A step by step guide howto setup your Commercium Masternode on Windows/Linux/MacOS local wallet & Linux VPS as remote MN.
You also can run your masternode at your own computer, but it must be operational 24/7 and have a dedicated IP address. When you run your masternode your funds are safe and stored at your local wallet, not at the VPS (linux machine most cases).
- 100000 CMM + 0.001 CMM to pay transaction fees
- VPS with at least 1024 RAM, 1 CPU, >20 GB HDD or more
- Commercium wallet at local Windows/Linux/MacOs PC and VPS
- VPS: better to use latest ubunty (18.04). If you run 16.04 just install:
apt-get install libgomp1 puttyremote shell client (putty.org)
Commercium has ~1440 blocks x 24 hours with 8+fees reward distributed as follows:
- 1440 * 8 = 11,520 CMM mined per day
- 1440 * 3.8 = 5,472 goes to miners
- 1440 * 3.6 = 5,184 goes to all masternodes
- 1440 * 0.6 = 864 goes to founders fund / staking
https://github.com/CommerciumBlockchain/CommerciumContinuum/releases
Follow this video instructions for help:
https://youtu.be/AQMogS3Enjs (Windows)
https://youtu.be/xuLRBuvaSgU (MacOS)
If you are already have old Commercium wallet then backup your data and export your private keys. You will import them later to new wallet:
Video instruction about how to migrate to new Commercium wallet: https://youtu.be/xuLRBuvaSgU?t=166
Buckup ~/.commercium - directory for MacOs/Linux
Windows users (use command shell cmd.exe).
Press Win+r -> write cmd -> press Enter -> copy&paste this commands into the shell:
move %APPDATA%/ZcashParams %APPDATA%/ZcashParams.backup
move %APPDATA%/Commercium %APPDATA%/Commercium.backup
2. We must edit our local wallet configuration file commercium.conf.You can find commercium.conf here:
- Linux:
~/.commerciumdirectory - Windows:
%appdata%/Commerciumfolder - MAC:
~/Library/Application Support/Commercium
Open your shell. How to do this described at previous step under "Upgrade old wallet". Enter this commands at Windows shell:
cd %appdata%/Commercium
notepad commercium.conf
or better alternative:
open `commercium.conf` for editing with other editor.
I suggest to edit it with external editor like Notepad++,
because the default notepad on Windows 7
did not recognize and break unix wrapping at this file.
Append this new line to the end of the file (commercium.conf):
txindex=1
Save & Close editor.
Run this command at Windows shell: commerciumd.exe -reindex
Linux shell: ./commercium -reindex
OR ALTERNATIVE:
Windows:
del %APPDATA%\Commercium\peers.dat
del %APPDATA%\Commercium\budget.dat
del %APPDATA%\Commercium\mn*.dat
del %APPDATA%\Commercium\sporks /Q
del %APPDATA%\Commercium\chainstate /Q
del %APPDATA%\Commercium\blocks /Q
del %APPDATA%\Commercium\blocks\index /Q
del %APPDATA%\Commercium\database /Q
Linux:
rm -rf ~/.commercium/blocks
rm -rf ~/.commercium/database
rm -rf ~/.commercium/chainstate
rm -rf ~/.commercium/sporks
rm ~/.commercium/mn*.dat
rm ~/.commercium/budget.dat
rm ~/.commercium/peers.dat
MacOSX:
rm -rf Library/Application\ Support/Commercium/blocks
rm -rf Library/Application\ Support/Commercium/database
rm -rf Library/Application\ Support/Commercium/chainstate
rm -rf Library/Application\ Support/Commercium/sporks
rm Library/Application\ Support/Commercium/mn*.dat
rm Library/Application\ Support/Commercium/budget.dat
rm Library/Application\ Support/Commercium/peers.dat
Run new wallet release and wait until all block will be resynced. At QT Windows wallet check the tap "commerciumd" and wait until "Downloading blocks" will be 100% done. If you run -reindex at command line shell then close your cmd shell and run QT wallet.
4. At this step we will send your CMM masternode coins to some new collateral address (you'll receive masternode reward to this address).
Create new t-Addr. You can do this at "Receive" tab. Then send coins to this address from "send" tab.
Transfer exactly 100000 CMM to this address.
WARNING: save new private key for this new address and make wallet.dat backup now!
Open masternode.conf for editing as you do it before with other config file.
Format: alias IP:port masternodeprivkey(NODEKEY) collateral_output_txid(OUTPUTTXID) collateral_output_index(OUTPUTINDEX)
# Example: mn1 127.0.0.2:51474 93HaYBVUCYjEMeeH1Y4sBGLALQZE1Yc1K64xiqgX37tGBDQL8Xg 2bcd3c84c84f87eaa86e4e56834c92927a07f9e18718810b92e0d0324456a67c 0
As you see above to setup masternode we must have the following data:
- ALIAS - masternode alias
- IP - VPS IP
- PORT - always the same 2019
- NODEKEY - masternode private key (looks like generated numbers and charts)
- OUTPUTTXID - collateral output txid
- OUTPUTINDEX - collateral output index (is usually
0)
commercium-cli.exe masternode genkey
Output of this command is your Masternode Private Key (NODEKEY)
commercium-cli.exe masternode outputs
show "txhash" and "outputidx". txhash is your OUTPUTTXID / outputid is OUTPUTINDEX
Format: ALIAS IP:2019 NODEKEY OUTPUTTXID OUTPUTINDEX (separated with spaces, only IP and PORT separated with :)
All local wallet configuration done. Now, we will setup VPS commercium wallet.
