W3.14 CODA Testnet Beta is live!

tags: web3 zk-SNARKs coda testnet

Why CODA

• Imagine for a bit, what if the blockchain size is just ~20KB
• What can you build using such a technology
• And one could potentially access Coda on a mobile phone, a browser, etc.

Start CODA

• Install the latest binaries
• Setup and Run Coda on your local machine
• Connect to the Testnet

Transact CODA

• Startup a Node by running the following command
• coda daemon -peer hello-coda.o1test.net:8303 -background
• You should see the following or similar output
  
• Check Connectivity by running the following command
• coda client status
• If Bootsrap, you'll see something like this
  
• If Synced, you'll see something like this
  
• Create a New Account by running the following command
• coda client generate-keypair -privkey-path keys/my-wallet
• It should generate a private-key wallet and public-key wallet.pub under the keys folder
• Here is my public-key, if you fancy sending me some CODA
• My public-key:
  tNciA7oPYaShxJFfenYyf5RJCCusYMNymzSHvwJW3FbLrqU5t4fixw1RXDGrBwWr2vG8fyygqyTTPr4jgDZSrD6e1sBfoTjFCUXUskktbNLzug7sDBMXM4tAVBf2WBmxfwofTCBdRBZzVy
• If you share your public-key, I might send you some CODA for kicks
• Alternatively go to the Discord #faucet channel and ask Tiny the dog for some
  $request <public-key>
• Don't forget the $
• Check your Balance by running the following command
  coda client get-balance -address <public-key>
• Balance: 100 coda
• Make a Payment by running the following command
  coda client send-payment \ -amount 20 \ -receiver tNciB5atiEC8k4poyYQX64WPZzSTt1pLYwujjiQeQtw9xaTPY5ZqVdcc6aP3MUVUVm8QTP7vcGPtGqZmDmozkjpZZKiMppMc4D6Dq8JScuPw5D9oCjAoYq431Ka8Ch2povNMJE7TYusPM3 \ -fee 5 \ -privkey-path keys/my-wallet
• You'll see something like this
  
• You should be left with a Balance: 90

Operate CODA

• Identify tasks that can help us raise conversion rate
• Stake your CODA and participate in the consensus by running this command
• coda client set-staking -privkey-path keys/my-wallet
• You'll see something like this
• 

Contribute CODA

• There are several ways, one can contribute
• Join the Public Testnet
• Build on CODA if you're a developer
• Report Issues if and when you find them

Web3 Engineer Tasks:

• Research Why & How CODA shrunk the block
• Start on CODA now
• Transact on CODA network
• Operate a CODA Node today
• Contribute to the CODA Community