avalanchego

README

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Official node implementation of the Avalanche network - a blockchains platform with high throughput, and blazing fast transactions.

Installation

Avalanche is an incredibly lightweight protocol, so the minimum computer requirements are quite modest.

• Hardware: 2 GHz or faster CPU, 4 GB RAM, 20 GB hard disk.
• OS: Ubuntu >= 18.04 or Mac OS X >= Catalina.
• Software: Go version >= 1.15.5 and set up $GOPATH.
• Network: IPv4 or IPv6 network connection, with an open public port.

Native Install

Clone the AvalancheGo repository:

go get -v -d github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/...
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego

Building the Avalanche Executable

Build Avalanche using the build script:

./scripts/build.sh

The Avalanche binary, named avalanchego, is in the build directory.

Docker Install

Make sure docker is installed on the machine - so commands like docker run etc. are available.

Building the docker image of latest avalanchego branch can be done by running:

./scripts/build_image.sh

To check the built image, run:

docker image ls

The image should be tagged as avaplatform/avalanchego:xxxxxxxx, where xxxxxxxx is the shortened commit of the Avalanche source it was built from. To run the avalanche node, run:

docker run -ti -p 9650:9650 -p 9651:9651 avaplatform/avalanchego:xxxxxxxx /avalanchego/build/avalanchego

Running Avalanche

Connecting to Mainnet

To connect to the Avalanche Mainnet, run:

./build/avalanchego

You should see some pretty ASCII art and log messages.

You can use Ctrl+C to kill the node.

Connecting to Fuji

To connect to the Fuji Testnet, run:

./build/avalanchego --network-id=fuji

Creating a Local Testnet

To create a single node testnet, run:

./build/avalanchego --network-id=local --staking-enabled=false --snow-sample-size=1 --snow-quorum-size=1

This launches an Avalanche network with one node.