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Full Node NPM Package

Run the Zen Node in headless mode

Please note that the usage of the software is only permitted to anyone who purchased a license during the license sale period. Sale Terms​
Install/Update Wallet
OSX
1.Install mono-devel. If you choose to install via a package manager, add Mono's own repository first.
2.Install brew​
3.Open the Terminal (can be found from search bar)
4.Install lmdb. Enter the command (in terminal) brew install lmdb.
5.​Install Nodejs​
1.Recommended to install using NVM​
2.Recommended to install Node LTS nvm install 8.9.4
Windows
1.Install .NET Framework 4.7.
2.​Install Nodejs (LTS version recommended)
3.Open the Command Prompt​
Linux
1.Install mono-devel. If you choose to install via a package manager, add Mono's own repository first.
2.Install lmdb. The package name is liblmdb0 on Ubuntu and lmdb on Fedora. sudo apt install liblmdb0
3.Install Nodejs (Version >= 6)
1.Recommended to install using NVM​
2.Recommended to install Node LTS (8.9.4) nvm install --lts
Point your npm directory to our repository
Run the following commands in the Terminal / Command Prompt:
npm config set @zen:registry https://www.myget.org/F/zenprotocol/npm/
Installing / Updating
Run the following commands in the Terminal / Command Prompt:
npm install @zen/zen-node -g
Running the node
Run zen-node from anywhere in your command line (terminal) to start up the node
Full Wipe (Clear Data)
To completely wipe the blockchain + the wallet from your node run: zen-node --wipe full
Running with a miner (CPU Only)
Run the node with a miner. You can also choose the amount of threads you want to utilize.
zen-node --miner 4
Running with options / arguments
USAGE: zen-node.exe [--help] [--test] [--api <string>] 
                    [--bind <string>] [--ip <string>] 
                    [--wipe [<full>]] [--miner [<threads>]] 
                    [--addressdb][--data-path <string>] 
                    [--service-bus <string>] 
                    [--publisher <string>] 
                    [--connectwallet] 
                    [--origin [<string>]] 
                    [--remote]
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OPTIONS:
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    --test                 use testnet
    --api <string>         enable api and set bind address
    --bind <string>        set the address the node should listen on
    --ip <string>          specify the IP the node should relay to other peers
    --wipe [<full>]        wipe database, specify full to wipe the wallet's private key
    --miner [<threads>]    enable miner and optionally specify number of threads
    --addressdb            enable the AddressDB module
    --data-path <string>   set the data folder path
    --service-bus <string> expose the service bus over zeromq address
    --publisher <string>   expose the publisher over zeromq address
    --connectwallet        connect the new desktop wallet
    --origin [<string>]    add CORS origin
    --remote               automatically configure for remote usages
    --help                 display this list of options.
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