Requirements for Connecting Public Testnet
Faraday is public testnet of Tokamak Network operated by Onther.
Same as all tokamak child chain, only operator can mine blocks in Faraday testent. This guide explains how to setup user node connected to the testnet.
You can take either way of below to setup user node.
System Update and Install Required Packages
Setup compilement environment with following command.
~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install tar wget make git build-essential -y
Set Golang Environment
Run following command in order.
Install Go compiler at /usr/local/ by running following command.
~$ wget https://dl.google.com/go/go1.13.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
~$ tar -xvf go1.13.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
~$ sudo mv go /usr/local
Make a directory for GOPATH, set envrionment variables.
~$ export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
~$ mkdir -p $HOME/plasma
~$ export GOPATH=$HOME/plasma
~$ export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$GOROOT/bin:$PATH
We recommend to register environment variables to ~/.profile file, in order to keep this setting permanently.
# ~/.profile
....
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/plasma
export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$GOROOT/bin:$PATH
Get Endpoint URL of RootChain Node
For running user node, you need to access to RootChain. There are many ways, but we recommend to use testnet node address served by Infura
If you do not have Infura account, sign up in infura.io.
Generate Rinkeby RootChain Address
Login to Infura, and click "CREATE NEW PROJECT" of Dashboard to create new project.
Configure RootChain address as below.
wss://rinkeby.infura.io/ws/v3/[PROJECT ID]
Ex) wss://rinkeby.infura.io/ws/v3/07b1363d79a94e30af61da848ecfa194
If you already have your own node of Rinkeby testnet, you can use it instead of Infura.