From b1ec78e287497a5bbd21f7cfa9086810e158879d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Flores Lorca Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 22:36:44 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update testnet.md add windows instructoins --- doc/testnet.md | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/testnet.md b/doc/testnet.md index 6b7e4fc2..da6bad3d 100644 --- a/doc/testnet.md +++ b/doc/testnet.md @@ -4,14 +4,18 @@ Connecting to testnet After building Bitcoin private, you should have two binaries (btcpd, and btcp-cli) on your build target directory, but before running the btcp, you need to configure it: -### Linux - 1. Create a btcprivate.conf file +#### Linux + ``` vi ~/.btcprivate/btcprivate.conf ``` +#### Windows + +Click on Start/Windows Logo and type `cmd` once there type `%AppData%\BitcoinPrivate`. It will open the explorer in that directory. Create a new text file and name it as `btcprivate.conf` (be sure you remove the txt extension) in the directory and open it with a text editor + 2. Add the following to the conf file ``` @@ -31,4 +35,4 @@ The rpc parameters are required for the daemon to run. the `testnet=1` tells the Once you run the daemon, you should first wait to sync the chain before mining. Once you are synced you can add `gen=1` to the conf file, and restart the btcp daemon. -Now that you have your node up you can use `btcp-cli` to make RPC calls to your node (i.e `btcp-cli getinfo`). \ No newline at end of file +Now that you have your node up you can use `btcp-cli` to make RPC calls to your node (i.e `btcp-cli getinfo`).