How to Join the Live Network

The time has finally come. With the long-awaited Token Generation Event behind us, the economy of the Autonomi Network is alive and kicking. Real ANT tokens are being earned by nodes, traded on exchanges, and used to upload and store data on the network.

If you're here for the first time and want to contribute some spare space—and earn ANT for doing so— you can follow our quickstart guides to running a node.

Or if you've already been running nodes on the Network until this point, here are the steps you need to take to get them connected and earning live tokens, and the follow-on steps needed to see ANT in your wallet.

Reset not upgrade

It's vital, if you have been running nodes in the previous network and the beta, that you Reset rather than upgrade your nodes. Follow the steps below to do that.

Reset Your Nodes

Resetting with the Node Launchpad

1

Download the latest version of the Node Launchpad

2

Open the launchpad and Press O to access the Options screen.

3

Press Ctrl + R

4

Type the word reset and Press Enter.

Your nodes will reset and refresh in the background. Sometimes this can take a few moments.

5

Press Q to Launchpad, and then re-open it

6

Press Ctrl + G to add your Nodes again, and Press Enter to start them

Resetting using the CLI

Here's the series of commands for advanced users already using the Node Manager CLI tool: antctl. After resetting, and while adding nodes again, note the additional arguments that should be used each time depending, on your circumstances. In particular the --rewards-address argument which allows you to attach your wallet address to each node. This is now using the Arbitum One network:

1. antup update (to make sure you are on the latest version of the Node Manager)
2. antctl reset
3. antctl add (with the following args)
  --count <# of nodes>                                              => If not specified, only a single node is added
   --log-dir-path <path>                                             => optional, path to store the log files.
  --home-network                                                    => optional, if you're behind a NAT/home router/ without port-forwarding
  --upnp                                                            => optional, if you have enabled upnp in your router, mutually exclusive with home-network
  --node-port <single/range of ports>                               => If --home-network or --upnp is not provided, then you have to port-forward a set of ports and provide them here. We accept a single port i.e., 12000 or a range i.e., 12000-12010. The number of ports here should match the number of nodes specified using --count
  --enable-metrics-server                                           => optional, if you want the stats to be displayed inside the launchpad
  --rewards-address <your ethereum wallet address> evm-arbitrum-one => Must be specified at the end, to store your earned ANT.
4. antctl start --interval 2000
5. antctl status --details

ANT tokens on the live network now use the Arbitrum One blockchain. So make it's crucial to include evm-arbitrum-oneafter your rewards wallet address.

Update Your Wallet

Now that the Network is operating with real ANTs, you'll update your wallet to be able to see your tokens on the live network. You can keep the very same wallet address you have been using, but you'll need to add the Arbitrum One network, and then Import ANT too.

Add Arbitrum

Connecting your wallet with Arbitrum One, the first step to be able to work with ANT

Import ANT

And finally, configure your wallet for Autonomi tokens