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Merocoin Masternode Setup Guide (Ubuntu 16.04)

This guide will assist you in setting up a Merocoin Masternode on a Linux Server running Ubuntu 16.04. (Use at your own risk)

If you require further assistance contact the support team @ Discord

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Requirements

1. 1001 MERO coins. There will also be a small network transaction fee when sending the coins, so it is recommended to have one extra coin to cover that fee.
2. A Vultr VPS running Linux Ubuntu 16.04.
3. A Windows local wallet.
4. An SSH client such as Bitvise

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Contents

• Section A: Creating the VPS within Vultr.
• Section B: Downloading and installing Bitvise.
• Section C: Connecting to the VPS and installing the MN script via Bitvise.
• Section D: Preparing the local wallet.
• Section E: Connecting & Starting the masternode.

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Section A: Creating the VPS within Vultr

Step 1

• Register at Vultr

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Step 2

• After you have added funds to your account go here to create your Server

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Step 3

• Choose a server location (preferably somewhere close to you)

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Step 4

• Choose a server type: Ubuntu 16.04

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Step 5

• Choose a server size: $5/mo will be fine

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Step 6

• Set a Server Hostname & Label (name it whatever you want)

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Step 7

• Click "Deploy now"

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Section B: Downloading and installing BitVise.

Step 1

• Download Bitvise here

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Step 2

• Select the correct installer depending upon your operating system. Then follow the install instructions.

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Section C: Connecting to the VPS & Installing the MN script via Bitvise.

Step 1

• Copy your VPS IP (you can find this by going to the server tab within Vultr and clicking on your server.

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Step 2

• Open the bitvise application and fill in the "Hostname" box with the IP of your VPS.

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Step 3

• Copy the root password from the VULTR server page.

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Step 4

• Type "root" as the login/username.

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Step 5

• Paste the password into the Bitvise terminal by right clicking (it will not show the password so just press enter)

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Step 6

• Once you have clicked open it will open a security alert (click yes).

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Step 7

• Paste the code below into the Bitvise terminal then press enter (it will just go to a new line)

wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Wakie87/meroinstall/master/mero-install.sh

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Step 8

• Paste the code below into the Bitvise terminal then press enter

bash mero_install.sh

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Step 9

• Sit back and wait for the install (this will take 10-20 mins)

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Step 10

• When prompted to enter your GEN key - press enter

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Step 11

• You will now see all of the relavant information for your server.
• Keep this terminal open as we will need the info for the wallet setup.

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Section D: Preparing the Local wallet

Step 1

• Download and install the Mero Coin wallet here

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Step 2

• Send EXACLY 1000 MERO to a receive address within your wallet.

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Step 3

• Create a text document to temporarily store information that you will need.

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step 4

• Go to the console within the wallet

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Step 5

• Type the command below and press enter

masternode outputs

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Step 6

• Copy the long key (this is your transaction ID) and the 0 or 1 at the end (this is your output index)
• Paste these into the text document you created earlier as you will need them in the next step.

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Section E: Connecting & Starting the masternode

Step 1

• Go to the tools tab within the wallet and click open "masternode configuration file"

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Step 2

• Fill in the form.
• For Alias type something like "MN01" don't use spaces
• The Address is the IP and port of your server (this will be in the Bitvise terminal that you still have open).
• The PrivKey is your masternode private key (This is also in the Bitvise terminal that you have open).
• The TxHash is the transaction ID/long key that you copied to the text file.
• The Output Index is the 0 or 1 that you copied to your text file.

Click "File Save"

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Step 3

• Close out of the wallet and reopen Wallet *Click on the Masternodes tab "My masternodes"
• Click start all in the masternodes tab

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step 4

• Check the status of your masternode within the VPS by using the command below:

mero-cli masternode status

mero-cli getinfo

*You should see status 9

If you do, congratulations! You have now setup a masternode. If you do not, please contact support and they will assist you.

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