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where to start as new user?


twister stats

bandwidth

keep in mind: the values here also depend on: your connection speed, your activity level (how often you use twister; do you write much; ...), the amount of people you subscribed to, your peer amount, ...

date download
(in Mb)
upload
(in Mb)
per hour avg. download
(in Mb)
per hour avg. upload
(in Mb)
duration
(in h)
twisterd version using Tor Tor total download
(in MB)
Tor total upload
(in MB)
per hour:
Tor total download
(in MB)
per hour:
Tor total upload
(in MB)
open circuits
(Tor)
average packaged
cell fullness
(Tor)
TLS write overhead
(Tor)
comment
2015-07-26 293 331 16.3 18.4 18 0.9.29 yes 1670 1450 92.8 80.6 381 9.522% 5% @erkan[1]
2015-07-25 183 202 15.3 16.8 12 0.9.29 yes 1100 951.57 91.7 79.3 408 8.479% 5% @erkan[2]
2015-07-25 85.5 93 14.3 15.5 6 0.9.29 yes 534.36 465.21 89.1 77.5 383 7.515% 5% @erkan[3]
2015-02-22 1071.2 1132.5 46.6 49.2 23 0.9.28 no @vegos
2015-02-22 216.7 266.2 18.1 22.2 12 0.9.28 yes 1230 1030 102.5 85.8 271 13.756% 5% @erkan
2015-02-21 37.6 43.9 15 17.6 2.5 0.9.28 yes @erkan
2015-02-21 58.8 69.9 16.8 20 3.5 0.9.28 yes @erkan
2015-02-20 99 113 16.5 18.8 6 0.9.28 yes 551 504 91.8 84 337 9.753% 5% @erkan
2015-02-20 15214 16870 52 58 292 @kas
2015-02-21 573.7 679.2 43.1 51.1 13.3 0.9.28 no @vegos (after 4.75h)
2015-02-17 6.8 8 9 11 0.75 0.9.28 yes @erkan
2014-09-24 12 0.9.25 yes 979 937 81.6 78.1 175 15.083% 5% @erkan
2014-09-22 6 0.9.25 yes 623 480 103.8 80 287 14.415% 5% @erkan
2014-07-20 6 0.9.22 yes 450 432 75 72 258 15.830% 9% @erkan
 
avg. 25.3 29.7 75 78.7
median 15 20 75 80
  • background info: start of data collection
  • to provide results to here:
    • read the values from your network page, or:
    • type the command:
      • ./twisterd getinfo
      • and get these 2 values:
        • "total_download" : 15746369,
          "total_upload" : 18423142,

blockchain related

date total blocks
in blockchain
increase size on HD avg. blocks
per day
comment
2014-01-12 18972
2014-03-21 30000 +58% 159
2014-05-12 36256 +20.8% 120
2014-05-15 16:16 CEST 36715 +1.2%
2014-05-28 11:52 CEST 38589 +5.1% 144
2014-06-10 16:11 CEST 39814 +3.2% 94
2014-06-12 15:08 39924 28M
2014-06-23 13:22 40957 +2.9% 29M 88 based on July 10
2014-07-07 08:29 43126 +5.2% 29M 154
2014-07-14 12:07 44475
2014-09-22 13:20 54711 +23% 140
2014-11-19 17:40 62636 +14% 137
2015-01-18 11:15 70208 +12% 126
2015-02-17 74699 +6.4% 178
2015-05-07 85767 +14.8% 140
2015-07-24 97052 +13.2% 144.7
2015-08-21 100000
2016-02-19 125213

mining difficulty

date mining
difficulty
comment
2014-05-06 mining difficulty has more than halved
2014-05-10 0.01118688
2014-05-12 0.02161356 +93%
2014-05-28 0.02223713 +2.9%
2014-06-21 0.01372503
2014-07-03 0.01285243
2014-07-14 0.01684926
2014-09-22 0.01827808
2014-11-19 0.01642583
2015-01-18 0.0310178
2015-02-17 0.01836594
  • important: one doesn't need to mine to participate in twister

accounts

date registered accounts avg. per day comment
2014-04-22 49k+
2014-06-12 12:10 50936
2014-06-17 09:54 50962
2014-06-23 13:26 51036 9 based on July 12
2014-06-30 09:44 51212 25
2015-02-17 07:10 76592
2015-08-30 80120

peers, DHT

date known peers
(in last 30 days)
avg: new peers per day
(since last time)
active DHT nodes from user comment
2014-01-13 768 erkan_yilmaz
2014-04-06 11:34 6000 63 hedgehog
2014-05-06 8:23 6929 31 51 erkan_yilmaz
2014-05-10 11:22 8147 112 kseistrup
2014-05-11 18:02 >7800 174 erkan_yilmaz
2014-05-16 12:40 8008 42 erkan_yilmaz kseistrup (at 13:14): 8363 peers
2014-06-06 11:19 8948 47 53 erkan_yilmaz
2014-06-10 15:25 9121 43 47 erkan_yilmaz
2014-06-17 09:59 9189 10 45 erkan_yilmaz
2014-06-20 17:08 127 tmpkas
2014-06-23 13:30 9358 28 50 erkan_yilmaz
2014-06-29 10:19 9655 50 48 erkan_yilmaz freakshow (10:13): 86 DHT
2014-07-04 22:17 9872 52 erkan_yilmaz kseisrup (22:17): 9991 peers
2014-07-14 12:07 10093 10 erkan_yilmaz

