More on CORD Chain

In this document, let's see how to connect with the running cord staging network chain.

This document assumes you have docker installed.

Download the latest cord container image (or you can choose to build locally)

docker pull dhiway/cord

Create a Volume to store CORD data

docker volume create cord

Generate node.key

In a blockchain, every participating node should be uniquely identified. Hence, one needs to generate a new key for the node, which needn't be shared with anyone.

docker run --rm --mount source=cord,target=/data dhiway/cord key generate-node-key --file /data/node.key

Start

Assuming the chain data would reside in the cord volume, start cord by running the below command:

docker run --detach --restart unless-stopped --mount source=cord,target=/data --name cord dhiway/cord --base-path /data/ --chain spark --node-key-file /data/node.key --port 30333 --rpc-port 9933 --rpc-methods=Safe --rpc-cors all --state-pruning 100 --blocks-pruning 100 --prometheus-external --prometheus-port 9615 --bootnodes /ip4/34.131.139.143/tcp/30333/ws/p2p/12D3KooWDUdBdGbjEoPw6Wk4N1MQCRNV1sDfGU7EPipjYt8hMyKM /ip4/34.100.197.57/tcp/30333/ws/p2p/12D3KooWFJWcacayRNpEbGqsSzSyD2tChJ4PTEV14etpLVzrqeWU 

NOTE: currently bootnode address is same as above. But it can change, and there can be more bootnodes available for the same chain. Once you start this, you can see that your node will start discovering the nodes in the network, and will start participating as a 'FULL' node. To become 'validator' connect with Dhiway team.