Initializing Node and Wallet

Running a Grin Node

The rest of the documentation is common for Linux, macOS and Windows.

Running a Grin node is as simple as typing the command:

grin

You should see the following window: Congratulations! 🎉 You are now running a Grin full node. The initial sync might take anywhere from 30 minutes to a few hours depending on your connection speed and CPU performance.

If you have a good Internet connection, you can help strengthen the network by keeping your PC running with a grin node and port 3414 open.

All data files will be created at the hidden folder ~/.grin (under your home directory). Inside this folder, of special interest is the file grin-server.toml which can be used to modify configuration options.

Creating a Grin Wallet

While your node is syncing, let's initialize a new Grin wallet.

In the command prompt type the following:

grin-wallet init

Your wallet will now ask you to create a password. Most wallet commands will require it, so you'll be typing the password quite often. In order to hide it, your keyboard input will not be displayed.

Please enter a password for your new wallet
Password:
Confirm Password:

Next, the wallet will show your recovery-phrase:

Your recovery phrase is:

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This phrase is a list of 24 words which encode all the information needed to recover your wallet. If your computer breaks or your hard drive becomes corrupted, you can enter grin-wallet init -r and type the phrase to recover your grins.

Store it safely, preferably in a non-digital format.