muffinVM is a world-state computer project.
It is used to manage Muffin Network, which provides decentralized services such as a payment system, JS code execution, and soon a file system.
To run your own node on Muffin Network, you'll have to install muffinVM first.
git clone https://github.com/Grouloo/muffinVM.gitIf you want to become a validator on MMuffin Network,you'll have to configure a profile.
Go to ./muffinVM and edit the file me.json with the following content:
{
"privateKey": [YOUR PRIVATE KEY],
"address": [YOUR ADDRESS]
}The private key is needed to sign blocks when validating. It is needed, but if you're not comfortable with that way of doing this, feel free to submit a pull request.
Muffin Network is fully compatible with Ethereum addresses, so if you already have one, you can use it on Muffin.
First, download / update the dependancies
yarnThen, launch muffinVM with the following command:
yarn start [--storage PATH_TO_YOUR_STORAGE_FOLDER] [--port PORT_NUMBER] [--anonymous]We want to run a validator node, and a node that we will use as an API which will not do any validation.
To launch the validating node, open a terminal and do:
cd ./muffinVM
yarn startTo run the anonymous node, the one that will not do any validation, we will have to use the --anonymous flag and to specify another port.
This flag will tell our node to run without using the content of me.json.
muffinVM uses the 8545 port by default. You cannot launch 2 instances of muffinVM on the same port.
We will have to change the used port with the --port option.
We will also have to use another storage folder. While it is theorically possible to run 2 nodes using the same storage, it isn't something safe to do. We can change the storage path with the --storage option.
In another terminal:
cd ./muffinVM
yarn start --anonymous --port 3000