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Setup Lotus Devnet using the CLI
Node 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. No configuration is needed.
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 block height along with other network metrics at the https://lotus-metrics.kittyhawk.wtf/chain.
Basics
Create a new address:
$ lotus wallet new bls
t3...
Grab some funds from faucet - go to https://lotus-faucet.kittyhawk.wtf/, paste the address you just created, and 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 node isn't fully synced or 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 Client to make a deal with a 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>
For example \$ lotus client deal bafkre...qvtjsi t0111 36000 12 proposes a deal to store 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 miners, and more, check out the monitoring dashboard at https://lotus-metrics.kittyhawk.wtf.