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Setup Process

First, this introduction assumes that you have a working CX installation, installed from the CX sources. If you do not, then first, follow the instructions in the sources on how to do that.

NOTE: At the current early stage, you need to run this on Linux, since the CX blockchain has not been tested on Windows or MacOS X.

After you have a working CX, perform the following steps:

• Update your CX repository:

$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/skycoin/cx
$ git pull origin develop

• Recompile with make build
• Run cx --generate-address and write down the result.
• Replace the fields blockchain_pubkey_str and genesis_address_str in ./fiber.toml with the values generated by cx --generate-address (public_key and address, respectively)
• Run

cx --blockchain --heap-initial 100 --stack-size 100 \
    --secret-key $SECRET_KEY \
    --public-key $PUBLIC_KEY \
    ./examples/blockchain/counter-bc.cx

• Write down the blockchain's genesis signature that is shown at the bottom. CX will update fiber.toml's genesis_signature_str field with your new genesis signature.
• Start a publisher node (use the data obtained from running the previous commands; you can create bash variables that hold these values for convenience):

cx --publisher --genesis-address $GENESIS_ADDRESS \
   --genesis-signature $GENESIS_SIGNATURE \
   --secret-key $SECRET_KEY \
   --public-key $PUBLIC_KEY

• Run a peer node (for now, it MUST use port 6001):

cx --peer --genesis-address $GENESIS_ADDRESS \
   --port 6001 \
   --genesis-signature $GENESIS_SIGNATURE \
   --public-key $PUBLIC_KEY

• Create a wallet (for now you need to use this seed. This will be changed ASAP):

cx --create-wallet --wallet-seed "museum nothing practice weird wheel dignity economy attend mask recipe minor dress"

• Restart your peer node by pressing Ctrl-C to stop the peer node process, and then run again this:

cx --peer --genesis-address $GENESIS_ADDRESS \
   --port 6001 \
   --genesis-signature $GENESIS_SIGNATURE \
   --public-key $PUBLIC_KEY

• You can test a transaction (without broadcasting the new program state) with:

cx --transaction examples/blockchain/counter-txn.cx

• And you can broadcast it with:

cx --secret-key $SECRET_KEY --broadcast examples/blockchain/counter-txn.cx