Create Custom Boot Node Address

Introduction

If new nodes join using your Boot Node address the new node will see your node first. Hence, having your own custom Boot Node Address is an easy way to make your node see more peers.

There are 2 possible Boot Node Address formats:

• IP4
• DNS

Let’s begin 😎👍

IP4 – Easy

Get {NODE_IP}

Go to Node Terminal and run curl command to get IP address of the node:

curl https://ipinfo.io/ip

Get {PORT}

Use the port you have enabled for your node. You can use ufw command to remember OR check your router settings:

sudo ufw numbered

Get {ACCOUNT_ID}

Run curl command:

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"id":1, "jsonrpc":"2.0", "method": "system_localPeerId", "params":[]}' http://localhost:9945

Your account ID should look something like:

12D3Koo...4gdKDRf

Put it all Together

Plug the results in the following format:

/ip4/{NODE_IP}/tcp/{PORT}/p2p/{ACCOUNT_ID}

The final result should look something like this:

/ip4/192.168.1.1/tcp/30334/p2p/12D3KooWF9SWxz9dmy6vfndQhoxqCa7PESaoFWEiF8Jkqh4xKDRf

PM the final output to one of the admins in ghostWhales.

DNS – Medium Difficulty

Get {DOMAIN}

First you must get IP of your Node. Then you must point that IP address to a domain name

Get {NODE IP}

Go to Node Terminal and run curl command to get IP:

curl https://ipinfo.io/ip

Get {DOMAIN}

Go to DYNU and create an account using burner email address. Go to DDNS settings and create a domain that points to your IP, for example:

crazymf.mwire.org --> {NODE IP}

Now you should have {DOMAIN}.

Get {PORT}

Use the port you have enabled for your node. You can use ufw command to remember OR check your router settings:

sudo ufw numbered

Get {ACCOUNT_ID}

Run curl command:

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"id":1, "jsonrpc":"2.0", "method": "system_localPeerId", "params":[]}' http://localhost:9945

Your account ID should look something like:

12D3Koo...4gdKDRf

Put it all Together

Plug the results in the following format:

/dns/{DOMAIN}/tcp/{PORT}/p2p/{ACCOUNT_ID}

The final result should look something like this:

/dns/bootnode69.chain.ghostchain.io/tcp/30334/p2p/12D3KooWF9SWxz9dmy6vfndQhoxqCa7PESaoFWEiF8Jkqh4xKDRf

PM the final output to one of the admins in ghostWhales.