Getting Started

Getting Started

Preparation

We recommend building on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (64-bit)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install autoconf cmake git vim libbz2-dev libdb++-dev libdb-dev
libssl-dev openssl libreadline-dev libtool libcurl4-openssl-dev libboost-all-dev

Building the source

cmake -DBUILD_PROCESS_ENCRYPTION=NO .  
make  

After Building, the witness_node can be launched with:

./programs/witness_node/witness_node  

The node will automatically create a data directory including a config file. It may take several hours to fully synchronize the blockchain. After syncing, you can exit the node using Ctrl+C and setup the command-line wallet by editing witness_node_data_dir/config.ini as follows:

rpc-endpoint = 127.0.0.1:8090  

notice：Please note that currently(2019-11-19) a full node will need more than 160GB of RAM to operate and required memory is growing fast. Consider the following table as minimal requirements before running a node:

Default	Full	Minimal	ElasticSearch
100G HDD, 16G RAM	640G SSD, 64G RAM *	80G HDD, 4G RAM	500G SSD, 32G RAM

After starting the witness node again, in a separate terminal you can run:

./programs/cli_wallet/cli_wallet  

Set your inital password:

>>> set_password <PASSWORD>  
>>> unlock <PASSWORD>  

To import your initial balance:

>>> import_balance <ACCOUNT NAME> [<WIF_KEY>] true  

If you send private keys over this connection, rpc-endpoint should be bound to localhost for security.
Use help to see all available wallet commands. Source definition and listing of all commands is available here