Pocketnet Core

What is Pocketcoin?

Pocketnet is a decentralized social network based on the blockchain. There is no central authority or corporation. Platform is run by equal nodes on a blockchain with no centralized server. All revenue is split between node operators and content creators. Node operators stake Pocketcoin in order to mint blocks with rewards and transactions fees. Half of rewards in each block go to content creators based on ratings their content gathers from users. Read more in the article.

What should I know?

This software allows you to participate in the work of the blockchain network - https://pocketnet.app/help.

To start a node independently, you need basic skills of working with the operating system, understanding the principle of the blockchain network. A deeper level of personal computer proficiency is welcome.

Usage

PocketnetCore is distributed in two ways: binary installer and build from source code.

Minimum system requirements:

2 core x86-64 CPU
4GB RAM
150 GB harddrive
10 Mbps internet connection

Recommended System Requirements

4 core x86-64 CPU
16 GB RAM
500 GB SSD Harddrive
100 Mbps internet connection
Publicly accessible IP address and ports

Installation

Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, etc.)

Install package with root privilegies. To do this, open the terminal in the directory where you downloaded the installer and execute commands:

$ sudo dpkg -i pocketnetcore_*_linux_x64_setup.deb

Windows

Run the pocketnetcore_*_win_x64_setup.exe and follow the instructions of the installer.
When you first start, the pocketnetcore desktop utility will ask for the location of the blockchain data directory. Default for Windows %APPDATA%/Pocketcoin, for linux ~/.pocketcoin.

Docker

Make sure that enough resources are allocated in your docker settings for the node to work from the section https://github.com/pocketnetteam/pocketnet.core#usage
You can start your node with a single command from Docker.

$ docker run -d \
    --name=pocketnet.main \
    -p 37070:37070 \
    -p 38081:38081 \
    -p 8087:8087 \
    -v /var/pocketnet/.data:/home/pocketcoin/.pocketcoin \
    pocketnetteam/pocketnet.core:latest

Control

$ docker ps --format '{{.ID}}\t{{.Names}}\t{{.Image}}'
ea7759a47250    pocketnet.main      pocketnetteam/pocketnet.core:latest
$
$ docker exec -it pocketnet.main /bin/sh
$
$ pocketcoin-cli --help
$ pocketcoin-tx --help

More information : https://hub.docker.com/r/pocketnetteam/pocketnet.core

First full synchronization

To quickly synchronize and minimize traffic costs, you can run an empty node with additional parameters:

-listen=0 - disable the visibility of your node so that other novice nodes can't connect to you to download the blockchain.
-blocksonly=1 - specifies the mode of operation without transaction relay. In this way, the node will load the blocks as a whole, ignoring individual transactions on the network.
-disablewallet=1 - disables wallet mechanisms to speed up the synchronization process

After full synchronization, it is strongly recommended to disable these settings for the full operation of the node.

You can get the full list of parameters:

$ pocketcoind --help

Initialize blockchain data with database checkpoint

Stop the node.

Download database archive:

# List all snapshots available at
https://snapshot.pocketnet.app

# Latest snapshot archive
https://snapshot.pocketnet.app/latest.tgz

There must be archive tgz with 5 directories:

blocks\
  - ...
chainstate\
  - ...
indexes\
  - ...
pocketdb\
  - main.sqlite3
  - web.sqlite3
checkpoints\
  - main.sqlite3

Clean out everything except wallet.dat file, wallets/ directory and pocketcoin.conf config file in the blockchain working directory and unpack the archive:

# for unix
$ cd ~/.pocketcoin/
 
# or for windows
$ cd %APPDATA%\Pocketcoin\

# or for macos
$ cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Pocketcoin/
 
# delete exists DB
$ rm -r ./blocks
$ rm -r ./chainstate
$ rm -r ./indexes
$ rm -r ./pocketdb
$ rm -r ./checkpoints

# unpack new checkpoint DB

# for tar.gz archive
$ tar -xzf latest.tgz -C ./

# for bz2 archive
$ tar -xjf latest.tgz -C ./

# create wallets directory if not exist
$ mkdir wallets

Make sure the folders and files inside are not set to "read only" (grant permissions to all files for current user via chmod -R <username> ~/.pocketcoin/ unix command)
Start the node.

VERY IMPORTANT: save the wallet.dat file or wallets/ files before cleaning the directory. It is recommended to even save these files somewhere for backup.

Get address (for PKOIN receiving) and private key info (Linux, Docker)

# get address for PKOIN receiving
$ pocketcoin-cli getnewaddress "node"
<received_adress>
$
# get private key info for private safe storage
$ pocketcoin-cli dumpprivkey "<received_address>"

Build from source code

See doc/build-*.md files for build instructions.

Help

You can get help and useful information from different sources:

License

Pocketnet Core is released under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE for more information or see https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.

Contacts

support@pocketnet.app - general questions

core@pocketnet.app - blockchain nodes

dmaltsiniotis/pocketnet.core