Prepare a full node for ETHW
1. Setup
1.1 Recommended Hardware Requirements
A fast CPU with 4+ cores
16GB+ of RAM
At least 2 TB space of fast SSD drive
25 MBit/s bandwith
1.2 ETHW source code
The golang implementation of the ETHW protocol is at GitHub https://github.com/ethereumpow/go-ethereum
Download the code and build it
git clone https://github.com/ethereumpow/go-ethereum.git
cd go-ethereum
make2. Prepare
The ethw fork need to prepare the data before Ethereum total terminal difficulty(TTD) was reached. There are several ways to prepare chinadata:
2.1 Download the prepared data
The following commands were run at ubuntu 22.04 LTS platform. The downloaded file is about1.1T. You can download the file chaindata_15509444.tar.lz4 via BT network or HTTP.
BT is recommeded download method since the p2p network provides better downlaod speed.
2.1.1 Download data file
Install download tool packages
The file can be download by BT transmission:
or download from magnet:
or download from http
After download is finished, verify download file
2.1.2 Decompress and unpack the files
2.1.3 Verify chaindata in a stand-alone network(optional)
2.2 sync the chaindata from Ethereum network
Also, you can do a full sync from ethereum network to get the chinadata before ETHW fork(It could take one week or two weeks).
Stop the sync before total terminal difficulty(TTD) 58,750,000,000,000,000,000,000 is reached.
3. Run
To run a fullnode, execute this command after ETHW fork
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