eth-private-net
Learning and science
blockchain tutorial tooling
SHOW HN2017
140points
15comments
#282of 2,242 in 2017
Top 13%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
6 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.42.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstDocs: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Well-written, instructive tutorial
From 3 comments
This is an amazingly well-written example! I have very little interest in Ethereum (or cryptocurrency in general) but your writeup made me want to try it out and play with it. I…
geofft on HN> eth-private-net is a simple tool that allows you to quickly setup a three-node private Ethereum network running locally on your personal computer. The tool makes initializing,…
virtuexru on HNLovely work!
tonetheman on HN
Fills a gap in Ethereum learning resources
From 2 comments
>I wrote this tool because I found a lot of the Ethereum tooling opaque and difficult to understand. Thank you, I don't feel alone now.
Torgo on HN> eth-private-net is a simple tool that allows you to quickly setup a three-node private Ethereum network running locally on your personal computer. The tool makes initializing,…
virtuexru on HN
Objections
Mining DAG generation was very slow on a VM and mining did not produce blocks
From 1 comment
Thanks for putting this together! I had been looking for something like this to get me started with Ethereum... I've been going through the walkthrough and seem to have hit a…
hacker772 on HN
Requests
Faster mining or a one-click miner
From 3 comments
One small step towards a OCM. Thank you for this!
LeicaLatte on HNBy OCM you mean a one-click miner?
netvarun on HNGiven that it took many minutes to generate the DAG, I'm wondering if your machine is a bit underpowered. You can make mining much easier by adjusting the difficulty parameter…
vincentchu on HN
Questions
How does it differ from testrpc + web3?
From 1 comment
Question: how does it differ to testrpc + web3?
designium on HN
Why build it?
From 1 comment
Why though?
aqsheehy on HN
Alternatives named
testrpc
From 1 comment
testrpc is more of a backend for developing and running tests for solidity smart contracts (e.g., Truffle recommends it as a backend for testing). My project is more focused on…
vincentchu on HN
Bitcoin regtest mode
From 1 comment
Here is a similarly great post if you'd like to get your feet wet on running the bitcoin network locally (via regtest mode):…
netvarun on HN
enuma.io Proof of Authority blog guide
From 1 comment
We at enuma.io has also wrote a blog post with similar goals but specifically for setting up a Proof of Authority chain:…
onetom on HN