How to create your own cryptocurrency - Revision history

QuintonP: /* Getting access via SSH */

2019-01-14T04:43:43Z

‎Getting access via SSH

QuintonP: /* Creating a Mining Pool */

2019-01-04T18:52:18Z

‎Creating a Mining Pool

QuintonP: /* Pool Configuration */

2018-09-13T19:21:20Z

‎Pool Configuration

QuintonP: /* Customizing your website */

2018-09-03T16:56:13Z

‎Customizing your website

QuintonP: /* Customizing your website */

2018-09-03T16:55:55Z

‎Customizing your website

QuintonP: /* Customizing your website */

2018-09-03T16:51:08Z

‎Customizing your website

QuintonP: /* Start Simple Wallet */

2018-09-03T16:50:02Z

‎Start Simple Wallet

QuintonP: /* Pool Configuration */

2018-09-03T16:49:33Z

‎Pool Configuration

QuintonP: /* Create Pool Instance */

2018-09-03T16:41:59Z

‎Create Pool Instance

QuintonP: /* Create Pool Instance */

2018-09-03T16:41:05Z

‎Create Pool Instance

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 === Getting access via SSH ===
 * You can use the "Connect using SSH" button from the connect section if you'd rather not mess around with keys, [[SSH]] apps, etc.  But I found the [[Lightsail]] SSH more difficult to use.
-* To use the OS/X Terminal interface, you will need to download your [[private key]] from the connect section of your instance because we will use that to login.  Open Terminal, go do the directory where the private key is stored, and then use a command like this, but customized using your lightsail location and IP Address.
+* To use the OS/X [[Terminal]] interface, you will need to download your [[private key]] from the connect section of your instance because we will use that to login.  Open [[Terminal]], go do the directory where the private key is stored, and then use a command like this, but customized using your lightsail location and IP Address.
 <code>ssh -i ./LightsailDefaultPrivateKey-us-west-2.pem ec2-user@<<IP address>></code>

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	== Creating a [[Mining Pool]] ==		== Creating a [[Mining Pool]] ==
−	~~Setting a mining pool is similar to setting up one of your seed nodes. For the pool, we will be using a $10 / month instance on [https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ Amazon Lightsail].~~	+	Now that you have created your own cryptocurrency and can then [[create a mining pool for your new coin]].
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−	~~=== Create Pool Instance ===~~
−	* Click on the "Create Instance" button.
−	~~[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-09-03_at_11.12.28_AM.png\|500px]]~~
−	* Select "OS Only", choose Ubuntu and name your instance something meaningful.
−	~~[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-09-03_at_11.12.47_AM.png\|500px]]~~
−	* Click on the instance for your pool and create a static IP for it.
−	* Open the following ports under networking:
−	~~[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-09-03_at_11.18.35_AM.png\|500px]]~~
−
−	~~=== Install Dependancies ===~~
−	~~<code>sudo apt-get install aptitude </code>~~
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−	~~<code>sudo aptitude update</code>~~
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−	<code>sudo aptitude install –with-recommends build-essential autotools-dev autoconf automake libcurl3 libcurl4-gnutls-dev git make cmake libssl-dev pkg-config libevent-dev libunbound-dev libminiupnpc-dev doxygen supervisor jq libboost-all-dev htop</code>
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−	~~<code>apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev autoconf pkg-config libssl-dev </code>~~
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−	~~<code>apt-get install libboost-all-dev git npm nodejs nodejs-legacy libminiupnpc-dev redis-server</code>~~
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−	~~<code>add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin</code>~~
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−	~~<code>apt-get update</code>~~
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−	~~<code>apt-get install libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev</code>~~
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−	~~<code>curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.31.0/install.sh -o install_nvm.sh</code>~~
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−	~~<code>bash install_nvm.sh</code>~~
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−	* After npm is installed you ~~will~~ have ~~to log out and then back into~~ your ~~instance~~ and ~~continue installing dependancies.~~
−
−	~~<code>source ~/.profile</code>~~
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−	~~<code>nvm install 0.10.48</code>~~
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−	~~<code>nvm use 0.10.48</code>~~
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−	~~<code>nvm alias default 0.10.48</code>~~
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−	~~<code>nvm use default</code>~~
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−	* Install Apache2 for hosting the front end.
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−	~~<code>sudo apt-get update</code>~~
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−	~~<code>sudo apt-get install apache2</code>~~
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−	* Adjust firewall to allow Apache full.
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−	~~<code>sudo ufw app list</code>~~
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−	~~<code>sudo ufw allow 'Apache Full'</code>~~
−
−	~~=== Install Forknote ===~~
−	*Download the Linux CLI version of Forknote from the [http://forknote.net/download/ Forknote download page]. You can ~~use wget from the command line like so:~~
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−	~~<code>wget https://github.com/forknote/forknote/releases/download/2.1.2/forknote-linux.tar.gz</code>~~
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−	*Extract the archive.
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−	~~<code>tar -xzf forknote-linux.tar.gz</code>~~
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−	*Change into the forknote-linux directory:
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−	~~<code>cd forknote-linux</code>~~
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−	* Copy your config file into 'sweetonium.conf'
−	~~<code>nano sweetonium.conf</code>~~
−
−	~~=== Start Forknoted ===~~
−	~~<code>./forknote-linux/forknoted --no-console --log-level 4 --config-file ./sweetonium.conf --log-file ./sweetonium.log > /dev/null &</code>~~
−
−	~~=== Start Simplewallet ===~~
−	* Create a new wallet and make note of the wallet address and view key.
−	~~<code>./simplewallet --config-file ./sweetonium.conf</code>~~
−
−	* Type 'exit' and run the following code
−	~~<code>./simplewallet --config-file ./sweetonium.conf --wallet-file <wallet_name> --password <wallet_password> --rpc-bind-port 57577</code>~~
−
−	~~=== Setup and install pool software ===~~
−	~~<code>git clone https://github.com/forknote/cryptonote-universal-pool.git pool</code>~~
−
−	~~<code>cd pool</code>~~
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−	~~<code>npm update</code>~~
−
−	~~=== Pool Configuration ===~~
−	* Copy config_example.json to config.json
−	~~<code>cp config_example.json config.json</code>~~
−	* Edit config.json to match your coin's configuration
−	~~This is important! Damon port must equal your rpc-bind-port and wallet port must equal the port you started simplewallet with. You can leave the API port alone.~~
−	[[~~File:Screen_Shot_2018-09-03_at_12.12.26_PM.png\|500px]]~~
−
−	~~=== Start Pool ===~~
−	~~<code>node init.js</code>~~
−
−	~~=== Host the front end ===~~
−	~~To host the front end we will need to copy everything in the website directory into the html directory~~
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−	~~<code>sudo cp -rf admin.html config.js custom.css custom.js index.html pages/ themes/ /var/www/html</code>~~
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−	~~You can see your website by looking up your pool's IP address in~~ a ~~browser~~
−
−	~~=== Customizing your website ===~~
−	* Go into the html directory and edit config.js with your pool's IP
−	~~<code> cd /var/www/html</code>~~
−
−	~~<code>sudo nano config.js</code>~~
−
−	~~[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-09-03_at_12.26.19_PM.png\|500px]]~~
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−	* Go into index.html to change the name of your mining pool
−	~~<code>sudo nano index.html</code>~~
−
−	~~[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-09-03_at_12.52.22_PM.png\|500px]]~~
−
−	~~Optional~~
−	* Edit custom.css to create your own pool's style
−	* Edit custom.js for ~~changing the functionality of~~ your ~~pool's website~~
−
−	~~This is an example of what your website can look like:~~
−
−	~~[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-08-30_at_8.42.09_PM_copy.png\|500px~~]]

