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How to connect Hathor full node to mainnet

For connecting to the mainnet, firstly generate a peer_id file. The hathor-core project offers a simple tool for obtaining such a file:

docker run hathornetwork/hathor-core gen_peer_id > peer_id.json

The ID of your peer will be in the key id inside the generated JSON (peer_id.json), e.g., "id": "6357b155b0867790bd92d1afe3a9afe3f91312d1ea985f908cac0f64cbc9d5b2".

Then, you can use this id in any server or client through the --peer parameter. Assuming this file has been moved to ~/hathor-data directory, the following command runs the full node connecting to the mainnet and in a docker container:

docker run -ti -p 8080:8080 -v ~/hathor-data:/data:consistent hathornetwork/hathor-core run_node --cache --status 8080 --data /data --peer /data/peer_id.json
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Before using the peer_id to connect to the mainnet, send the generated id to a team member. You can get in touch with us through our channels, preferrably Discord.

Connecting to the mainnet​

For connecting to the mainnet, firstly clone the hathor-core project. All next commands must be run from the folder hathor-core created by the clone operation. First, generate a peer_id file:

poetry run hathor-cli gen_peer_id > peer_id.json

The ID of your peer will be in the key id inside the generated JSON (peer_id.json), e.g. "id": "6357b155b0867790bd92d1afe3a9afe3f91312d1ea985f908cac0f64cbc9d5b2".

Then, you can use this id in any server or client through the--peer parameter. For instance:

poetry run hathor-cli run_node --listen tcp:8000 --peer peer_id.json --data /data
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Before using the peer_id to connect to the mainnet, send the generated id to a team member. You can get in touch with us through our channels, preferrably Discord.