Okay, I've got this running and it works well, but without any other people to connect to there's not much point. So I'll try to explain what to do:
1. Download and unzip the .zip file of source code from Github
2. Download and install the .NET 2.2 SDK from Microsoft as mentioned on the Github page
3. Open a command prompt instance and navigate to the location of your downloaded source code
4. Navigate to src/daemon within the source code
5. Use the command
dotnet publish
to compile the daemon/node
6. Start the node with the command
dotnet run -c release -addnode=2.133.190.51 -addnode=89.241.47.29 -addnode=98.247.172.233 -addnode=204.152.213.186
7. Browse to
http://localhost:48334/swagger8. This is a GUI interface that allows you to interact with the node so it only loads when the node is running
9. From there you can use the interface to create a wallet, run it, and start mining
From then on, if anyone here can get this running, please post your IP address so myself and others can connect and we can start building the network. Let me know if you have any issues or questions and I'll try to help.
Edit: Found some nodes to connect to. See following post.