README.md

# Substrate Node Template

A new FRAME-based Substrate node, ready for hacking :rocket:

## Local Development

Follow these steps to prepare a local Substrate development environment :hammer_and_wrench:

### Simple Setup

Install all the required dependencies with a single command (be patient, this can take up
to 30 minutes).

```bash
curl https://getsubstrate.io -sSf | bash -s -- --fast
```

### Manual Setup

Find manual setup instructions at the [Substrate Developer Hub](https://substrate.dev/docs/en/knowledgebase/getting-started/#manual-installation).

### Build

Once the development environment is set up, build the node template. This command will build the
[Wasm](https://substrate.dev/docs/en/knowledgebase/advanced/executor#wasm-execution) and
[native](https://substrate.dev/docs/en/knowledgebase/advanced/executor#native-execution) code:

```bash
cargo build --release
```

## Run

### Single Node Development Chain

Purge any existing dev chain state:

```bash
./target/release/node-template purge-chain --dev
```

Start a dev chain:

```bash
./target/release/node-template --dev
```

Or, start a dev chain with detailed logging:

```bash
RUST_LOG=debug RUST_BACKTRACE=1 ./target/release/node-template -lruntime=debug --dev
```

### Multi-Node Local Testnet

To see the multi-node consensus algorithm in action, run a local testnet with two validator nodes,
Alice and Bob, that have been [configured](/bin/node-template/node/src/chain_spec.rs) as the
initial authorities of the `local` testnet chain and endowed with testnet units.

Note: this will require two terminal sessions (one for each node).

Start Alice's node first. The command below uses the default TCP port (30333) and specifies
`/tmp/alice` as the chain database location. Alice's node ID will be
`12D3KooWEyoppNCUx8Yx66oV9fJnriXwCcXwDDUA2kj6vnc6iDEp` (legacy representation:
`QmRpheLN4JWdAnY7HGJfWFNbfkQCb6tFf4vvA6hgjMZKrR`); this is determined by the `node-key`.

```bash
cargo run -- \
  --base-path /tmp/alice \
  --chain=local \
  --alice \
  --node-key 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 \
  --telemetry-url 'ws://telemetry.polkadot.io:1024 0' \
  --validator
```

In another terminal, use the following command to start Bob's node on a different TCP port (30334)
and with a chain database location of `/tmp/bob`. The `--bootnodes` option will connect his node to
Alice's on TCP port 30333:

```bash
cargo run -- \
  --base-path /tmp/bob \
  --bootnodes /ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWEyoppNCUx8Yx66oV9fJnriXwCcXwDDUA2kj6vnc6iDEp \
  --chain=local \
  --bob \
  --port 30334 \
  --ws-port 9945 \
  --telemetry-url 'ws://telemetry.polkadot.io:1024 0' \
  --validator
```

Execute `cargo run -- --help` to learn more about the template node's CLI options.

## Generate a Custom Node Template

Generate a Substrate node template based on a particular commit by running the following commands:

```bash
# Clone from the main Substrate repo
git clone https://github.com/paritytech/substrate.git
cd substrate

# Switch to the branch or commit to base the template on
git checkout <branch/tag/sha1>

# Run the helper script to generate a node template. This script compiles Substrate, so it will take
# a while to complete. It expects a single parameter: the location for the script's output expressed
# as a relative path.
.maintain/node-template-release.sh ../node-template.tar.gz
```

Custom node templates are not supported. Please use a recently tagged version of the
[Substrate Developer Node Template](https://github.com/substrate-developer-hub/substrate-node-template)
in order to receive support.