• Get test tokens from faucet for gas
  MATIC Faucet: http://faucet.polygon.technology/
  ETH: https://sepoliafaucet.com/
  Enter Your MetaMask Address
  Request Testnet

• Mint some Test Tokens using these links

https://sepolia.etherscan.io/address/0x466D489b6d36E7E3b824ef491C225F5830E81cC1#writeContract

https://sepolia.etherscan.io/address/0xFd57b4ddBf88a4e07fF4e34C487b99af2Fe82a05#writeContract

• Do these for both contracts
  • Go to "Contract" then "Write Contract"
  • Connect Your MetaMask
  • Go to "7. drip" & Enter Your MetaMask Address
  • Click "Write" Button
  • Approve the transaction on your MetaMask

• Transfer some MATIC - https://dapptest.mindnetwork.xyz/

• Connect Your MetaMask and Click "Register" Button

• Transfer any amount of MATIC to yourself

• Go to "Bridge" tab and bridge any amount of CCIP-BnM Token Sepolia to Mumbai MATIC

• Complete Galxe Quests

• That’s all for now keep checking https://dapptest.mindnetwork.xyz for new ways on how to interact like the Swap and Stake tabs

In this guide we will go with all the steps to have your own BEVM Testnet node.

Setup your VPS

• Launch your VPS on any provider, for this guide we will use Contabo.

• Select Cloud VPS S

• Click on Apps & Panels and select Docker and choose Ubuntu 22.04 from the dropdown.

• It will take a few minutes before your server is ready. Wait for the email which contains the IP address of your new server.

• Before we proceed to the next step we might need to install an SSH client if you are running on Windows machine, download and install Putty.

• Open Putty and paste the IP address you got from your email to the Host Name or IP Address field and click Open

• Login as: root (press enter)and type or paste the password you key in while purchasing the server

• If you are on MacOS or Linux, just open the default terminal and key in ssh root@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(replace with the IP of your server)

Add BEVM Testnet Network to your wallet

• Request some tokens for gas on their discord server

Run your BEVM node with Docker

• Test if docker is installed successfully by issuing the following commands

docker run hello-world

• Establish a host mapping path.

  cd /var/lib
  

• Make a new directory, and remember your path

  mkdir node_bevm_test_storage
  

• Fetch the docker image that we need to run the bevm node

  docker pull btclayer2/bevm:v0.1.1
  

• Run the docker container

  sudo docker run -d -v /var/lib/node_bevm_test_storage:/root/.local/share/bevm btclayer2/bevm:v0.1.1 bevm "--chain=testnet" "--name=your_node_name" "--pruning=archive" --telemetry-url "wss://telemetry.bevm.io/submit 0"
  

  If you want to get incentives from the BEVM TestNet FullNode Program, set "your_node_name" as the BEVM address.

• Check the status of your container

  docker ps | grep btc
  

• Get either the container ID (left most column) or the container name (right most column)

• Check the logs of your node

  docker logs -f CONTAINER_ID
  

  Replace CONTAINER_ID with either the container ID or container name you got from the previous command

• Check the status of your Node on the telemetry website https://telemetry.bevm.io

• That’s it you have your node up and running. Do check their twitter and discord for further announcement.

References and Links:

BEVM Twitter
BEVM Documentation page
BEVM Medium post

We are currently at Phase 1 and we will do Number 2, which is the Worker Node Installer Testing.

Setup your NuLink Dashboard

• Access the NuLink dashboard here https://dashboard.testnet.nulink.org

• Connect your wallet (we are using Metamask here on this guide) and switch to BSC Testnet.

• Claim some test tokens from the faucet (see screenshot below)

• Head to staking tab and stake 5 tNLK tokens

• Prompts will appear on your Metamask click on approve and sign.

Setup our Worker Node

• Launch your VPS on any provider, for this guide we will use Contabo.

• Select Cloud VPS S

• Click on Apps & Panels and select Docker and choose Ubuntu 22.04 from the dropdown.

• It will take a few minutes before your server is ready. Wait for the email which contains the IP address of your new server

• Before we proceed to the next step we might need to install an SSH client if you are running on Windows machine, download and install Putty.

• Open Putty and paste the IP address you got from your email to the Host Name or IP Address field and click Open

• Login as: root (press enter)
  and type or paste the password you key in while purchasing the server

• If you are on MacOS or Linux, just open the default terminal and key in ssh root@12.34.56.78 (replace with the IP of your server)

• Let’s ensure everything is up to date type the following and press enter

  sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
  

• Install some dependencies

  sudo apt install pkg-config curl git-all build-essential libssl-dev libclang-dev ufw
  

• Verify that docker has been installed, you should see something like the screenshot below:

• After that let’s run some docker container

  docker run hello-world
  

• Let us now create the Node Worker Account

  wget https://gethstore.blob.core.windows.net/builds/geth-linux-amd64-1.10.23-d901d853.tar.gz
  

• Unpack the package we just downloaded

  tar -xvzf geth-linux-amd64-1.10.23-d901d853.tar.gz
  

• Go inside the directory

  cd geth-linux-amd64-1.10.23-d901d853/
  

• Create the new Worker address Account

  ./geth account new --keystore ./keystore
  

• This will prompt you to enter a password and once confirmed it will start generating a new worker address and the location of the keystore file. Make sure to keep this information safe somewhere. We will need them later.

