Full Node

First Boot

To get started, build (see Compiling) or download the latest release only from https://github.com/aquachain/aquachain/releases

Unzip the archive, and double click the aquachain.exe application to open the javascript console.

When you open the program, you immediately start finding nodes and synchronizing with the network. It should take under 1 hour to sync the entire chain at this time.

Startup Options

Some times you might need to start aquachain with a certain command, or flags.

Here we say aquachain.exe but if you are on linux, use aquachain.

Example command arguments

aquachain.exe -rpc -rpccorsdomain '*' # serve 127.0.0.1:8543 rpc server
aquachain.exe -rpc daemon # rpc, no console
aquachain.exe account new # create new json keyfile
aquachain.exe -h # show help
aquachain.exe version # show version
aquachain.exe removedb # delete blockchain (keeping private keys)
aquachain.exe -your-flags dumpconfig > my.aqua.config.toml
aquachain.exe -config my.aqua.config.toml
aquachain.exe paper 10 ## generates ten addresses
aquachain.exe paper -vanity 123 10 ## generates ten addresses beginning with 0x123

Disabling P2P

To disable p2p and discovery, use the -offline flag. This is useful if you just want to use the AQUA Console to analyze your current blockchain status, or sign raw transactions offline.

Aquachain Console

You know if you are in the aquachain console if you see the AQUA> prompt. It is a (basic) javascript console, with (tab) auto-complete and (up/down) command history.

• Load a local script with the loadScript('filename') function.
• List accounts with aqua.accounts
• Check all balances with balance()