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# HERE BE FUN DRAGONS -- last updated ~ Thu Oct 3 23:10:03 UTC 2019
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# *NOTE*
# these instructions have only been tested on linux machines
# PRE-REQ
# You will need to have setup your node for this... sort of -- Setup Shelley Node
# create an a dir, a var, and the account
mkdir ~/pub_testnet01/accounts
cd ~/pub_testnet01/accounts
APIURL="http://127.0.0.1:3101/api"
jcli key generate --type=Ed25519Extended > account.sk
cat account.sk | jcli key to-public > account.pk
jcli address account $(cat account.pk) --testing > account.addr
# view your account address
cat account.addr
ca1.......
# now head on over to the testnet faucet and request ADA
# - Click THIS LINK
# - enter the contents of account.addr into the faucet
# - this can take a few minutes
# check to see if your account received ADA from the faucet
# - *note* if you are running into THIS ISSUE you will not see updates to your account
# - if your node isn't updating and you restart you'll get the latest blocks in batch
jcli rest v0 account get $(cat account.addr) -h ${APIURL}
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counter: 0
delegation:
pools: []
value: 10000000000