Re: [qubes-users] Anyone gotten bitcoind to install via snapcraft on an AppVM?

2020-03-05 Thread tetrahedra via qubes-users
On Tue, Mar 03, 2020 at 11:17:53AM +, qubenix wrote: That's true, but using a pruned bitcoind will limit its usefulness as a backend for other software (eg. electrum servers, block explorers). You may be able to use it for a specific purpose (eg. joinmarket), but the point of my guides is

Re: [qubes-users] Anyone gotten bitcoind to install via snapcraft on an AppVM?

2020-03-03 Thread qubenix
tetrahedra via qubes-users: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 03:18:30PM +, tetrahedra via qubes-users wrote: >> Current best solution for running bitcoind on an AppVM: >> Download the binaries, run bitcoind as `user` > > For future reference, the current Bitcoin-on-Qubes howtos appear to be > here:

Re: [qubes-users] Anyone gotten bitcoind to install via snapcraft on an AppVM?

2020-03-03 Thread tetrahedra via qubes-users
On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 03:18:30PM +, tetrahedra via qubes-users wrote: Current best solution for running bitcoind on an AppVM: Download the binaries, run bitcoind as `user` For future reference, the current Bitcoin-on-Qubes howtos appear to be here:

[qubes-users] Anyone gotten bitcoind to install via snapcraft on an AppVM?

2020-02-27 Thread tetrahedra via qubes-users
Current best solution for running bitcoind on an AppVM: Download the binaries, run bitcoind as `user` Disadvantages: - bitcoind runs as the main VM user, no isolation - no automatic updates of bitcoind - no systemd service file, have to hack something together with `rc.local` to get bitcoind