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Overview

Each week we invite community members to help test RNode.

• When - Thursdays at 14:00 UTC
• Where - This meeting takes place online using Zoom
  • Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/134156866
  • Or iPhone one-tap :
        US: +16468769923,,134156866# or +16699006833,,134156866#
  • Or Telephone:
        Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
            US: +1 646 876 9923 or +1 669 900 6833
        Meeting ID: 134 156 866
        International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/rDfBtpt
• Additional communications are posted in #node-testing on the RChain Discord.

What you can expect this week

We will run test off the public testnet infrastructure. 

Instructions for testing today

Read documentation for RChain Doctor

Please read the RChain Doctor documentation and install RChain Doctor (v0.3.3). We will use this software and tools to support collecting logs from nodes participating in today's testing session. 

Read the documentation for visualizing the blockchain

One of the challenges of debugging is seeing what's happening when validators propose new blocks. We now have the ability to ask RNode to generate a text file that when pasted to Graphviz can generate an image. Please see 'visualizing the blockchain' in User guide for running RNode.

Install RNode

Note If you used a previous version of RNode, please delete your existing .rnode directory. Most errors experienced using RNode relate to content in the directory from a previous version.

RNode version for this session

Today's version RChain Node 0.8.5.gited04639f (ed04639fc081e9755a25b84720ca3dbceef0b7de)

• Binary packages 

  rnode-0.8.5.gited04639f.tgz	82.1 MiB	2019-Mar-21 12:13
  rnode_0.8.5.gited04639f_all.deb	88.2 MiB	2019-Mar-21 12:13
  rnode-0.8.5.gited04639f-1.noarch.rpm

• Docker image 

  rchain/rnode:dev

Select a validator key or generate one 

To select a key set

• Go to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18merD3OzaDk7nmxQ78SUZBzWLbxA-aOnmcdxpXrp_U0/edit#gid=0

• Pick out a an unclaimed row with a validator key pair

• Specify your node if you want. You can wipe your information after testing

• If you use this key, you will join the network as a validator.

To generate a key set

• RNode supports ed25519 keys
• Generate an ed25519 key set:
  • Follow instructions from the Genesis protocol guide
  • If you're using Docker and have Python installed, the rchain-keys-generator

Get the bootstrap address

To be provided during session

Follow instructions for validator bonding

Instructions for validator bonding are in the User guide for running RNode.

Share your experience

You best support the improvement and development of the RChain platform when you file a bug to report challenge you faced or unsuccessful outcomes. This will help us collect all relevant information to better understand your setup and experience. 

Work completed since the last testing session

Testing session summary

Bugs filed

Chat log

Participants