Dashboard Tutorial

Download

Download the latest release according to your system:

Initialize

Open terminal for macOS and Linux users. If using windows, you could use cmd or powershell.

enter the directory where the latest bytom application are downloaded, run the following command:

$ ./bytomd init --chain_id testnet

--chain_id testnet means to connect to the public testnet. If you use --chain_id mainnet, it would be standalone mode.

Launch the node

$ ./bytomd node --mining

Then you could access the dashboard by visiting http://localhost:9888 via your brower.

New key

Whither creating a new account or asset, you have to create a key first, which is essential for asset and account.

Let's say, new a key naming alice:

New account

Accounts -> New, choose an account alias, e.g., alice:

Select an avaliable key for account alice:

New asset

Let's new an asset naming gold:

Choose a key as well.

Send Transaction

Before sending a transaction, ensure you have enough balances:

• every transaction needs to consume at least 20,000,000 BTM gas.

Transfer BTM

This section demonstrates the transaction alice sending 100000000 BTM to bob.

There are several types of actions.

• Spend from account: sender of transaction.
• Control with account or Control with receiver: receiver of transaction.

Note: The prompter of trading should pay the transaction fee, i.e., at least 20,000,000 BTM gas.

Sender(alice) pays the BTM as transaction fee:

Sender(alice) wants transfer 100000000 BTM to receiver:

Configure receiver(bob) accordingly:

Now, bob should have 100000000 BTM.

Issue and Spend Other Assets

Aside from transferring BTM, which is a native asset in the system, you can issue some new assets in Bytom, e.g., gold. Whether issuing or spending an asset, you have to build a transaction to complete, which is similar to the above instruction.