Mining

1. Mining by Command Line Configuration

Initialize

First of all, initialize the node:

$ cd ./cmd/bytomd
$ ./bytomd init --chain_id mainnet

There are three options for the flag --chain_id:

• mainnet: connect to the mainnet.
• testnet: connect to the testnet wisdom.
• solonet: standalone mode.

After that, you'll see config.toml generated, then launch the node.

launch and mining

$ ./bytomd node --mining

2. Minning by Api Configuration

API Endpoint

Default JSON-RPC endpoints:

Client	URL
Go	http://localhost:9888

A complete request example via curl:

set-mining

Start up node mining.

Parameters

Object:

• Boolean - is_mining, whether the node is mining.

Example

// Request
curl -X POST set-mining -d '{"is_mining": true}'

// Result

Dashboard

You can see the mining result in dashboard.

Access the dashboard:

$ open http://localhost:9888/