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Getting Started with Nethermind on Windows

MysticRyuujin 3 Comments

Nethermind is an Ethereum Client built on .NET Core. It is extremely fast and efficient.

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  1. Download Nethermind from the official page
    • For this tutorial I’m going to use D:\Nethermind\
    • I’m going to extract the latest version (1.3.2 as of writing) to D:\Nethermind\1.3.2\ in order to have a ‘fresh’ copy.
    • I’m then going to copy the contents to D:\Nethermind\Current\ as this will be my ‘working directory’.NethermindPath
  2. Create a folder for your custom config files
    • I’m going to use D:\Nethermind\MyConfig\
  3.  Create folders for your data (Database, Log, Keystore)
    • I’m going to use D:\Nethermind\MyData\
      MyDataPath
      NethermindFolders
  4. Populate your Config Folder with optional Static-Nodes
    • If you have other nodes on your network or wish to statically assign peers you can create or copy “static-nodes.json” from the D:\Nethermind\Current\Data folder. Then simply add your enodes.
  5. Generate your configuration file
    • The default config file is “mainnet.cfg” located in D:\Nethermind\Current\configs\ copy this file to your MyConfig folder
    • You will want to modify a few options at the very least, below is my config.

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