nimbus-eth2/scripts/README.md
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Use SSZ genesis files
Multi-client testing requires more portable formats, and SSZ is
much better specified than our flavour of Json.

Tools like ncli and zcli can be now used to inspect the contents
of the SSZ files.
2019-10-29 19:16:32 +02:00

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_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:
```bash
scripts/connect_to_testnet.sh testnet0
```
## Running your own testnet
The `beacon_node` binary has a `createTestnet` command.
```bash
nim c -r beacon_chain/beacon_node \
--data-dir=$DATA_DIR/node-0 \
createTestnet \
--validators-dir=$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