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 * Copy config_example.json to config.json
 <code>cp config_example.json config.json</code>
-* Exit config.json to match your coin
+* Edit config.json to match your coin's configuration
 This is important! Damon port must equal your rpc-bind-port and wallet port must equal the port you started simplewallet with. You can leave the API port alone.
 [[File:Screen_Shot_2018-09-03_at_12.12.26_PM.png|500px]]

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	This is an example of what your website can look like:		This is an example of what your website can look like:
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	[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-08-30_at_8.42.09_PM_copy.png\|500px]]		[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-08-30_at_8.42.09_PM_copy.png\|500px]]

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 * Go into index.html to change the name of your mining pool
 <code>sudo nano index.html</code>
 Optional
 * Edit custom.css to create your own pool's style
 * Edit custom.js for changing the functionality of your pool's website

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	<code>sudo nano config.js</code>		<code>sudo nano config.js</code>
		+
		+	[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-09-03_at_12.26.19_PM.png\|500px]]

	* Go into index.html to change the name of your mining pool		* Go into index.html to change the name of your mining pool

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 <code>./forknote-linux/forknoted --no-console --log-level 4 --config-file ./sweetonium.conf --log-file ./sweetonium.log > /dev/null &</code>
-=== Start Simple Wallet ===
+=== Start Simplewallet ===
 * Create a new wallet and make note of the wallet address and view key.
 <code>./simplewallet --config-file ./sweetonium.conf</code>

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 * Click on the instance for your pool and create a static IP for it.
 * Open the following ports under networking:
 === Install Dependancies ===

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 === Create Pool Instance ===
 * Click on the "Create Instance" button.
 * Select "OS Only", choose Ubuntu and name your instance something meaningful.
-[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-09-03_at_11.12.28_AM.png|500px]]
+[[File:Screen_Shot_2018-09-03_at_11.12.47_AM.png|500px]]
 * Click on the instance for your pool and create a static IP for it.
 * Open the following ports under networking: