Quote from: Pon13 on September 19, 2018, 12:38:17 PM

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Quote from: Pon13 on September 19, 2018, 07:55:53 AM

Quote from: boomboom on September 19, 2018, 07:44:59 AM

How hard to setup a masternode on Windows, or is helium more suitable for Linux now? Is there a tutorial for masternodes too, and anyone thinking of setting up a staking pool?

Got my wallet setup and spread keys imported, was very smooth!

there you go buddy https://www.heliumlabs.org/v1.0/docs/masternode-setup-guide

Good lord...I just read that mn set-up guide. Thanx for link.
Well thats just a tad more complicated than I envisioned.
Hmmm...you mean I cant just click a start masternode button?..... Grin

Its super easy to do it in windows, have them both on the same machine. Needless to say that the machine has to be powered on 24/7.

Follow this guide, its a bit similar with a few changes --> MN Guide of another Coin
The procedure is the same, just replace the amount of needed coins (1000 for HLM), use and forward the port (9009) proposed in the HLM configuration.

or fuck it, i'll just write it down for you

Prerequisites:

Helium Wallet running on your local computer with 1000 HLM for each masternode (amount of HLM needed for a masternode)
Static IP Address with open ports for masternodes

Preparing Helium Masternodes

1 Choose the place where you will hold you masternodes directories (you need some freespace for every masternode)
2 Create folder HLMMN1 there
3 Copy file helium-qt.exe in folder HLMMN1
4 Create in folder HLMMN1 new folder data
5 Copy file blk0001.dat and folder txleveldb in created folder data (From your master wallet)
6 Rename helium-qt.exe to the Heliummn1.exe
7 Open Command Prompt and type following Command:

Code:

echo start Heliummn1.exe -datadir=./data > %homepath%/Desktop/startmn1.cmd

8 Move file startmn1.cmd from Desktop to the HLMMN1 folder
9 Repeat the process from step 2 for each masternode you want to created, with
changing mn1 to mn2, mn3
10 Run startmn1.cmd, startmn2.cmd and startmn3.cmd, wait for complete loading
wallets and complete syncing with blockchain
11 Now you can exit from each running masternode wallets

Prepare Helium Controller Wallet

1 Open your main wallet where you have your HLM
2 Go to Receive tab
3 Press button New address and enter Masternode 1 in Label (do not check Stealth address)
4 Send exactly 1000 HLM to this address
5 Wait for 1 confirmation of transaction and go to the Debug console
6 Run command masternode genkey and write down generated key (this is your
masternode private key)
7 Run command masternode outputs and write down hexnumbers (this is your
masternode tx) and digit after : (this is tx index)
8 Go to \AppData\Roaming\Helium and edit the masternode.conf or Click Tools then Open Masternode Configuration File and put your MN settings
For example

Code:

MN1
31.14.135.27:9009
892WPpkqbr7sr6Si4fdsfssjjapuFzAXwETCrpPJubnrmU6aKzh
8ba8caae2670bb38d43fb609e31a337d4d7b4fd4544f93b8cc3b8b3426409
0

where

Code:

-The name (masternode_alias) you gave your masternode
-The IP and port of the VPS
-The masternodeprivkey from step 1
-The first value from masternode outputs
-The second value from masternode outputs

Thus

Additionally, open helium.conf which is in the same folder and put

Code:

pcuser=long random username
rpcpassword=longer random password
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
listen=0
server=1
daemon=1
logtimestamps=1
maxconnections=256

Configuring Helium Masternodes

1 Go to HLMMN1/data folder
2 Open helium.conf in Notepad
3 Add following Lines in there:

Code:

rpcuser=long random username
rpcpassword=long random password
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
listen=1
server=1
daemon=1
logtimestamps=1
maxconnections=256
masternode=1
externalip=Your_PUBLIC_IP
bind=Your_PUBLIC_IP
masternodeaddr=Your_PUBLIC_IP:9009
masternodeprivkey=YOUR_MN_PRIV_KEY

Replace PORT with port for your Masternode 1, IP:PORT with your external ip and the same port for you Masternode 1
Replace PRIVKEY with masternode private key you generated with masternode genkey in controller wallet for Masternode 1

4 Save it and repeat process for Masternode 2 and Masternode 3.

Start Helium Masternodes

1 Now you can start all your masternodes with startmn1.cmd, startmn2.cmd and startmn3.cmd
2 Go to controller wallet, check that your coins in Masternode 1, 2 and 3 addresses have at least 15 confirmations.
3 Go to Masternodes tab and switch to the My Masternodes
4 Press Start All

Your masternode will be started now.
After some time, click update to see if its in the list and working
correctly.
Pat yourself in the back.

Cool, thank you very much, now us Windows plebs can do the masternode thing as well. I plan to setup one, possibly two, and then compare returns with just regular staking.