Setting up a local simnet
Learn how to run your own local "simnet" node.
Make sure you have the required hardware and dependencies installed. Follow this guide if you haven't already.
For local development and testing, we can configure a local "simnet", or a fake network on our local computer.
cargo run --bin melsimnet -- create -s 1. -s 2. -s 3. -s 4.
Running this command will generate several (4 in this case) files and scripts to run the staker nodes in your custom local network. This means that staker 1 will have voting power equivalent to 1 SYM and staker 2 will have 2 SYM, etc.
Let's go through what this all means:
- 1.
run-staker-*.sh- run an individual staker node - 2.
run-all.sh- run all of the staker nodes on a custom local network - 3.
staker-*.yaml*- defines the config for an individual staker node (explained below) - 4.
genesis.yaml- defines the genesis config for the custom local network (explained below)
After running some (or all) of the nodes, you'll be able to interact with the nodes via wallet client/daemon, melscan, even direct HTTP calls.
This is only needed to start our own custom network,
melnode accepts a YAML config file similar to the following:network: custom02 # anything from custom02..custom08
# specifies the "initial stash" of money in the genesis block
init_coindata:
# what address gets the initial supply of money
covhash: t5xw3qvzvfezkb748d3zt929zkbt7szgt6jr3zfxxnewj1rtajpjx0
# how many units (in millionths)
value: 1000000
# denomination
denom: MEL
# additional data in the UTXO, as a hex string
additional_data: ""
# specifies all the stakers with consensus power.
# we need to specify ourselves in order to produce any blocks; "Mel-crypttool generate-ed25519" (install via cargo) can generate a keypair for us
stakes:
deadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeefdeadbeef:
pubkey: 4ce983d241f1d40b0e5b65e0bd1a6877a35acaec5182f110810f1276103c829e
e_start: 0
e_post_end: 100000 # essentially never end the stake
syms_staked: 10000 # does not matter
# Initial fee pool
init_fee_pool: 10000
If we want to run a local custom staker node,
melnode accepts a YAML config file:# secret key; must correspond to "stakes.dead[...]beef.pubkey" in the network config
signing_secret: 5b4c8873cbdb089439d025e9fa817b1df1128231699131c245c0027be880d4d44ce983d241f1d40b0e5b65e0bd1a6877a35acaec5182f110810f1276103c829e
# address for staker-network communication, this can be arbitrary
listen: 127.0.0.1:20000
# must be same as "listen"
bootstrap: 127.0.0.1:20000
# where block rewards are sent
payout_addr: t5xw3qvzvfezkb748d3zt929zkbt7szgt6jr3zfxxnewj1rtajpjx0
# vote for this fee multiplier (higher values charge more fees)
target_fee_multiplier: 10000
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