Project: Raspberry Pi (and other ARM SBC) BitShares2.0 images and repositories

[iHashFury]

Could we collaborate and start a mini graphene arm test net in this thread (or  a new thread)?

I have been trying to start a test net with lafona using the CLI Wallet Cookbook but I think we are on different chains.

Lets see if these little computers can keep up with MasterCard  :P

[maqifrnswa]

1) Get Raspbian Jessie. (e.g. http://sirlagz.net/2013/07/19/raspbian-server-edition-2-5/ or the version I already shared). Advanced users can apt-pin and make a mixed jessie/wheezy system. I might add more instructions later.

2) As super user or root, grab the archive key and add the repository

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wget -O - http://people.debian.org/~showard/raspbian/bitshares_repo.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
echo -e "deb  http://people.debian.org/~showard/raspbian/ jessie main bitshares\ndeb-src http://people.debian.org/~showard/raspbian/ jessie main bitshares" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/bitshares/list


3) Install graphene

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apt-get update
apt-get install graphene

4) you now have two new binaries to use, "witness_node" and "cli_wallet"

5) You will have updates pushed to you (via apt-get upgrade) periodically without needing to install a new image

EDIT: New image uploaded as well! see first post

[xeroc]

witness node is chugging along...can I do anything with it that is helpful or useful for development?

If you know about C++ you can write unit-tests and/or documentation and publish a pull request

I'm going to dig into the command line wallet and one of the dummy accounts tonight after work.

If you want to give the webwallet a try you should "install" graphene-ui (different repo)
and of course you can also help out there ...

[phillyguy]

witness node is chugging along...can I do anything with it that is helpful or useful for development?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l0ktdlwxddfe3tf/2015-07-28%2015.29.46.jpg?dl=0

I'm going to dig into the command line wallet and one of the dummy accounts tonight after work.

[phillyguy]

Awesome man thanks!

[maqifrnswa]

Up and running on the RPI 2. Now just have to work through the Github instructions. This is my first exposure to Linux.

Awesome! Working executables are already in your home directory. If you want to update:

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cd bitshares/graphene
git pull
git submodule update --init --recursive
cd build
make witness_node cli_wallet

updated executables will be in /home/pi/bitshares/graphene/build/programs/wallet_node and /home/pi/bitshares/graphene/programs/cli_wallet

Warning, compiling on RPi is VERY slow, that's why I'm putting out disk images and a repository. (also, it requires a newer version of boost, which is also in your home directory - so it gets complicated). You also can wait for packages so that all you would do is "apt-get install graphene" and it will take care of everything automatically.

[phillyguy]

Up and running on the RPI 2. Now just have to work through the Github instructions. This is my first exposure to Linux.

[phillyguy]

Still can't extract the .img file to write to SD card because it says its 734 PB.

wierd, sorry about that... something up with partitions maybe? What OS are you using (and steps to decompress?)

I have another image to put up soon too, busy at work so I might not get to it for a few days.

As of now I'm not able to do a windows 10 PI image, but if someone is willing to please go ahead. Since the goal is simplicity and security, sticking with a minimal linux server is what i'm most comfortable with.

Using Zipeg on OSX and it looks like it's extracting to about 5GB. Should be good to go. Thanks again!

[maqifrnswa]

Still can't extract the .img file to write to SD card because it says its 734 PB.

wierd, sorry about that... something up with partitions maybe? What OS are you using (and steps to decompress?)

I have another image to put up soon too, busy at work so I might not get to it for a few days.

As of now I'm not able to do a windows 10 PI image, but if someone is willing to please go ahead. Since the goal is simplicity and security, sticking with a minimal linux server is what i'm most comfortable with.

EDIT: also a big deal: windows 10 costs money, linux is free

[phillyguy]

Still can't extract the .img file to write to SD card because it says its 734 PB.

[Pheonike]

Will there be a version for PI version of windows 10?

[phillyguy]

When I try to extract the IMG file prior to imaging to an SD card, it says its 734 PB?

Anybody know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

[fav]

I have sent this thread to Faddat at the open source hardware project.  Their first project looks like it is Klouds.io, but they can get things made for a better deal than most places.

could elaborate? do they offer ready to use hardware?

[fuzzy]

I have sent this thread to Faddat at the open source hardware project.  Their first project looks like it is Klouds.io, but they can get things made for a better deal than most places. 

[fav]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2073955313/pidrive-low-power-msata-ssd-for-the-raspberry-pi could be a huge boost for the project