This is a private, difficulty 1, testnet-in-a-box for Litecoin - based off freewil's testnet-box for bitcoin.
Use it as follows:
$ make start
This will start two nodes. You need two because otherwise the node won't generate blocks. You now have a private testnet:
$ make getinfo
litecoind -datadir=1 getinfo
{
"version" : 60300,
"protocolversion" : 60001,
"walletversion" : 60000,
"balance" : 0.00000000,
"blocks" : 0,
"connections" : 1,
"proxy" : "",
"difficulty" : 0.00024414,
"testnet" : true,
"keypoololdest" : 1367704943,
"keypoolsize" : 101,
"paytxfee" : 0.00000000,
"mininput" : 0.00010000,
"errors" : ""
}
litecoind -datadir=2 getinfo
{
"version" : 60300,
"protocolversion" : 60001,
"walletversion" : 60000,
"balance" : 0.00000000,
"blocks" : 0,
"connections" : 1,
"proxy" : "",
"difficulty" : 0.00024414,
"testnet" : true,
"keypoololdest" : 1367704943,
"keypoolsize" : 101,
"paytxfee" : 0.00000000,
"mininput" : 0.00010000,
"errors" : ""
}
To start generating blocks:
$ make generate-true
To stop generating blocks:
$ make generate-false
OR, point your mining software at the address of the test machine, port 19334 (Server 1) using the username testnet and the password myAmazingRPCPassword. With a decent GPU, you should find a new block every second or so initially. If you continue to mine, the difficulty of the network will adjust to your miner.
To get the address the mined coins will end up in, run:
$ make getaccountaddress
That will query just the first node, as that is the one receiving the mining rewards.
./cgminer --scrypt -o http://127.0.0.1:19334 -O testnet:testnet --shaders 2048 --thread-concurrency 8192 -w 256 -g2 -I 13 --auto-gpu --temp-overheat 81 --gpu-vddc 1.030 --temp-cutoff 97 --gpu-fan=100 --gpu-engine 700-1000 --gpu-memclock 1500
Change 127.0.0.1 in the command to the IP of the testnet box if not running on the same server. You should see output like:
cgminer version 3.1.0 - Started: [2013-05-05 08:08:34]
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(5s):651.3K (avg):677.5Kh/s | A:12 R:2 HW:0 U:28.1/m WU:522.7/m
ST: 4 SS: 0 NB: 15 LW: 0 GF: 0 RF: 0
Connected to 127.0.0.1 diff 16 without LP as user testnet
Block: a9e247f0ce19261a... Diff:16 Started: [08:09:03] Best share: 514
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[P]ool management [G]PU management [S]ettings [D]isplay options [Q]uit
GPU 0: 62.0C 3472RPM | 611.2K/792.4Kh/s | A:15 R:2 HW:0 U: 35.16/m I:13
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[2013-05-05 08:08:40] Accepted 0d79ae19 Diff 18/16 BLOCK! GPU 0
[2013-05-05 08:08:40] New block detected on network
[2013-05-05 08:08:41] Found block for pool 0!
[2013-05-05 08:08:41] Accepted 02d01e0c Diff 91/16 BLOCK! GPU 0
[2013-05-05 08:08:41] Found block for pool 0!
[2013-05-05 08:08:42] Rejected 04ebc3f4 Diff 52/16 BLOCK! GPU 0
[2013-05-05 08:08:42] New block detected on network
[2013-05-05 08:08:44] Found block for pool 0!
[2013-05-05 08:08:44] Accepted 0f0c8dfe Diff 17/16 BLOCK! GPU 0
[2013-05-05 08:08:45] New block detected on network
[2013-05-05 08:08:47] Found block for pool 0!
[2013-05-05 08:08:47] Accepted 0ceb555f Diff 19/16 BLOCK! GPU 0
[2013-05-05 08:08:48] New block detected on network
[2013-05-05 08:08:48] Found block for pool 0!
[2013-05-05 08:08:48] Accepted 0a46fc4a Diff 24/16 BLOCK! GPU 0
[2013-05-05 08:08:48] New block detected on network
[2013-05-05 08:08:56] Found block for pool 0!
[2013-05-05 08:08:56] Accepted 02303381 Diff 116/16 BLOCK! GPU 0
[2013-05-05 08:08:57] New block detected on network
[2013-05-05 08:08:58] Found block for pool 0!
[2013-05-05 08:08:58] Accepted 057fa852 Diff 46/16 BLOCK! GPU 0
[2013-05-05 08:08:58] New block detected on network
[2013-05-05 08:09:01] Found block for pool 0!
[2013-05-05 08:09:01] Accepted 0f094309 Diff 17/16 BLOCK! GPU 0
[2013-05-05 08:09:02] New block detected on network
[2013-05-05 08:09:02] Found block for pool 0!
[2013-05-05 08:09:02] Accepted 0da16004 Diff 18/16 BLOCK! GPU 0
[2013-05-05 08:09:03] New block detected on network
To stop the two nodes:
$ make stop
To clean up any files created while running the testnet (and restore to the original state)
$ make clean
Like all testnet nodes, it is listening on port 19333. The secondary node is listening for RPC connections on port 19343 (but it will not accept connections from other P2P nodes).
When running & generating coin - remember that you'll need the coins to mature before you can use them in a transaction.