All Questions
13 questions
44
votes
1
answer
34k
views
What are ipc and rpc?
The question is quite simple , I have only basic Idea of RPC but none of IPC.
AFAIK, if I connect to ethereum node via ipc then the my geth should be running on same machine. and If I connect via ...
- 8,076
14
votes
3
answers
5k
views
Can Mist be attached to a Geth node on a different computer over HTTP RPC?
I gather that Mist will automatically look for Geth on a local machine via IPC to save it maintaining its own blockchain. Is it possible to tell it to look for an instance of Geth on another machine ...
- 143
10
votes
1
answer
2k
views
How can non-javascript applications communicate with Ethereum nodes?
Web3 implements the Ethereum JSON-RPC spec and seems to be the preferred method for communicating between a javascript applications and the Ethereum node. However there are situations where you might ...
- 3,423
5
votes
3
answers
10k
views
connecting geth to web3.js 1.0 via websockets or HTTP
I am building a minimal nodeJS application that should connect via web3.js to my geth node. I am following the official web3.js1.0 documentation and I am using web3 1.0.0-beta.29.
I do manage to ...
- 8,784
5
votes
3
answers
3k
views
Subscription sample using websockets or IPC?
So I was using the web3 API from the NodeJS 'web3' module very happily and it works very well (it uses HTTP transport AFAIU). But now I want to receive events from the server (without polling), and ...
- 1,949
4
votes
6
answers
2k
views
Is there any software apart from Geth and Mist that offers the Javascript console? I want to use the console but I don't want to do all that syncing
Is there any software apart from Geth and Mist that offers the Javascript console? I want to use the console but I don't want to do all that syncing.
Parity does not have a console as far as I know ...
- 1,322
4
votes
2
answers
462
views
How can I make an account in Ruby without using JSON-RPC?
I'd like to build an application with rails. I want to make an account through Ruby. I got the advice that, in order to make an account, I should not use JSON-RPC for security. Instead I should use ...
- 2,357
3
votes
3
answers
4k
views
How do I connect IPC with Parity?
I'm running Parity in warp mode on Mac OSX:
parity --warp --rpcapi "web3,eth,personal"
Then I open a new terminal and run:
node
Web3 = require("Web3")
web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers....
2
votes
1
answer
647
views
How to configure truffle network with IPC provider?
How can I define in truffle the ipc connection to the node? Currently I am using in truffle.js host/port fields, which are used to create a HttpProvider.
module.exports = {
networks: {
dev: {
...
- 7,539
2
votes
1
answer
322
views
Remix IDE Desktop + Geth node as test network
I'm trying to connect the Remix Desktop client to my local Geth node. as usual i added:
geth --rpc --rpccorsdomain https://remix.ethereum.org
while starting up the node. This obviously only works ...
2
votes
0
answers
747
views
How to check token transactions with geth
I'm new to smart contracts, my apologies if this is a wrong approach.
I want to monitor incoming (confirmed, not caring about pending) token transactions to my wallet (using geth). I found out how to ...
- 21
1
vote
1
answer
280
views
Parity IPC direct connect
Before Parity I used Geth, and made requests like:
echo '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_getBlockByNumber","params":["latest", false],"id":1}' | nc -NU geth.ipc
and It worked!
In Parity v2.7.2 and ...
- 63
0
votes
2
answers
2k
views
Sending Transactions via RPC or IPC?
Recently i'm trying to comunicate to a private Ethereum blockchain via RPC/IPC to create a Transaction but what i'm seeing is that i cannot do it via RPC because:
- i Always need to unlock my account ...
user32065