Run a Collator node

[WHitney]

Bifrost Pre-production Environment:

rpc：wss://bifrost-rpc.testnet.liebi.com/ws

Download Chain Spec

• Relay chain spec: rococo-local.json

• Bifrost chain spec: bifrost-stage.json

• Bifrost Binary

• Bifrost Source Code

Run a Collator Node

/path/to/bifrost
–collator
–force-authoring
–chain </path/to/bifrost-stage.json>
–base-path <DATA_PATH>
–ws-port=9944
–port=30333
–prometheus-external
–state-cache-size 0
–
–chain </path/to/rococo-local.json>
–execution wasm

Set SessionKey

Generate SessionKey

curl -H “Content-Type: application/json” -d ‘{“id”:1, “jsonrpc”:“2.0”, “method”: “author_rotateKeys”, “params”:}’ http://COLLATOR_IP:9933

Set SessionKey

Receive test-BNC

• Bifrost Faucet: Telegram: Contact @bifrost_faucet

!drip - Send 110 BNC to your address.

!top - Top 30 with the most delegate or collator rewards.

!rank - Rank and rewards.

!help - show all commands

Apply for a Candidate

• extrinsic

parameters:

bond: candidate bonding amount 100,000,000,000,000 (100 BNCs)

candidateCount: existing candidate amount

• event

If the total amount of Total Bonded is in the top 16, the new Collator can start to generate blocks and receive rewards after 2 rounds.