🟢Fractal Bitcoin

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Step 1: Install Dependencies

1. Install the necessary packages:

   • Make sure you have the following packages installed: git, build-essential, libssl-dev, libboost-all-dev, libevent-dev, libminiupnpc-dev, libzmq3-dev, libprotobuf-dev, protobuf-compiler, libqrencode-dev.

   On Ubuntu, you can do this with the following command:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install -y git build-essential libssl-dev libboost-all-dev libevent-dev libminiupnpc-dev libzmq3-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libqrencode-dev

Step 2: Download the Source Code

1. Clone the Fractal Bitcoin repository:

   git clone https://github.com/fractalbitcoin/fractalbitcoin.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd fractalbitcoin

Step 3: Build the Project

1. Configure the project:

   • Configure the build parameters using ./configure:

   ./autogen.sh
   ./configure

2. Build the project:

   • Start the build process using make:

   make

Step 4: Configure the Node

1. Create a configuration file:

   • The configuration file is located at ~/.fractalbitcoin/fractalbitcoin.conf. If the file does not exist, create it.

   mkdir -p ~/.fractalbitcoin
   nano ~/.fractalbitcoin/fractalbitcoin.conf

2. Add basic settings to the configuration file:

   • For example:

   rpcuser=yourusername
   rpcpassword=yourpassword
   daemon=1
   server=1

Step 5: Start the Node

1. Start the Fractal Bitcoin node:

   ./src/fractalbitcoind -daemon

2. Check the status of the node:

   • Use the following command to check the status:

   ./src/fractalbitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo

Step 6: Monitoring and Management

• Use fractalbitcoin-cli to interact with the node, for example:

  ./src/fractalbitcoin-cli getpeerinfo