Start geth with rinkeby chain

1. Download Rinkeby json…

To add self signed certificates in macOS Sierra for testing, you need to create root CA certificate signed with SHA256

openssl req -x509 -nodes -sha256 -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout localhost.key -out localhost.cert

btcd is an alternative full node bitcoin implementation

Running docker container of btcd

1. Install Docker, you can follow docker installation…

1. Bitcoin mining is different than running bitcoin fullnode, there is no incentive involved in running bitcoin full node

2. in layman term you can think bitcoin full node is like seeding your torrent.