<p>I currently have a bitcoind version:80500 running on a VPS. I am interested in using it to only verify transactions for me much the same way blockchain.info  does.</p>

<p>Is it possible to run bitcoind to do this? I guess the best analogy to this would be acting as a leecher. Or does it always act as an active node passing transactions etc?</p>

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2013-12-09T05:55:19.467Z
This might not be quite what you want. but what about checking out electrum?
Joe White
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2013-12-09T07:52:21.277Z
There's no way of configuring a node not to relay transactions, as it would be detrimental to the network. You would need to heavily modify `bitcoind` to manage this, and there's not a huge reason for you to ever want to. What do you think you will achieve by not relaying anthing? It's not what you or the network wants.
Anonymous
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2013-12-09T08:48:37.940Z
The reason being, to save on bandwidth and cpu cycles
robbywashere
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2013-12-09T10:26:08.120Z
How much CPU and bandwidth is it using right now, then?
us2012
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2013-12-09T10:35:30.123Z
Relaying transactions takes no effort at all really, and if you're not listening then nobody will sync from you and take up large amounts of bandwidth. The CPU impact of `bitcoind` once synchronised is negligible.
Anonymous
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2013-12-09T10:39:25.443Z
Im guessing that the relaying of transactions is done from incoming to outgoing transactions is that correct? Just as a thought exercise: is it possible to simply observe the blockchain without participating in its transactions?
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Acting as a passive node rather than an active one using bitcoind
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# Acting as a passive node rather than an active one using bitcoind

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-12-09)

I currently have a bitcoind version:80500 running on a VPS. I am interested in using it to only verify transactions for me much the same way blockchain.info does.

Is it possible to run bitcoind to do this? I guess the best analogy to this would be acting as a leecher. Or does it always act as an active node passing transactions etc?

**Tags:** bitcoind, blockchain.info, server, nodes

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This might not be quite what you want. but what about checking out electrum?  
> **username_2**: There's no way of configuring a node not to relay transactions, as it would be detrimental to the network. You would need to heavily modify `bitcoind` to manage this, and there's not a huge reason for you to ever want to. What do you think you will achieve by not relaying anthing? It's not what you or the network wants.  
> **username_0**: The reason being, to save on bandwidth and cpu cycles  
> **username_3**: How much CPU and bandwidth is it using right now, then?  
> **username_2**: Relaying transactions takes no effort at all really, and if you're not listening then nobody will sync from you and take up large amounts of bandwidth. The CPU impact of `bitcoind` once synchronised is negligible.  
> **username_0**: Im guessing that the relaying of transactions is done from incoming to outgoing transactions is that correct? Just as a thought exercise: is it possible to simply observe the blockchain without participating in its transactions?  

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