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BCH Regtest

Regtest​

  1. Download the binaries, extract to the bin folder

Binaries' names intersect with the bitcoin names. So we are going to rename them.

wget https://github.com/bitcoin-cash-node/bitcoin-cash-node/releases/download/v27.1.0/bitcoin-cash-node-27.1.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
tar -xzvf bitcoin-cash-node-27.1.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz

mv bitcoin-cash-node-27.1.0/bin/bitcoind ~/bin/bcashd
mv bitcoin-cash-node-27.1.0/bin/bitcoin-cli ~/bin/bcash-cli
mv bitcoin-cash-node-27.1.0/bin/bitcoin-tx ~/bin/bcash-tx

rm -rf bitcoin-cash-node-27.1.0 bitcoin-cash-node-27.1.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz
  1. Create home dir for bitcoin-cash
mkdir ~/.bitcoin-cash
  1. Initialize configuration file at ~/.bitcoin-cash/bitcoin-cash.conf
regtest=1

[regtest]
daemon=1
server=1
listen=1
port=18544
rpcbind=127.0.0.1
rpcport=18323
rpcuser=bcashrpc
rpcpassword=CCwXB6IxXcYMlBd6w812yfmiahxYBnlR0KLlvMIjgOrGq9eqgj9WmdeTCSDVo4w9

datadir=...

addnode=...
addnode=...

Set your own rpcuser, rpcpassword and datadir, define addresses of all other nodes in addnode fields.

  1. Start the node

We need to specify path ot config, because Bitcoin-Cash uses the same defaults as Bitcoin

bcashd -conf=$BCASH_HOME/bitcoin-cash.conf
  1. Verify the node is working
bcash-cli -conf=$BCASH_HOME/bitcoin-cash.conf getblockcount