Nmap bitcoin-info NSE Script


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Script Overview

Script source code: https://github.com/nmap/nmap/tree/master/scripts/bitcoin-info.nse
Script categories: discovery, safe
Target service / protocol: bitcoin, tcp
Target network port(s): 8333
List of CVEs: -

Script Description

The bitcoin-info.nse script extracts version and node information from a Bitcoin server

Bitcoin-info NSE Script Arguments

The bitcoin-info.nse script does not have any arguments.

Bitcoin-info NSE Script Example Usage

Here's an example of how to use the bitcoin-info.nse script:

nmap -p 8333 --script bitcoin-info <ip>

Bitcoin-info NSE Script Example Output

Here's a sample output from the bitcoin-info.nse script:

PORT     STATE SERVICE
8333/tcp open  bitcoin
| bitcoin-info:
|   Timestamp: 2018-03-09T06:25:49
|   Network: main
|   Version: 0.7.0
|   Node Id: 26855fa1ac038c12
|   Lastblock: 512702
|_  User Agent: /Satoshi:0.14.2/

Bitcoin-info NSE Script Example XML Output

There is no sample XML output for this module. However, by providing the -oX <file> option, Nmap will produce a XML output and save it in the file.xml file.

Author

  • Patrik Karlsson

References

See Also

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The bitcoin-info.nse script may fail with the following error messages. Check for the possible causes by using the code snippets highlighted below found in the script source code. This can often times help in identifying the root cause of the problem.

Failed to connect to server

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Failed to connect to server" error message:

48:	
49:	  local bcoin = bitcoin.Helper:new(host, port, { timeout = 10000 })
50:	  local status = bcoin:connect()
51:	
52:	  if ( not(status) ) then
53:	    return fail("Failed to connect to server")
54:	  end
55:	
56:	  local request_time = os.time()
57:	  local status, ver = bcoin:exchVersion()
58:	  if ( not(status) ) then

Failed to extract version information

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Failed to extract version information" error message:

54:	  end
55:	
56:	  local request_time = os.time()
57:	  local status, ver = bcoin:exchVersion()
58:	  if ( not(status) ) then
59:	    return fail("Failed to extract version information")
60:	  end
61:	  bcoin:close()
62:	  datetime.record_skew(host, ver.timestamp, request_time)
63:	
64:	  local result = stdnse.output_table()

Version

This page has been created based on Nmap version 7.92.

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