Run a node for BlockX network

Pre-requisites:

Go version 1.18 Ubuntu 22.04 Make GCC

Pre-requisite step

Install Golang:

Install latest go version https://golang.org/doc/install

wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/canha/golang-tools-install-script/master/goinstall.sh | bash -s -- --version 1.18
source ~/.profile

To verify that Golang installed

go version

It should return go version go1.18 linux/amd64

Install Make to compile the code

sudo apt install make

Install GCC in case GCC is not yet installed

sudo apt-get install gcc

Compile the code

make install

This will create a blockxd file in the /root/go/bin directory

Run a Node

To run a node, edit the init.sh file and change the Moniker name to whatever you want your node to be named.

chmod +x init.sh
./init.sh

How to add blockxd path for it to be accessible system-wide

In the example below, blockxd is in /root/go/bin

export PATH=/root/go/bin:$PATH
source ~/.bashrc

How to add a key

blockxd keys add <your key name> --keyring-backend file --algo eth_secp256k1
# e.g.  blockxd keys add mykey --keyring-backend file --algo eth_secp256k1

It will prompt you to create a keyring passphrase, make sure you remember it as you're going to need this for every transactions. After entering the passphrase, it will give you your address together with a recovery phrase, make sure to have a copy of it. You can use this passphrase to import your key/wallet to another wallet like Metamask.

How to become a validator using Ubuntu 22.04

Make sure to request for some BCX tokens first from the BCX Team. You will have a receiving address once you created a key from the previous instruction. Open the validator.sh file and change the values there depending on your preference

chmod +x validator.sh
./validator.sh