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Create new CT

General

• CT ID: I keep these sequential and mappable to their LAN ip (e.g.: CT ID 201 -> 19.2.168.1.201)
• Hostname: what Proxmox will call it (e.g. "bitcoind")
• Password: VM's root password

Template

Use the standard Debian 12 template. If you haven't already downloaded it:

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Create a Bitcoin Core Node CT in Proxmox

Create the CT:

• Debian 12 image
• 4GB system disk in local-lvm
• 6GB RAM, 0 swap

Add a data disk mount point

In the CT's "Resources" > "Add" > "Mount point":

• Storage: "Directory" disk from above

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[
  {
    "mnemonic": "initial tilt corn easily leave weather strategy return topple gesture sad day",
    "coin_type": 1,  // testnet
    "payment_addr": "tsp1qqfvn9pmvmz0ewpnp7w302lxqmnue2kgtpne2p38nuunun883sw36yq48ny7n2jl0nx9ljhmdnrgvpee6aufmg9wfvqfcr6c02at6r4u4xsegph7a",
    "scanning_pubkey": "tpubDGKfZBg8TCWpqcESqPXfCpNxVwHcsDEH1cfGFrQR4ZTGJwtTDveKWvkyZjbMg95W68bbPeDwHj3YY6xZaRvpDMt7noL6GjvstTKwqQqjzfe",
    "signing_privkey": "tprv8k426VmqsFqWYycmJQxDqzFN9iaz15uB5k1vtWtgTCb5oWzWEGJFE1VnKjZFzomKiszEFBgrMLRixhqy5iBVY4gCn2UbU7TimV22mMWqMT2",
  },
  {
    "mnemonic": "tongue vanish post gentle fever figure kangaroo select infant blur phrase relief",

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Keith's Proxmox Notes

Basic Debian 12 CT instances

Guides to creating specific instances as CTs:

• Bitcoin Core
• Fulcrum
• mempool
• Liquid node

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How to generate vanity seed fingerprints, bitcoin addresses, and txids

Note: This is all just for educational / fun purposes. Do not use this code to generate a real seed that you intend to store real value on!!

Setup

Create a python3 virtualenv and install the one dependency:

pip install embit

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from binascii import a2b_base64, unhexlify
from copy import deepcopy
from io import BytesIO

from embit.networks import NETWORKS
from embit.psbt import PSBT, OutputScope

# one input, one external recipient + change
psbt_base64 = "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"
psbt = PSBT.parse(a2b_base64(psbt_base64))

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Create a mempool.space instance in Proxmox

Assumes you've already set up a bitcoind and Fulcrum instance.

Create the CT

• Debian 12 image
• 4 CPU cores
• 8GB disk in local-lvm
• 4096 MB RAM, 0 MB swap

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Create a Liquid Node CT in Proxmox

Create the CT:

• Debian 12 image
• 1GB system disk in local-lvm
• 8GB RAM, 0 swap

Add a data disk mount point

In the CT's "Resources" > "Add" > "Mount point":

• Storage: "Directory" disk from above

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Create a Fulcrum CT in Proxmox

Existing Proxmox resources:

• Separate data drive set up as a "Directory" disk

Create the CT

• Debian 12 image
• 1GB disk in local-lvm
• 8192 MB RAM (8GB), 0 MB swap

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Creating an Unchained Vault using SeedSigner

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Create two new keys via SeedSigner

Standard seed creation via dice, picking bip39 words, or image entropy