• Time to start installing and running our Worker node

  docker pull nulink/nulink:latest
  

• Let us create a new directory under root, first go to root directory

  cd /root
  

• Then create a new directory named nulink

  mkdir nulink
  

• Copy the Keystore files we generated a while ago to this newly created directory

  cp /root/geth-linux-amd64-1.10.23-d901d853/keystore/* /root/nulink
  

• Change permission

  chmod -R 777 /root/nulink
  

• Let us now initialize our worker node with the new account, type each command below and press after each command, this is the same password you used a while ago when we were generating the worker address.

  export NULINK_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD=your_very_secure_password
  

  export NULINK_OPERATOR_ETH_PASSWORD=your_very_secure_password
  

• Run the following commands and ensure to change the encircled portion with the values you get from the Worker Address generation above

  docker run -it --rm \
  -p 9151:9151 \
  -v /root/nulink:/code \
  -v /root/nulink:/home/circleci/.local/share/nulink \
  -e NULINK_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD \
  nulink/nulink nulink ursula init \
  --signer keystore:///code/<UTC--2022-REPLACE_THIS_THE_ACTUAL_VALUE YOU GOT FROM WALLET GENERATION> \
  --eth-provider https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s2.binance.org:8545 \
  --network horus \
  --payment-provider https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s2.binance.org:8545 \
  --payment-network bsc_testnet \
  --operator-address <REPLACE THIS with THE ACTUAL WORKER ADDRESS> \
  --max-gas-price 10000000000
  

• It will then ask you to complete some steps with a prompt below:

  Detected IPv4 address (XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX) - Is this the public-facing address of Ursula? [y/N]: y
  
  Please provide a password to lock Operator keys.
  Do not forget this password, and ideally store it using a password manager.
  
  Enter nulink keystore password (8 character minimum): xxxxxx
  Repeat for confirmation: xxxxxx
   
  Backup your seed words, you will not be able to view them again.
  xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx
  
  Have you backed up your seed phrase? [y/N]: y
  
  Confirm seed words: xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  
  Public Key:   02xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Path to Keystore: /home/circleci/.local/share/nulink/keystore
  
  - You can share your public key with anyone. Others need it to interact with you.
  - Never share secret keys with anyone! 
  - Backup your keystore! Character keys are required to interact with the protocol!
  - Remember your password! Without the password, it's impossible to decrypt the key!
  
  Generated configuration file at default file path /home/circleci/.local/share/nulink/ursula.json
  
  * Review configuration  -> nulink ursula config
  * Start working         -> nulink ursula run
  

• Make sure to keep the information above saved somewhere.

• Let us now RUN the node.

  docker run --restart on-failure -d \
  --name ursula \
  -p 9151:9151 \
  -v /root/nulink:/code \
  -v /root/nulink:/home/circleci/.local/share/nulink \
  -e NULINK_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD \
  -e NULINK_OPERATOR_ETH_PASSWORD \
  nulink/nulink nulink ursula run --no-block-until-ready
  

• An ID will be generated if everything goes well, save that ID for future reference.

• Let us now confirm the status of our node by running the command below

  docker logs -f ursula
  

  It should say something about Working - Keep Ursula Online!

• Let us give some BNB to our Worker Node. Go to BNB Chain’s Faucet

• Paste your Worker Node’s Address and click Send 0.3 BNB

Congrats! Your node is now running!

Bond Your Worker Node to your Staking Dashboard

• Go back to your NuLink Dashboard https://dashboard.testnet.nulink.org

• Click Bond Worker and paste your worker node address, it might take a few minutes before your NODE IP to show up and for the Worker Status to go ONLINE, but you should see your worker address to be populated.

Form Submission (IMPORTANT for REWARD Eligibility)

• After completing 7 epochs (approximately 7 days 1 epochs = more or less 24 hours) with a living ratio above 80% you need to fill out this FORM

• At the end of Phase One , a raffle will happen for all eligible stakers/node operators.

• Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor!

References and Useful Links:
1. https://docs.nulink.org/products/testnet\ 2. https://www.nulink.org/blog-posts/nulink-testnet-horus-2-0-phase-one-testing rules
3. Discord Discussion Channel
4. Telegram Discussion Channel
5. Form - https://forms.gle/9ZZgECdJFJFQHGuz8

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