# Run a Bee Node on Sepolia Testnet

## Install latest Bee 2.2.0

wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethersphere/bee/master/install.sh | TAG=v2.2.0 bash

## Check Bee Version

bee version

2.2.0-06a0aca7

## Create a bash script
create a `run_bee.sh` file and past the following text.
Replace `<TESTNET-DATA-DIR>` and `<SEPOLIA-ENDPOINT>` accordingly

#!/bin/bash
bee start \
    --data-dir="<TESTNET-DATA-DIR>" \
    --debug-api-enable=true \
    --full-node=true \
    --mainnet=false \
    --network-id=10 \
    --password="password" \
    --blockchain-rpc-endpoint="wss:<SEPOLIA-ENDPOINT>" \
    --swap-enable=true \
    --verbosity=5 \
    --welcome-message="Hello" \
    --warmup-time="30s"

## Run Bee

bash run_bee.sh

logs:

"time"="2024-03-06 14:24:29.563915" "level"="warning" "logger"="node/chequebook" "msg"="learn how to fund your node by visiting our docs at https://docs.ethswarm.org/docs/installation/fund-your-node"
"time"="2024-03-06 14:24:49.883940" "level"="warning" "logger"="node/chequebook" "msg"="cannot continue until there is at least min ETH (for Gas) available on address" "min_amount"="0.0003044902892" "address"="0x0E429c1F38901275b2A5143b67F44fCE338fA072"

Note this wallet `address` and `min_amount`.

## Funding you bee wallet with sepolia ETH

Transfer `0.001` sepolia ETH (or any amount greater than `min_amount`) to the `address` shown above.

## Funding you bee wallet with sBZZ for staking

### Connect to Sepolia Uniswap :
https://bafybeidymy5uhlni5456cwgyyj5wlst44gdh5343cfkivvvdysiwok5uam.ipfs.dweb.link/?chain=sepolia#/swap

Note:

Make sure, Sepolia is selected as the chain on Metamask.

### Select sBZZ as your output currency:

sBZZ token : `0x543dDb01Ba47acB11de34891cD86B675F04840db`


### Swap sepolia ETH to sBZZ.

Transfer 10 or more sBZZ to the wallet address above.

## Staking your testnet node

Check your node's wallet balance:

curl localhost:1635/wallet

to stake 10 sBZZ tokens:

curl -XPOST localhost:1635/stake/100000000000000000