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INSTALL.md

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#### Install WSL2 + Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
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From an Administrator PowerShell
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`Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux`
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`dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart`
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and then
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`Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName VirtualMachinePlatform`.
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`dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart`.
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This usually requires a reboot. Once that is complete, install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS from the Microsoft Store and run it. Then follow the steps below.
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```bash
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# add-apt-repository

LINUX_TIMELORD.md

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pip install --force --no-binary chiavdf chiavdf==0.12.1
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If the compile fails, it's likely due to a missing dependency. See INSTALL.md to determine
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If the compile fails, it's likely due to a missing dependency. See [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md) to determine
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how to install dependent packages for your system.
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README.md

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All data is now stored in the $CHIA_ROOT environment variable. or ~/.chia/VERSION-DIR/ if unset. You can find databases, keys, plots, logs here. You can set $CHIA_ROOT to the .chia directory in your home directory with `export CHIA_ROOT=~/.chia`.
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## Step 1: Install the code
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To install the chia-blockchain node, follow [these install](INSTALL.md) instructions according to your operating system.
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To install chia-blockchain, follow [these install](INSTALL.md) instructions according to your operating system. This only supports 64 bit operating systems.
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Remember that once you complete your install you **must be in the Python virtual environment** which you access from the chia-blockchain directory with the command `. ./activate`. Both dots are critical and once executed correctly your cli prompt will look something like `(venv) username@machine:~$` with the (venv) prepended. Use `deactivate` should you want to exit the venv.
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*Note*
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If you want to run a timelord on Linux, see LINUX_TIMELORD.md.
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Timelords execute sequential verifiable delay functions (proofs of time), that get added to
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blocks to make them valid. This requires fast CPUs and a lot of memory as well as completing
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Timelords execute sequential verifiable delay functions (proofs of time or VDFs), that get added to
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blocks to make them valid. This requires fast CPUs and a few cores per VDF as well as completing
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both install steps above.
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## Tips
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When running the servers on Mac OS, allow the application to accept incoming connections.
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Ubuntu 19.xx, Amazon Linux 2, and CentOS 7.7 or newer are the easiest linux install environments currently.
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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 19.xx, Amazon Linux 2, and CentOS 7.7 or newer are the easiest linux install environments currently.
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UPnP is enabled by default, to open port 8444 for incoming connections. If this causes issues,
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you can disable it in the configuration. Some routers may require port forwarding, or enabling
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UPnP in the router configuration.
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Due to the nature of proof of space lookups by the harvester in the current alpha you should limit
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the number of plots on a physical drive to 50 or less. This limit should significantly increase before beta.
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Due to the nature of proof of space lookups by the harvester in the current release you should limit
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the number of plots on a physical drive to 50 or less. This limit should significantly increase before soon.
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You can also run the simulation, which runs all servers and multiple full nodes, locally, at once.
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