Nubit is a scalable, cost-efficient, data availability layer secured by Bitcoin for the Bitcoin community. Nubit enables the scaling of Bitcoin's data capacities, empowering applications like Ordinals, Layer 2s, and price oracles, thus broadening the scope and efficiency of the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Nubit's incentivized testnet is divided into 3 phases:
✅ Phase 1: Community Assemble
✅ Phase 2: Light Node Quest
🔜 Phase 3: Testnet Adventure
Phase 2: Light Node Quest - Guide
Here are the recommended hardware requirements for running a validator, a full node, and a light node, according to Nubit docs.
1. Get a VPS
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Purchase a VPS that matches the Light Node hardware requirements: https://contabo.com/en/vps/
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Save your account credentials and VPS details (IP and password)
2. Run your system
🧑💻 Mac: Use Terminal
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Go to Terminal app on your Mac and enter the command below with your IP: ‘ssh root@[YOUR IP]’
ssh root@YOUR-IP -
Enter your VPS password
🪟 Windows: Either use Visual Studio Code (VS Code) or Install Putty
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Download and Install VS Code
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Go to Terminal on VS Code and enter the command below with your IP: ‘ssh root@[YOUR IP]’
ssh root@YOUR-IP -
Enter your VPS password
3. Sett up a light node
- Once logged into your VPS, run the following commands:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install curl screen git-all build-essential glibc-source pkg-config libssl-dev clang git-lfs -y
- Create a new screen session
screen -S nubit
- Run light node:
curl -sL1 https://nubit.sh | bash
- The result will look like below. Save your mnemonic, pubkey, and auth key:
NAME: my_nubit_key ADDRESS: nubitxxxxxxxxxx
MNEMONIC (save this somewhere safe!!!): xxxxxxxxxx
PUBKEY xxxxxxxxx AUTH KEY xxxxxxxxxx
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Press Control+A and then press D to exit the screen
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You can also reveal and save your Mnemonic (24 Words) by entering the following:
sudo cat $HOME/nubit-node/mnemonic.txt