc/bitcoin.conf getwalletinfo </pre> * Get help: <pre> sudo -u bitcoin bitcoin-cli -conf=/usr/local/etc/bitcoin.conf help </pre> *NOTE*: To ensure you *DO NOT* lose your wallet, make sure to keep a backup of *@/var/db/bitcoind/wallet.dat@* in a safe and secure location. * Get the blockchain size used on disk: <pre> du -ch /var/db/bitcoind/blocks/ </pre> * Check the blockchain download progress: <pre> tail -f /var/db/bitcoind/debug.log </pre> h2. Install Bitcoin GUI Client * *NOTE*: This is an optional step used in a graphical environment. * Install bitcoin: <pre> pkg install bitcoin </pre> h2. Resources * https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin * https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/contrib/debian/examples/bitcoin.conf * https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#other-linux-distributions * https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#network-configuration * https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/34amqa/freenas_full_node/