Instructions to set up a BitcoinPrivate full-node to Mine the Fork

Linux ONLY, 500GB+ recommended

You will not receive a mining reward if you choose to help mine the fork

Bitcoin Private

March 2, 2018

Install Bitcoin Private

Follow the instructions here.

Download + Decompress Snapshot Data (BTC UTXOs)

cd ~/.btcprivate/
curl https://s3.amazonaws.com/btcp.snapshot/utxo_snapshot.tar.gz | tar xvz

You can also generate the utxo_snapshot yourself here.

Make the config file

mkdir ~/.btcprivate
touch ~/.btcprivate/btcprivate.conf

Run the daemon

cd ~/BitcoinPrivate
./src/btcpd