↳ Running an Astor Node (~30 Minutes)

To use the Astor network, you need to download a node. To install the node, complete the following steps:

git clone https://github.com/antsankov/parity-ethereum.git cd parity-ethereum && git checkout sha3 curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh && source $HOME/.cargo/env (Linux) sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libudev-dev cmake clang cargo build ./target/debug/parity --chain astor.json --author 0x061feb73A68127AE3772d322f4F54a5c691F5876 --jsonrpc-hosts all --jsonrpc-interface all --jsonrpc-cors '*'

If you plan on mining, change the --author flag to the address you want to receive the ether to. For Windows, we recommend either installing a Ubuntu virtual machine or using the Windows Linux Subsystem . Astor .exe coming soon.

To confirm you are fully synced see screenshot below:

↳ Analytics Websocket (~5 Minutes)

This is an optional service that will share your node statistics stats.astor.host . Make sure node is running first before starting the websocket.

git clone https://github.com/antsankov/eth-net-intelligence-api.git && cd eth-net-intelligence-api (Linux) sudo apt-get install -y nodejs npm && ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node npm install WS_SECRET=asdf WS_SERVER=https://rpc.astor.host/ INSTANCE_NAME="**MY_NAME**" npm run start

↳ Running a Keccak256 Miner (~5 Minutes)

To mine on the network, you will need to install a miner. A miner connects directly to the node. We have created a CPU toy miner in Python. In the future, we will be working on an open source GPU version as well. Please consult our resources if you are interested in optimizing Keccak256 miners.

git clone https://github.com/antsankov/ethereum-cpu-miner.git && cd ethereum-cpu-miner (on Linux) sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y python3.6 python3-pip libssl-dev pip3 install -r requirements.txt python3.6 miner.py http://127.0.0.1:8545 -n 1000000000000000000000000000000

The -n be the number of blocks you want to mine on the testnet.

↳ Transacting on the Astor Network

Install Nifty Wallet Setup the wallet and Connect Nifty Wallet to http://localhost:8545 If you are unable to run a local node, you can also select as a network https://rpc.astor.host/node With Nifty wallet you can send or recieve aETC, and deploy contracts via Remix There is also an Astor Block explorer which you can use to analyze transactions.

↳ Analytics Web Server (Unnecessary - Only run if you need your own network stats page)

Only necessary if you would like to run your own network status webpage. This allows you to run your own stats.astor.host .