NethermindEth/nethermind 1.8.1

v1.8.1

on GitHub

Use 1.7.18 for stable / tested version!

This version occasionally prints out log errors about BlockDownloader - most of them can be ignored and will be fixed soon.

• redesigned synchronization logic
• receipts, bodies, state and full sync can happen in parallel
• beam sync temporarily disabled with Goerli
• fixed some issues with receipts sync
• fixed some behaviours around loading blocks from DB
• Head block will be now available faster for the JSON RPC calls
• fixed the issue with the errors being shown in the logs when closing session that had may open WebSockets connections
• the node will remain in full sync mode for 1024 blocks before catching up with fast sync by default now

Running Nethermind:

Nethermind Launcher is a self-contained app - you do not need to install .NET separately to run it.

Linux

1. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libsnappy-dev libc6-dev libc6 unzip
2. wget https://github.com/NethermindEth/nethermind/releases/download/1.8.1/nethermind-linux-amd64-1.8.1-8b8cac2.zip
3. unzip nethermind-linux-amd64-1.8.1-8b8cac2.zip -d nethermind
4. cd nethermind
5. ./Nethermind.Launcher
6. Select desired configuration

Additionally for Ubuntu 16.04

1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
2. sudo apt-get update
3. sudo apt-get install gcc-6 g++-6
4. sudo apt install libzstd1

Windows

1. download windows package nethermind-windows-amd64-1.8.1-8b8cac2.zip
2. unzip the file
3. run Nethermind.Launcher.exe
4. select desired configuration

macOS

1. download darwin package nethermind-darwin-amd64-1.8.1-8b8cac2.zip
2. unzip the file
3. run Nethermind.Launcher
4. select desired configuration

Running Nethermind Data Marketplace:

NDM packages can be downloaded directly from http://downloads.nethermind.io/. Running instructions are similar to the above, simply change the package name to NDM e.g. (nethermind-linux-amd64-1.8.1-8b8cac2.zip -> NDM-linux-amd64-*)