Syncing Data From Full Nodes

Becoming a Data Node or Mining Node

You need to synchronize the data from the MixinNetwork full nodes first.

1. Get the latest release from https://github.com/MixinNetwork/mixin/releases .
2. Create a directory to store all data mkdir ~/.mixin.
3. Extract the downloaded release, then cp genesis.json nodes.json config.example.toml ~/.mixin.
4. Run ./mixin creataddress -public to create a Mixin mainnet address.
5. Rename config.example.toml to config.toml, then make a few modifications:
   • signer-key set to the spend key from the previous step.
   • listener set to the current machine IP:7239
6. Ensure the firewall allows access to UDP port 7239 and TCP port 8239
7. Run ./mixin kernel -d ~/.mixin

FAQ

• How to fix 'badger LOG Compact FAILED with error: too many open files'?

  Increase the allowed open files to 65535, check with ulimit -n.

• How to fix 'failed to sufficiently increase receive buffer size (was: 208 kiB, wanted: 2048 kiB, got: 416 kiB). See https://github.com/lucas-clemente/quic-go/wiki/UDP-Receive-Buffer-Size for details.'?

  sudo sysctl -w net.core.rmem_max=8388608

  sudo sysctl -w net.core.wmem_max=8388608

• How to check if the ports are open?

  nc -zuv mixin-node 7239

  nc -zv mixin-node 8239