Set Up Bitcoin on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - VincentSaelzler/HomeLab GitHub Wiki

Ubuntu Installer

Screenshots would have been nice here, but basically went with defaults. Notable config details are below.

Users

• un: adminvince (Administrator Vincent)

Partitioning

• Use LVM; accept all defaults

Packages

• No automatic updates (don't want changes because working on the BlockChainBenchmark project)
• Metapackages: OpenSSH Server and standard system utilities.

Install Bitcoin

Well that was easy.

adminvince@bitcoin0:~$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin
adminvince@bitcoin0:~$ sudo apt update
adminvince@bitcoin0:~$ sudo apt install bitcoind

Create Non-Root User to Use Bitcoin

Now there will be two accounts; vince and adminvince. This increases security, because vince doesn't have sudo access.

adminvince@bitcoin0:~$ sudo adduser vince
FN: Vincent
LN: Saelzler

Start Bitcoin, then Test It

Logged in as the unprivileged user now.

Start

vince@bitcoin0:~$ bitcoind -daemon -disablewallet
Bitcoin server starting

To see debugging output, use screen, and do not use the -daemon flag

Wait a few minutes, then test

vince@bitcoin0:~$ bitcoin-cli getblockcount
228832

Configure Router to Forward Ports via NAT

Follow Directions on Configuring NAT on pfSense with port 8333.

To test, use the bitnodes page to confirm that the outside world can access your node.