Connect with Putty to your VPS. Just enter IP address of your VPS at the Putty windows and login with your VPS username/password.
If you need video instruction check this video: https://youtu.be/vVVhtQ5Wd3g
After connection enter your username and password then you will see linux shell.
For securety purposes you can run your masternode as regular linux user, not root. If you want this then create new user adduser cmmuser (run as root) and then connect to your VPS with Putty again and login with this new user login and password._
If you do not want to follow part 2. Vps install mannualy you can use our automatic VPS setup script part2_linux_vps_setup.sh:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CommerciumBlockchain/masternode-scripts/master/part2_linux_vps_setup.sh
chmod +x part2_linux_vps_setup.sh
./part2_linux_vps_setup.sh
- You can use it to install your commercium daemon as user (not root) for better securety.
- Because of this you must install dependences manually as root with following command:
sudo apt-get install wget nano libgomp1 -yor check that your system has this packages. - If you choose this automatic method, then skip 1-3 steps and go to step 4 below to activate your masternode and you are done!
cd ~ (to be sure that you are at user home directory)
It will download archive with commercium to current directory.
wget https://github.com/CommerciumBlockchain/CommerciumContinuum/releases/download/v1.0.5/commercium_continuum-v1.0.5-linux.tar.gz
_Hint: You can check available files at the current directory with ls command to check that commercium_continuum-v1.0.5-linux.tar.gz is here! _
tar -xzvf commercium_continuum-v1.0.5-linux.tar.gz
Note: It will extract all commercium files to commercium_continuum-v1.0.5-linux directory
mkdir .commercium
And then we will create commercium.conf:
echo -e "txindex=1\ndaemon=1\nrpcuser=CHANGEthisPASSWORD]\nrpcpassword=CHANGEthisPASSWORD\nmasternode=1\nmasternodeprivkey=NODEKEY" > .commercium/commercium.conf
or create new config file at .commercium directory with the following command:
nano ~/.commercium/commercium.conf
add following:
txindex=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=[RANDOM USERNAME]
rpcpassword=[[RANDOM PASSWORD]
masternode=1
masternodeprivkey=[NODEKEY]
Hint: to paste text at nano you can use ctrl+shift+v, or middle mouse click, or shift+insert
NODEKEY - is the key from previous part (6.1)
PASSWORD - random password. Use at least 10 charts secure password.
[] -- must be also removed.
NOW YOU MASTERNODE IS READY TO START!
on local wallet windows cmd shell: commercium-cli.exe startmasternode all missing alternative command: commercium-cli.exe startalias MASTERNODEALIAS
Success start example output:
{
"overall": "Successfully started 1 masternodes, failed to start 0, total 1",
"detail": [
{
"alias": "mn1",
"result": "success",
"error": ""
}
]
}
on vps ./commercium-cli masternode debug must display "Masternode successfully started." if not, wait 20 minutes and start the masternode again using the command above.
To activate a masternode the local wallet and masternode must have the masternode list synced
./commercium-cli mnsync status to check it.
There are 2 sync; one is blockchain and one is masternode. In some cases need to wait for full sync ~30 mins.
If you have troubles with syncing (it stop syncking) then it's possible to resync: Part 1) 3.
Create new file nano cmmstartup.sh
with following text:
#!/bin/sh
cd ~/commercium_continuum-v1.0.5-linux
./commerciumd
then
chmod +x cmmstartup.sh
crontab -e
add this line to the bottom:
@reboot bash ~/cmmstartup.sh
To test it just reboot your vps.
If you want to secure your vps with firewall rules just remember to keep port 2019 open. Secure vps tips: https://www.eurovps.com/blog/20-ways-to-secure-linux-vps/
You can leave your MN rewards in the MN address for as long as you want. But before you can move your reward coins anyway all MN rewards must be shielded by sending to a transparent Z address. Its called shielding. Its because the MN rewards were mined. The rule is that all mined coins must be shielded before they can be sent to a transparent C address.
Just copy the z_addr. Go to balances and right click the address with the masternode collateral which shouldn’t show the balance of 100,000 which is used for the masternode. Then click send from, then paste the z_addr and click send maximum or input the amount and click send. Shielding is sending from a t-addr (transparent address, which for Commercium starts with C) to a z_addr starting with a z.
The coins generated from a masternode can only be shielded after 100 confirmations. Bacause of that block explorer can show difference between the balance on MN address in the explorer and in the qt wallet.
What happens if someone doesn't shield those coins and just tries to send them to another T-address? Nothing ;) You would simply get an error and no transaction would happen.
Remove or comment out the lines in masternode.conf with your MN.
- http://master.cmm.coininsta.com/ - network masternode list
- https://mntrend.com/en/currencies/CMM - ms stats, profitability
With Commercium you can run hot nodes. Its risky because you hold 100,000 coins on the node, but you can remove the wallet.dat after start. All you do is grab a masternode genkey with commercium-cli masternode genkey, take this guy and use it as the masternodeprivkey= in your commercium.conf on your linux VPS. So you would have masternode=1 masternodeprivkey=5... that key from genkey, and make sure to have txindex=1 also. Run commerciumd with these parameters then grab an address commercium-cli getnewaddress and send 100000 after 20 minutes just start your masternode with commercium-cli masternode start all 0 and itll be up and running, remove your wallet dat file from .commercium and done. No local client needed nor masternode.conf