Please keep in mind:

  • the peers/DHT nodes is dependent on the twister user's conditions. So, the numbers can vary from user to user. But I'll list them here as a general idea for you
  • IPs of users vary regularly/in certain periods of time

versions

date twisterd version comment
2014-01-31 0.9.13
2014-02-20 0.9.16
2014-02-23 0.9.18
2014-02-26 0.9.19
2014-04-06 0.9.20
2014-06-03 0.9.21
2014-07-02 0.9.22
2014-07-17 0.9.23 [1]
2014-07-19 0.9.24 global dht traffic seems too high
2014-08-19 0.9.25
2014-09-27 0.9.26 [2]
2015-04-10 0.9.29
2015-08-01 0.9.30
2015-08-18 0.9.31
2015-12 0.9.34

me on twister

  • my twister ID: erkan_yilmaz
  • promoted messages
    • by me:
      • block 35632, hash = c61759f166e4caff982d56697cf20293e11ad9f8ed81d296da084beab3f4e5c5
      • block 35665, hash = bce373eae80dcb068d1f5b71a10eb50f184856bf7f19d674f7bac8855c1f64f3
      • block 35723, hash = fd05f53819d7eee0bd05cf4ff51a30aa8d0357a5a033bc2213a8688dbfc32c37
      • block 35827, hash = 9a1b6bee471d90d3a240b072c3afbe391f6a1a29116bd56cc129aef590364c4a
      • block 35893, hash = 6fd3413e5f5e3b9f4ef0767e3a7fe8058977cfa1b4330e6941eb26679f3b25e5
      • block 36088, hash = 49e9e14b646fa7323786c3afed83b483de6fa568db1aa654981e05da880e7021
      • block 36136, hash = ccd5febfc2e2811609377252710a5336d958921fa74186391ececf22f26031d3
      • block 36210, hash = 18d8beec9b4aeaff95806ad665e65956f563ce9629255037772964c8231345cf
      • block 97303, hash = afb20f40aa00d74f7b1910f96d14a96070fa4944fcecc98d154526fb7ceefb73
      • block 99356, hash = 652a3ae2d4c33df0f527fd5ab2fcb842c8d5adb78e7c9d9bb2228286b80dde29
      • block 99362, hash = 094dc9f08579a6a358af2cdf7154947db0dfd6ab59d806ea602ff6856dc9d41c
    • generating blocks helps to make twister secure
      (increases the security of the network as a whole to ensure that usernames are kept safe (not forged/replaced))
    • but: you don't need to mine to participate in twister
    • also: only one promoted message is shown in your stream
      • if you want to see them all you can go there over the menu (switch to promoted posts)

upgrading

  • You can install/upgrade twisterd also via package manager, see here

twister-core

The steps below assume:

  • you have twister-core already installed
  • via git
  • on a Debian based system




Let's start:
1. go to the dir where your twisterd executable is located:

cd twister-core

2. update your source with:

git pull

3. execute:

make clean

4. execute:

./autotool.sh
./configure
(e.g. normally the command above will do all for you. In case there are problems: e.g. if you are running a 32-bit-system use this or similar line: "./configure --with-boost-libdir=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu")
make

5. also update the theme you use (see twister-html below):

e.g. besides the standard theme, twister-html includes also NIN + calm theme


notes:

  • you could also leave out step 3 ("make clean") + the whole process should be faster
    • but: I tend to compile normally all fresh, just in case

twister-html

The steps below assume:

1. go to your twister-html dir, e.g. for me this is:

cd /home/USER/.twister/html/

2. update

git pull

3. that was all :-)

notes

  1. Jump up another session, but again ca. 23 connections (21 of 'em active DHT nodes)
  2. Jump up 23 connections (21 of 'em active DHT nodes)
  3. Jump up 22 connections (20 of 'em active DHT nodes)

see also

in this wiki

external

articles by twister users
  • This is an incomplete list of twister users writing about twister
  • Please add more
    • when you know a missing one
    • translate an existing one
  • You can find articles from the press here.
title date language twister user comment
Twister - dezentrales, unzensierbares und vertrauliches Microblogging 2016-02 German @hasecke
Twister: децентралізований мікроблогінг на базі Bitcoin 2015-09 Ukranian @lifescale
Twister - The Bitcoin of Twitter 2015-08 English @drklrohm
Engellenemeyen Twitter, Twister nedir? 2015-08 Turkish @randalgraves
comment your retwist 2015-08 English @tasty
#twisterP2P: l’essayer et puis l’adopter 2015-05 French @myleneb
Essayer #twisterP2P sans se casser les noisettes 2015-05 French @myleneb
Building a better Twitter: a study of rstat.us, Twister, Quitter, and GNU social 2015-04 English @robertwgehl
The Distributed Hash Table: Twister's Second Layer 2015-02 English @black_puppydog
A Note on Twister Transactions 2015-01 English @black_puppydog
Twister als Alternative zu Twitter 2015-01 German @vegos
howto: twister on RaspberryPi English @efecto99, @eisos, @maxigas, @minitrue, @tess
my Twister experience 2014-06 English @erkan_yilmaz
twister 2014-05 Turkish @kusburnu
Twister теперь действительно работает на Windows 2014-02 Russian @shift
Twister: Стала доступна Windows версия 2014-01 Russian @shift
Twister: Децентрализованный, P2P аналог Twitter'a 2014-01 Russian @shift