Support the network

Become a public peer

Assist newcomers in discovering other peers by open following ports (source):

Required ports

The following ports are required to be reachable for twister seeders:

  • 28333 - TCP, must be open for blockchain sync operations, supports UPnP
    • please note that this port is random by default, you should run twisterd with -port=28333 to make it permanent!

Optional ports

  • 29333 - TCP + UDP, must be open for WS/DHT operations, supports UPnP
    • this port is related to the value of port 28333 and its final value is implemented as 28333 + 1000 (LIBTORRENT_PORT_OFFSET)
  • 4433 - DHT-over-SSL, see ssl_listen manual for libtorrent
  • 4434 - same as port 4433, but used to listen on the IPv6 interface when IPv4 one is not disabled (e.g. by the -bind option)
  • 20000+ outbound - twisterd will open outgoing connections on a number of ephemeral ports to manage both blockchain sync and DHT operations, supports UPnP
sudo ufw allow PORT_NUMBER

important

  • use -public_server_mode argument on twisterd startup to limit JSON-RPC execution to public/safe commands only (implementation, note)
  • TCP / UDP ports are random by default; use also -port=PORT_NUMBER on twisterd startup to make it static

Mine blocks

Mine blocks and promote your services! This operation aims to store network meta-information on the blockchain.

note

  • twister ecosystem does not have an internal currency or market cost, the mining process is intended solely to store infrastructure data
  • in contrast to regular publications distributed via the DHT, the mining process allows your promotional message to be permanently saved on the twister blockchain
  • see also twisterad - CLI tool to rotate multiple twister ads on a single worker
Generated at: 2025.05