IronFish Testnet

Instructions and tips for the IronFish Testnet network by Njokac

Useful links

• Testnet introduction - https://testnet.ironfish.network/about

• Official docs - https://ironfish.network/docs/onboarding/iron-fish-tutorial

• Nodes Guru guide - https://nodes.guru/ironfish/setup-guide/en

• Testnet leaderboard - https://testnet.ironfish.network/leaderboard

• Network explorer - https://explorer.ironfish.network/

• GitHub - https://github.com/iron-fish/ironfish

• Discord - https://discord.gg/9S2tHQj7B2

General tips

• Remember to keep your node updated at all times, you are required to update your node within a week of a new release

• Many issues (e.g. high memory usage) can be fixed by a simple node restart

• If you are having performance issues try sticking to either mining or node running, as running both on the same machine can be tricky

• When asking for a help, always provide details about your system and installation method as well as output of ironfish status command

How to start mining in a pool

The guide assumes that you followed Nodes Guru installation method.

The list of available pools:

• pool.ironfish.network - official mining pool maintained by the IronFish team

• stratum://peak-pool.com:9034 - Pool with a nice dashboard - https://peak-pool.com/

• pool.ironfish.host - Russian pool - https://ironfish.host/

• 36.189.234.195:60006 - Chinese pool - https://zk.work/

First we need to edit the IronFish service file and add the pool address:

nano /etc/systemd/system/ironfishd-miner.service

So to mine in a official mining pool, you would edit the execution command to look like this:

ExecStart=/usr/bin/yarn --cwd /root/ironfish/ironfish-cli/ start miners:start -v -t 5 --no-richOutput --pool pool.ironfish.network --address YourWallet

Don't forget to put desired number of mining threads and your IronFish wallet address.

Finally reload the service and restart the miner:

systemctl daemon-reload service && ironfishd-miner restart

Check the logs to see if the miner started doing its job:

journalctl -u ironfishd-miner -f

How to speed up node sync

You can download official chain snapshot to sync your node much faster. Note that you do not need a synced node if you are mining in a official pool.

To download a database snapshot just execute the following command:

ironfish chain:download

The command will download a chain database snapshot and replace a node's database. This allows nodes that are far behind the head of the chain to sync more quickly by downloading a pre-synced chain.

How to send multiple transactions for testnet points

For every 0.1 IRON transaction that you make, you will receive 1 point on the leaderboard.

To automatically execute transactions issue the following command and sit back, it can take a while to execute transactions depending on your balance:

ironfish depositAll --confirm --fee=2

The process of creating transactions puts a strain on your node so it is advised to pause the miner while you are executing transactions:

service ironfishd-miner stop