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+rem ethermint compile on windows
+rem install golang , gcc, sed for windows
+rem 1. install msys2 : https://www.msys2.org/
+rem 2. pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
+rem    pacman -S sed
+rem    pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-jq
+rem 3. add path C:\msys64\mingw64\bin  
+rem             C:\msys64\usr\bin
+
+set KEY="mykey"
+set CHAINID="ethermint-2"
+set MONIKER="localtestnet"
+set KEYRING="test"
+set KEYALGO="eth_secp256k1"
+set LOGLEVEL="info"
+# to trace evm
+#TRACE="--trace"
+set TRACE=""
+set HOME=%USERPROFILE%\.ethermintd
+echo %HOME%
+set ETHCONFIG=%HOME%\config\config.toml
+set GENESIS=%HOME%\config\genesis.json
+set TMPGENESIS=%HOME%\config\tmp_genesis.json
+
+@echo build binary
+go build .\cmd\ethermintd
+
+
+@echo clear home folder
+del /s /q %HOME%
+
+ethermintd config keyring-backend %KEYRING%
+ethermintd config chain-id %CHAINID%
+
+ethermintd keys add %KEY% --keyring-backend %KEYRING% --algo %KEYALGO%
+
+rem Set moniker and chain-id for Ethermint (Moniker can be anything, chain-id must be an integer)
+ethermintd init %MONIKER% --chain-id %CHAINID% 
+
+rem Change parameter token denominations to aphoton
+cat %GENESIS% | jq ".app_state[\"staking\"][\"params\"][\"bond_denom\"]=\"aphoton\""   >   %TMPGENESIS% && move %TMPGENESIS% %GENESIS%
+cat %GENESIS% | jq ".app_state[\"crisis\"][\"constant_fee\"][\"denom\"]=\"aphoton\"" > %TMPGENESIS% && move %TMPGENESIS% %GENESIS%
+cat %GENESIS% | jq ".app_state[\"gov\"][\"deposit_params\"][\"min_deposit\"][0][\"denom\"]=\"aphoton\"" > %TMPGENESIS% && move %TMPGENESIS% %GENESIS%
+cat %GENESIS% | jq ".app_state[\"mint\"][\"params\"][\"mint_denom\"]=\"aphoton\"" > %TMPGENESIS% && move %TMPGENESIS% %GENESIS%
+
+rem increase block time (?)
+cat %GENESIS% | jq ".consensus_params[\"block\"][\"time_iota_ms\"]=\"30000\"" > %TMPGENESIS% && move %TMPGENESIS% %GENESIS%
+
+rem gas limit in genesis
+cat %GENESIS% | jq ".consensus_params[\"block\"][\"max_gas\"]=\"10000000\"" > %TMPGENESIS% && move %TMPGENESIS% %GENESIS%
+
+rem setup
+sed -i "s/create_empty_blocks = true/create_empty_blocks = false/g" %ETHCONFIG%
+
+rem Allocate genesis accounts (cosmos formatted addresses)
+ethermintd add-genesis-account %KEY% 100000000000000000000000000aphoton --keyring-backend %KEYRING%
+
+rem Sign genesis transaction
+ethermintd gentx %KEY% 1000000000000000000000aphoton --keyring-backend %KEYRING% --chain-id %CHAINID%
+
+rem Collect genesis tx
+ethermintd collect-gentxs
+
+rem Run this to ensure everything worked and that the genesis file is setup correctly
+ethermintd validate-genesis
+
+
+
+rem Start the node (remove the --pruning=nothing flag if historical queries are not needed)
+ethermintd start --pruning=nothing %TRACE% --log_level %LOGLEVEL% --minimum-gas-prices=0.0001aphoton
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