Community Servers

Libbitcoin community servers are provided for privately posting transactions (in that transactions can be securely sent to the server(s) where they are then broadcast to the p2p network) in order to escape origination monitoring. Running your own server is otherwise preferred. However feel free to use the community servers for development, test or even in production. The hosts provide no assurance regarding the stability or privacy of these free services.

Default server aliases mainnet.libbitcoin.net and testnet.libbitcoin.net are maintained for general use. An attempt is made to redirect these as necessary to minimize down time. The mainnet alias is configured as the Bitcoin Explorer (BX) default.

mainnet

[mainnet1]

Hosted by thecodefactory.

ip address:           72.65.246.83
dns address:          mainnet1.libbitcoin.net
tor address (public): wqj6xgmjvd3ffxbtpfi2ovvn4wvxgm45sp2aqmir6zhggnvegbdorjid.onion:9091
tor address (secure): zu2v5kd4ekkrobid6kaga6bfly4yziqoa4o3bo4wpysrnxbf2iclwlqd.onion:9081
public key:           WrOzx:DPxBh)R$vL9JEUuclRVx5swjN+v^Xak3VM
query ports:          9091/9081 (public/secure)
heartbeat ports:      9092/9082 (public/secure)
block publish ports:  9093/9083 (public/secure)
tx publish ports:     9094/9084 (public/secure)
bitcoin p2p port:     8333
donation address:     bc1qvl687lnspdeqpnc4fp8jgjjgdwgczd95n7f322

[mainnet2]

Hosted by thecodefactory.

ip address:           72.65.246.84
dns address:          mainnet2.libbitcoin.net
tor address (public): sqax52n5enkw4dsj.onion:9091
public key:           }[YQ:ks:iKd0F1!ycPgj:4CVzfV-=jsF}x&%ff=/
query ports:          9091/9081
heartbeat ports:      9092/9082
block publish ports:  9093/9083
tx publish ports:     9094/9084
bitcoin p2p port:     8333
donation address:     bc1qvl687lnspdeqpnc4fp8jgjjgdwgczd95n7f322

testnet

testnet1

Hosted by thecodefactory.

ip address:           72.65.246.83
dns address:          testnet1.libbitcoin.net
tor address:          4zubdzxdpxrss5rv.onion
public key:           WrOzx:DPxBh)R$vL9JEUuclRVx5swjN+v^Xak3VM
query ports:          19091/19081
heartbeat ports:      19092/19082
block publish ports:  19093/19083
tx publish ports:     19094/19084
bitcoin p2p port:     18333
donation address:     bc1qvl687lnspdeqpnc4fp8jgjjgdwgczd95n7f322

testnet2

Hosted by thecodefactory.

ip address:           72.65.246.84
dns address:          testnet2.libbitcoin.net
tor address:          rmrai2ifbed2bf55.onion
public key:           M>dfC.16SBU&O9hA@rUWP:k]>DF=xTJ73Iw}HE0g
query ports:          19091/19081
heartbeat ports:      19092/19082
block publish ports:  19093/19083
tx publish ports:     19094/19084
bitcoin p2p port:     18333
donation address:     bc1qvl687lnspdeqpnc4fp8jgjjgdwgczd95n7f322

Server Status

The current server status may be verified using the following set of commands.

bx fetch-height tcp://mainnet1.libbitcoin.net:9091
bx fetch-height tcp://mainnet2.libbitcoin.net:9091
bx fetch-height tcp://mainnet1.libbitcoin.net:9081 'WrOzx:DPxBh)R$vL9JEUuclRVx5swjN+v^Xak3VM'
bx fetch-height tcp://mainnet2.libbitcoin.net:9081 '}[YQ:ks:iKd0F1!ycPgj:4CVzfV-=jsF}x&%ff=/'

bx fetch-height tcp://testnet1.libbitcoin.net:19091
bx fetch-height tcp://testnet2.libbitcoin.net:19091
bx fetch-height tcp://testnet1.libbitcoin.net:19081 'WrOzx:DPxBh)R$vL9JEUuclRVx5swjN+v^Xak3VM'
bx fetch-height tcp://testnet2.libbitcoin.net:19081 'M>dfC.16SBU&O9hA@rUWP:k]>DF=xTJ73Iw}HE0g'

Privacy

The community servers may be used to post a transaction (or a block) to the network privately (i.e. using Tor). Posting data to your own server (even if using Tor) can result in loss of privacy. Each item posted to, or queried from, a public server should utilize an independent Tor channel. Otherwise the items posted and/or queried on the same channel may be correlated to each other by the server. It is unnecessary to use public servers for private query (i.e. you can use your own server).

The bitcoin peer-to-peer (P2P) protocol is a public network of public information. It is unsafe to access via Tor. It should also not be used to query for wallet transaction information, including via Bloom Filters, or to post transactions (or blocks) if privacy is desired. Additionally, encrypting P2P connections does not anonymize either queried or posted information.