Overview

• MasterNode Statistic
• Download PirateCash core from GitHub, Prepare wallet
• Exchange to PirateCash, transfer to your wallet, then pay yourself EXACTLY 10 000 PIRATE
• Create a Linux Droplet
• Connect to Droplet via PuTTY for Windows/Terminal for Mac
• Edit masternode configuration file's

Download PirateCash core from GitHub, Prepare wallet

• Unzip PirateCash Core file to the location of your choice. You will run the wallet from this location.
• Encrypt your wallet: Settings -> Encrypt Wallet. Choose a password. Write it down. Restart your wallet.

• Backup Wallet: File -> Backup Wallet

Exchange anycoin to 10 000 PIRATE

Exchange a minimum of 10 001 PIRATE.

You need an address with EXACTLY 10 000 for a Masternode.

NOTE: You’re exchanging more because:

• Exchanges charge you for withdrawals
• When you send 10 000 PIRATE to yourself there is a small transaction fee.
• Create a receiving address: Receive -> New address Send PIRATE from exchange to your wallet.
• Create an additional address for your PirateCash: Receive -> New address, label this address mn1
• Copy this address, Click Send tab, paste address on the “Pay To:” line.
• Type 10000 in the Amount: field. Click Send

Create a Linux droplet on DigitalOcean

• Register for an account, create new “droplet” – Digital Ocean’s term
• Select Ubuntu 18.04 x64
• Select 1 GB/1vCPU – sufficient and only $5/month
• Select any datacenter region you like. Create!
• Write down your droplet IP address
• Check your email for initial VPS root password

Access to your droplet

Access VPS via PuTTY – this will allow you to copy and paste commands to your VPS. The web console will not. Mac users can use Terminal. Launchpad -> Search -> Terminal -> Type: ssh root@IP

• Download and install PuTTY
• Default settings are fine. Type IP address in Host box, Type a name your session, click Save for easy future access. Click Open to connect.
• Login as root. Find DigitalOcean email with default password. Copy and paste your password. You can paste in PuTTY with a right mouse click. NOTE: when pasted, your password will be INVISIBLE. Just hit enter.
• Upon first login you will be prompted to choose a new password. Write it down.

Create a Swap File:

fallocate -l 1G /swapfile
chmod 600 /swapfile
mkswap /swapfile
swapon /swapfile
echo "/swapfile none swap sw 0 0" >> /etc/fstab

Masternode configuration file setup

• Enter RPC console: Help -> Debug window –> Console
• Type: masternode genkey

• Goto to Droplet and please Download archive
  

  wget https://github.com/piratecash/piratecash/releases/download/v11.6.4/piratecash-0.11.6.4-x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2
  bzip2 -dc piratecash.tar.bz2 | tar -x
  

  
  
• Create directory mkdir ~/.piratecash
• Create file ~/.piratecash/piratecash.conf with following content:
  

  rpcuser=blabla
  rpcpassword=blablabla
  rpcport=11887
  rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
  maxconnections=768
  daemon=1
  server=1
  listen=1
  txindex=1
  masternode=1
  masternodeprivkey=7q1rFa11n3SeunvjgFbLBVXbtac9wzaPZogCz87Vgq8z5P7oQUy
  masternodeaddr=123.23.145.69:18888
  externalip=123.23.145.69
  port=18888
  

  
  
• Start daemon: ./piratecashd
• Goto back to your Core application and Type: masternode outputs

• If you properly sent 10000 PIRATE to yourself you will see a long string of numbers, this is your transaction ID, followed by the index number. Copy and paste this to a temporary text file.
• Click Masternodes -> My Master Nodes
• Click Create
• Please fill following fields:
  Alias: mn1,
  Address: 123.23.145.69:18888,
  PrivKey: 7q1rFa11n3SeunvjgFbLBVXbtac9wzaPZogCz87Vgq8z5P7oQUy (from masternode genkey),
  TxHash: da2139671a3bb9acf4132d472b6b403cf3591de83460dad8228d43a6048b54d5 (from masternode outputs),
  Output index: 1 (from masternode outputs)

• Click Create
• Click Update
• Goto Settings->unlock wallet->"remove for staking only", put your password and press "Ok"
• Select your masternode and click "Start"
• Lock input:
  Please add line into piratecash.conf:
  

  mnconflock=1
  

  
  

Congratulations, you’re about to start making some coin. Welcome to PirateCash.