How to Run a Bitcoin Classic Node on Synology Disk Stations in Just 3 Steps
In the most recent version of Synology Disk Station manager DSM 5.2 they have added support for Docker. Docker makes it super easy for anyone with a Synology Disk Station to run a full Bitcoin Classic node. This excellent tool allows several customizations that make your Disk Station much more powerful while still simple to use. This addition of Docker....
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There are plenty of opportunities for users looking to run a full Bitcoin Node. Technological advancements make even the tiniest of hardware powerful enough to read the entire blockchain and process Bitcoin transactions. A recent post on the Bitcoin.com forums shows how one can even run a Bitcoin Node on Synology Disk Station. Needless to say, more Bitcoin nodes are always welcome. Synology Disk Station As a Bitcoin Node. It doesn’t take much to transform existing technology into something that can be used for Bitcoin Node purposes. As long as the device has internet connection....
Since its launch, Bitcoin Classic's node count has steadily increased. The latest release of the alternative Bitcoin implementation even topped the charts, with almost 3,000 Bitcoin Classic 0.12 nodes reachable on the network. But a closer look at these statistics reveal some odd details. First, IP-data suggests that many Bitcoin Classic nodes might not really be many Bitcoin Classic nodes at all. Instead, a single node could use multiple IP addresses to spoof total node count. This possibility appears more likely in light of the observation that very few Bitcoin Classic nodes seem to be....
Bitcoin Classic has fallen under siege recently to DDoS attacks that are targeting anyone running a Bitcoin Classic node on their server. One of Bitcoin.com’s servers was DDoSed with 591 Mbps and was shut down by the ISP for a period of four hours in order to prevent problems for other customers. The attack was the result of a DNS amplifier attack, which....
Bitcoin exchange Coinbase will now include Bitcoin Classic as a means to block confirmation by running Bitcoin Classic nodes. The news was revealed by CEO Brian Armstrong following the fork’s announcement of a new code that pushes for doubling the blocksize to 2MB. In a Twitter post today, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong revealed that the bitcoin exchange will now integrate Bitcoin classic nodes. Armstrong also pushed for adoption of Bitcoin Classic among users via his personal Twitter account, calling the effort as a means to “help Bitcoin scale.” The announcement via a tweet came with....
Hacking into NAS (network attached storage) devices commonly used on home networks a hijacker has managed to mine about $200,000 in Dogecoin at current market rates (1000 Doge = $0.35). NAS boxes manufactured by Synology where targeted to create a botnet of infected devices. The combined computing power of the storage servers was directed at a private pool which was mining Dogecoin. The hijacker generated approximately 500 million Dogecoin between Janurary and April through which users of the Synology NAS boxes reported poor performance on their devices and high CPU usage reading even when....