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nillion-devnet

The nillion-devnet tool creates a Nillion network devnet that you can interact with while you keep the process running.

Run Devnet

Usage: nillion-devnet [OPTIONS]

Options:
-n, --node-count <NODE_COUNT>
The number of nodes in the devnet

[default: 3]

-c, --cluster-id <CLUSTER_ID>
The uuid of the cluster.

A random uuid will be used if none is provided, honoring the --seed parameter.

-d, --state-directory <STATE_DIRECTORY>
The directory where the node's states is stored.

A temporary directory will be used if none is provided.

-s, --seed <SEED>
The seed to use, if any, for keys and cluster ids.

If none is provided, node keys and the cluster id will be randomized.

-p, --prime-bits <PRIME_BITS>
The number of bits in the prime number to be used

[default: 256]

-b, --bind-address <BIND_ADDRESS>
The address to bind to

[default: 127.0.0.1]

-h, --help
Print help (see a summary with '-h')

-V, --version
Print version

Devnet outputs

Running a local devnet outputs values you can use to run nillion against your local devnet rather than the network

  • devnet id
  • blockchain node endpoint
  • node ids
  • wallet keys: 14 private keys written to a file
  • payment configuration (blockchain info) written to a file
    • blockchain_rpc_endpoint
    • chain_id
    • payments_sc_address
    • blinding_factors_manager_sc_address
  • bootnode
  • websocket

Spin down local devnet

To stop the local devnet, run

killall nillion-devnet