Run NCOGEarthChain

EVM-compatible chain secured by the Forest consensus algorithm. With NCOG Earth Chain, you can experience the fastest blockchain transactions.

Install Required Tools #

Now we are going to install Go.
First, install the required build tools:

# Update package lists and upgrade installed packages
apt upgrade -y

# Install software-properties-common
apt install -y software-properties-common

# Add the Go programming language repository
add-apt-repository -y ppa:longsleep/golang-backports

# Update package lists after adding the repository
apt update

# Install Golang
apt install -y golang-go

# Install zip and unzip tools
apt install -y zip unzip

# Install make
apt install -y make

# Install git
apt install -y git

# Automatically remove unnecessary packages
apt autoremove -y

# Clean the package cache
apt autoclean -y

Building the source #

Building ncogearthchain requires both a Go (version 1.14 or later) and a C compiler. You can install them using your favourite package manager. Once the dependencies are installed, run

# Clone the Ncog Earth Chain repository
git clone https://github.com/Ncog-Earth-Chain/go-ncogearthchain

# Navigate to the cloned repository directory
cd go-ncogearthchain

# Build the Ncog Earth Chain blockchain
make ncogearthchain

The build output is build/ncogearthchain executable.

Running ncogearthchain #

Going through all the possible command line flags is out of scope here, but we’ve enumerated a few common parameter combos to get you up to speed quickly on how you can run your own ncogearthchain instance.

Launching a network(Testnet) #

GitHub URL: https://github.com/Ncog-Earth-Chain/testnet

Launching ncogearthchain for a network(testnet):

# Clone the testnet repository inside the "build" directory
git clone https://github.com/Ncog-Earth-Chain/testnet

# Move to the "testnet" directory
cd testnet

# Copy the "testnet.g" file one level up (to the "build" directory)
cp ./testnet.g ../.

# Generate the config file using the ncogearthchain tool
./ncogearthchain dumpconfig > config.toml

# Now you can run the blockchain as:
./ncogearthchain --genesis testnet.g --config config.toml

Launching a network(Livenet) #

GitHub URL: https://github.com/Ncog-Earth-Chain/livenet

Launching ncogearthchain for a network(livenet):

# Clone the livenet repository inside the "build" directory
git clone https://github.com/Ncog-Earth-Chain/livenet

# Move to the "livenet" directory
cd livenet

# Copy the "livenet.g" file one level up (to the "build" directory)
cp ./livenet.g ../.

# Generate the config file using the ncogearthchain tool
./ncogearthchain dumpconfig > config.toml

# Now you can run the blockchain as:
./ncogearthchain --genesis livenet.g --config config.toml

Starting up your node will look something like this: