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- testnets can now be launched with a separate validator client - make altona SCRIPT_PARAMS="--separateVC" - reverted the ctrl+C signal handler code reuse - not necessary for the VC anyway (default is good enough) - added a bit more logging in the VC - removed unnecessary code in the VC - connect() just parses the address & port... - fixed a couple more VC issues - when fetching the duties for an epoch fails on the BN side ==> the VC shouldn't be left in a broken state - documented the currently supported json-rpc endpoints - added more checks on the BN side for the API - bounds-checking the requests & also checking if the BN itself is synced - other cleanup currently a local sim doesn't finalize, but participation in the altona network with a separate VC is painless and works just as well as with in-process validators in a BN
Work in progress. Things may and probably will break for the foreseeable future. Do not rely on this for anything.
Connecting to Testnet
To connect to a short-lived testnet we may or may not have running at the moment, use the connect_to_testnet script like so:
scripts/connect_to_testnet.sh testnet0
Running your own testnet
The beacon_node binary has a createTestnet command.
nim c -r beacon_chain/beacon_node \
--data-dir=$NETWORK_DIR/data \
createTestnet \
--validators-dir=$NETWORK_DIR \
--total-validators=$VALIDATOR_COUNT \
--last-user-validator=$LAST_USER_VALIDATOR \
--output-genesis=$NETWORK_DIR/genesis.ssz \
--output-bootstrap-file=$NETWORK_DIR/bootstrap_nodes.txt \
--bootstrap-address=$PUBLIC_IP \
--genesis-offset=600 # Delay in seconds
Replace ENV vars with values that make sense to you.
Full tutorial coming soon.
Maintaining the Status testnets
For detailed instructions, please see https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-private/blob/master/testnets-maintenance.md