/lotus/Recent content in Lotuses onHugo -- gohugo.ioen-USFri, 08 Mar 2024 18:40:56 +0400/lotus/developers/local-network/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/lotus/developers/local-network/If you are unfamiliar with setting up and running a devnet, it’s highly recommended that you do so without Fil+ first. Before completing this tutorial, complete the prerequisites. Prerequisites # Ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements. To set up the environment, you would need: an internet connection to download the software and the code; superuser privileges; operating system Linux or MacOS; git and a git user./lotus/get-started/what-is-lotus/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/lotus/get-started/what-is-lotus/This sounds like a simple question; what is Lotus? And the surface-level answer is: Lotus is the reference node implementation for the Filecoin network. At a high level the Lotus Suite consists of the Lotus, Lotus-Miner and Lotus-Worker programs. This section of the docs will focus on the Lotus programs. If you understood all that, great! You can leave this page and start diving into the rest of the documentation./lotus/get-started/networks/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/lotus/get-started/networks/There are three networks available for Filecoin: Mainnet, the only production Filecoin network. Calibration, the primary testing network for Filecoin. Devnet, the local development network designed to run with minimal resources for development testing. Mainnet # Mainnet is the primary Filecoin network. Mainnet began on block 148,888. It supports 32 GiB and 64 GiB sectors. Genesis: CAR File: QmavMCf95w2UMYGD1J5GpHcWBWXR2jTFYmtAkgeroMmpk1 Reset Timestamp: 2020-08-24T22:00:00Z Genesis Block CID: bafy2bzacecnamqgqmifpluoeldx7zzglxcljo6oja4vrmtj7432rphldpdmm2 sha1 Digest: 4782cb42b4b01793b5cd9f593cc3dc87b6d3c7b4 Network parameters:/lotus/developers/chain-love/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/lotus/developers/chain-love/Mainnet endpoint # Developers can interact directly with load-balanced, synced mainnet nodes using the Lotus JSON RPC API on the https://filecoin.chain.love endpoint (or https://filecoin.chain.love/rpc/v1). Unlike bare Lotus, the endpoint above is hardened and limited: Only read calls and MPoolPush() are supported. You can view the full list of available calls at filecoin.chain.love. Only POST requests are supported. The Filecoin signing tools can be used to sign messages before submission when needed./lotus/get-started/use-cases/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/lotus/get-started/use-cases/Full node # A Lotus full node is required to interact with the Filecoin blockchain. These nodes are also required when running a storage provider on the Filecoin network. Usually, the Lotus full nodes are kept small, with regular chain compactions, or by using the SplitStore-feature which discards older chain data. Lotus full nodes are usually synced from snapshots to reduce the time required to get in sync with the Filecoin Network./lotus/developers/contribute/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/lotus/developers/contribute/Code # Lotus, the reference implementation of Filecoin and its sister-projects, is big, with lots of code written in multiple languages. We always need help writing and maintaining code, but it can be daunting to just jump in. We use the label Help Wanted on features or bugfixes that people can help out with. They are an excellent place for you to start contributing code. The biggest and most active repositories we have today are:/lotus/install/prerequisites/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/lotus/install/prerequisites/Please make sure to read the pages in the Get started section before proceeding with the installation of Lotus. This page provide details on prerequisites before Lotus installation prerequisites and supported platforms. Minimal requirements # To run a Lotus node your computer must have: macOS or Linux installed. Windows is not yet supported. 8-core CPU and 32 GiB RAM. Models with support for Intel SHA Extensions (AMD since Zen microarchitecture or Intel since Ice Lake) will significantly speed things up./lotus/install/linux/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/lotus/install/linux/The following instructions are specific to Linux installations. There are several ways to install Lotus on Linux: Downloading from Github Building from source. ❗ Storage providers should build from source. Building Lotus from source allows you to strictly configure how Lotus runs and how it communicates with its dependencies. Storage providers looking to improve their system efficiency should install Lotus by building from source. Downloading from Github # Install Lotus dependencies:/lotus/install/macos/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/lotus/install/macos/These instructions are specific to macOS. You can install Lotus on macOS 10.11 El Capitan or higher. If you are installing Lotus on a Linux distribution, head over to the Linux section. There are several ways to install Lotus on macOS: Install with Homebrew. Build from source. ❗ Storage providers should build from source. Building Lotus from source allows you to strictly configure how Lotus runs and how it communicates with its dependencies./lotus/install/start-lotus/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/lotus/install/start-lotus/Now that we have installed Lotus we can download a lightweight chain snapshot and start syncing the chain. Download snapshot # Download the most recent lightweight snapshot for the mainnet: aria2c -x5 https://forest-archive.chainsafe.dev/latest/mainnet/ 💡 If you are looking for the snapshot for the Calibration test network, you can get the latest snapshot with this link https://forest-archive.chainsafe.dev/latest/calibnet/ Now that we have downloaded a recent snapshot we can import the snapshot to Lotus and start the daemon process.