Run a node on Windows

Environment: Windows 10

Download the latest version of the software

download link: https://github.com/starcoinorg/starcoin/releases/latest

Create a new directory and extract the compressed file

The newly created directory should not contain spaces and special characters.

In addition, prepare a data directory;

The completed result is as follows:

Run a node

show help

Enter the decompressed "starcoin-artifacts" directory, enter cmd in the address bar and press Enter (there should be starcoin.exe in the directory), and enter the following command at the command prompt:

Hint:

• If there is a pop-up window prompting permission after running the command, please allow it;

• After the tutorial, enter the cmd window. If no special instructions are given, it will be entered in the decompressed directory;

starcoin.exe -h

This command is to view the help. The first line will return the software version. The screenshot of the command is as follows:

Run

After running the following command, do not close the window. To execute other commands, please open a new cmd window.

Hint:

• ^ at the end of each line: indicates that the command is not over and requires a newline;

• --net main: The network to start, the main network is main, and the test network is barnard;

• --miner-thread: The number of mining threads, which can be adjusted appropriately. If no mining is required, it can be set to 0;

• --node-name: node name, optional;

• --data-dir: Data storage directory, where C:\starcoin\node\data is the data directory created in the second step, which can be modified according to the situation;

• --stratum-address 0.0.0.0 --stratum-port 9880: start the mining pool function;

starcoin.exe --net main ^
    --disable-metrics true ^
    --miner-thread 0 ^
    --node-name starcoin-main ^
    --data-dir C:\starcoin\node\data ^
    --logger-disable-file true ^
    --stratum-address 0.0.0.0 --stratum-port 9880

Screenshot below:

Export account and private key

Connect to the Starcoin console

Prerequisite: Node is running

Connect to the console and see that starcoin% is returned at the end, which means that you have successfully reached the console:

starcoin.exe -c \\.\pipe\starcoin\main\starcoin.ipc console

View account and export private key

Prerequisite: Connecting the Starcoin console

View the default account:

account default

Export the private key of the default account:

account export 0x8b79fdf7bd004b72ea4bd83289429455

As shown in the figure below, the account and private key (private key) are exported, and the private key must be saved! ! !

Check account balance

account show 0x8b79fdf7bd004b72ea4bd83289429455

Exit the console

Command:

$ exit

Block Explorer

Website: https://stcscan.io