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Course 04 · Practical
Mining and running a node, on hardware you already own.
What mining means on this network, how to join it in one command that refuses to install anything it cannot verify, what equipment is actually worth using, how to keep a node alive without babysitting it, and what changes when a node also validates.
For anyone who wants to hold up part of the network. Some command line, all of it copy-and-paste.
5 articles · 32 min · Practical
- 01What mining means hereYou will be able to explain what a miner is competing for, why the work has to be wasteful, and what the advisory BFT layer adds on top of it.7 min
- 02Joining, in one commandYou will have a verified node installed and running, and you will know exactly what the installer refused to do on your behalf.7 min
- 03The equipment that is worth itYou will be able to choose sensible hardware, set the thread count properly, and know what mining costs you in electricity before you start.6 min
- 04Keeping a node aliveYou will be able to make a node survive reboots and crashes, back up the one file that matters, and tell whether it is really participating.7 min
- 05Validating, and why more operators matterYou will understand what a validator adds beyond mining, and why the number of independent operators is the honest measure of this network today.6 min