BitBlocks-Masternode Setup

Bitblocks

6 min readNov 13, 2018

Initial wallet setup

Download the latest wallet for your operating system which is available in our wallets repository.
Launch the wallet and allow it to synchronize
Click on debug console found in tools

Type {masternode genkey} — copy the generated key and exit the console
Save the private key in a text file for future use.
Go to receiving wallets found in files — create masternode wallet, by creating a new wallet, called masternode1 Copy the address by right-clicking and selecting “Copy Address”

Send EXACTLY 30.000 coins to masternode1 wallet by pasting the copied address.
Note that this has to be sent in ONE transaction.
Wait for 16 confirmations.
Go back to debug console and type masternode outputs
Copy the transaction id and output id Save the output in the text file for future use.

Get a VPS ( masternode server )

We recommend renting a VPS with www.vultr.com because they are fast and cheap.

Create an account:

Deploy a new server
Choose a location close to you to have a fast connection
Choose Ubuntu 16.04 x64 as operating system and take the 5$ server size. This is sufficient.

Move to step 7 and give your masternode VPS a name.

Click “Deploy now”
The server is now being started. Please wait until the status is “Available”.
Click the server name and copy the IP-address and password via the copy button.

Configure your masternode

Depending upon which operating system you are using follow the correct section:

1. Windows — PuTTY

1.1 Install PuTTY and run it.

You will be greeted with the following page

Fill the Host name field with the IP address you previously copied and click “Open”.
You will see a popup asking you if you trust this host. Choose Yes! ( this will only be asked once ).

Login as “root”. Hit ENTER
Copy the password you saved previously and right click in the putty terminal. ENTER.
You are now logged into your server:

2. Mac/Linux — Terminal (preinstalled)

You can find Terminal by following the steps:
Go to Finder, Applications then click on utilities, then you’ll find the terminal there.

Type: ssh root@YourMasternodeIPaddress. ENTER.
You are now logged into your server.

2.1 General steps

Let’s update our system to the latest version to make sure we are secure.

Type: ``sudo apt-get update`` ENTER
Wait until this finishes
Type: ``sudo apt-get upgrade`` ENTER

Type “y” if the system ask for the confirmation of updating the system.

Remember that you can copy the text below and paste it in to the server via RIGHT-MOUSE click for PuTTY, or CMD-V for MAC

Install the dependencies.

Type: `` sudo apt install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils git libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev curl`` ENTER
Type: `` sudo apt install libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev libzmq3-dev`` ENTER
Type: ``sudo apt-get install git`` ENTER
Type “y” if the system ask for the confirmation of updating the system.

Clone Bitblocks code

Type ``git clone https://github.com/BitBlocksProject/BitBlocks ``

Now if you Type ``ls`` you can see the BitBlocks folder

Add permissions

Type ``chmod -R 755 BitBlocks``

Go to BitBlocks folder

Type ``cd BitBlocks``

Optional: Type ``screen`` ENTER for keep the command working even if you close the puttyOptional: If your VPS have less them 1gb RAM

Make a swap file

Type `` sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1M count=3000``Type `` sudo mkswap swapfile``Type `` sudo swapon swapfile``More info about swap file: https://digitizor.com/create-swap-file-ubuntu-linux/

Now let’s compile BitBlocks daemon

Type ``./autogen.sh``
Type ``./configure``
Type ``make``

Now will take some time for your vps compile the BitBlocks wallet

Go back to your local wallet

2.2 Masternode config file in the wallet

Go to open masternode configuration file in the wallet — found on the ‘tools’ menu
Here you will see the format and an example ( these three lines are comments so they have no effect )

The format is like this:

Add your own real working node details under it.
Put the masternode wallet name, i.e — MN01
Put the server IP address ( your vultr ip or other vps/vm ip) followed by the port : 58697
Put the private key generated in step 1.4
Put the transaction hash and output id from step 1.7

Example below

Once complete, save the file

The file will look like this:

Configure the .conf file in VPS

Go to putty and login in your VPS like the steps 3.1

Type: ``cd BitBlocks`` ENTER
Type: ``cd src`` ENTER
Type: ``./bitblocksd -daemon`` ENTER

Type: ``cd ..`` ENTER
Type: ``cd ..`` ENTER
Type: ``cd .bitblocks`` ENTER
Type: ``sudo nano bitblocks.conf``ENTER
Type:

rpcuser=bitblocksrpc
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
listen=1
server=1
daemon=1
logtimestamps=1
maxconnections=256
masternode=1
masternodeprivkey=xxxxxxxxxx
rpcpassword=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Where masternodeprivkey = your masternode genkey (Check 1.4 steps)
and rpcpassword = random characters