Join DevNet

Setup

If you have run Lotus before and want to remove all previous data: rm -rf ~/.lotus ~/.lotusstorage

Genesis & Bootstrap

The current Lotus build will automatically join the Lotus DevNet using the genesis and bootstrap files in the build/ directory using a default configuration.

Start Daemon

$ lotus daemon

In another window check that you are connected to the network:

$ lotus net peers | wc -l
2 # number of peers

Wait for the chain to finish syncing:

$ lotus sync wait

You can view latest chain block height along with other network metrics at the chain block height explorer.

Basics

Create a new address:

$ lotus wallet new bls
t3...

Visit the faucet
Paste the address you created
Press Send.

Check the wallet balance (balance is listed in attoFIL, where 1 attoFIL = 10^-18 FIL):

$ lotus wallet balance [optional address (t3...)]

If you see an error like actor not found after executing this command, it means that either:

Your Lotus Node isn't fully synced
There are no transactions to this address yet on chain.

If the latter, using the faucet should fix this.

Make a deal

It is possible for a Lotus Node Client to make a deal with a Lotus Storage Miner on the same Lotus Node.

# List all miners in the system. Choose one to make a deal with.

$ lotus state list-miners

# List asks proposed by a miner

$ lotus client query-ask <miner>

# Propose a deal with a miner. Price is in attoFIL/byte/block. Duration is # of blocks.

$ lotus client deal <Data CID> <miner> <price> <duration>

Here is an example of what could happen

$ lotus client deal bafkre...qvtjsi t0111 36000 12 proposes a deal to store Data CID bafkre...qvtjsi with miner t0111 at price 36000 for a duration of 12 blocks. If successful, the client deal command will return a Deal CID.

Monitoring Dashboard

To see the latest network activity, including chain block height, blocktime, total network power, largest block producer miner, check out the monitoring dashboard.

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