nimbus-eth2/docs/rayonism_merge.md

How to run Catalyst

• Clone Geth master into ~/client/catalyst: git clone https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum ~/clients/catalyst
• Build Geth and Catalyst with go build -o ./build/bin/catalyst ./cmd/geth
• Run scripts/run-catalyst.sh to run Catalyst. It listens on port 8545.

Verify Catalyst is working

• Clone https://github.com/protolambda/mergenet-tutorial
• Navigate to rpc_examples and run consensus_assembleBlock.sh, consensus_newBlock.sh, consensus_setHead.sh, and get_genesis_hash.sh to verify that Catalyst is properly configured.
• If issues present themselves here, or when Nimbus attempts to use the API, one can debug.verbosity(4) console command in Catalyst.

How to run Nimbus

• Check out branch quick-merge-v1
• Run ./scripts/launch_local_testnet.sh --nodes 4 --disable-htop --stop-at-epoch 8 -- --verify-finalization --discv5:no

How to post a transaction

• Set up the MetaMask Chrome extension and use the seed phrase corresponding to an address with funds at genesis.
• Configure the localhost:8545 network to use the Chain ID corresponding to the Catalyst chain configuration.
• Create a transaction from that address to another address.
• Run the local testnet to confirm the transaction.