MultiChain Installation

Question

Hi,

i believe for having 2 nodes, i have to open two command prompt on windows and on one..open a blockchain using multichaind.exe

on the other node , i need to use multichain-cli.exe. which command should i use for the node 2  or for node 2 i should create a new multichain ..

for them to be part of one network, i believe the multichain  name has to be same right?

Answer 1

If you want to run two nodes on one computer, you need to use the datadir option (in both multichaind and multichain-cli) to ensure that the two nodes are using completely separate directories. Each node needs an instance of multichaind running – if you're on Windows, these need to be in separate command prompt windows. In addition you need a separate command prompt window to run multichain-cli to access either node.