Preliminaries¶
Note
Before delving into details, you may want to have a look at Quickstart
To interact with the Autonity Bakerloo testnet, you can use common Ethereum tools, such as MetaMask and the Truffle suite.
Depending on your requirements and what you want to achieve, you may be interested in some or all of the following guides:
- Quickstart (for simply connecting a wallet to the RPC interface of an Autonity Bakerloo testnet node)
- Operating an Autonity Bakerloo testnet node
- Building and deploying your own application
Participating in Autonity DCNs
Autonity Decentralised Clearing Networks enable users to be part of the network in three different ways:
- connecting to node RPC endpoints: full-node operators can make their RPC endpoints available to anyone, to query and interact with the system, on the basis of bilateral agreements
- operating a light client node: anyone can operate the Autonity Go Client in light mode, peering with any full node that allows it. This mode is not currently supported by the Autonity Go Client, but is roadmapped for introduction on the Bakerloo testnet
- operating a full node: any operator of a full node syncs the entire system state (blockchain data); this enables them to offer RPC and Light Client connectivity to anyone
This guide primarily targets x86_64
Linux and macOS platforms. In order to follow the next sections, please install Docker and follow the post installation guide.
Configuring docker
In this guide we assume the existence of a docker
Unix group (as per the post installation guide). As such, we will omit the sudo
command before all occurrences of the docker
command. Please be aware that you will need to add sudo
in front of docker
if the Unix group is not properly configured
Account creation¶
You will first need to create a Participant Account. There are two routes to account creation:
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If you simply need an account to use with wallets such as MetaMask, or to install and operate a node, we recommend to use MetaMask as described in Quickstart.
Info
For more in-depth information on MetaMask, we recommend the MetaMask onboarding and installation guide and MetaMask accounts basics
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If you want to create an account in order to interact with, or deploy smart contracts, we recommend creating an account manually.
Warning
Please make a note of your account address. You will need it in the next steps
Help
If you need help, you can:
- Chat to us on Discord
- Submit a support ticket
- Send an email to bakerloo-support@clearmatics.com