Frequently asked Questions

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General questions

What is Grin?

Grin is a privacy-preserving digital currency built openly by developers distributed all over the world. It provides electronic transactions for all without censorship or restrictions. official website for more information.

What is a grin node?

The Grin digital currency is a decentralized network of grin nodes. Those are the entry points to the network. Whenever you want to submit a new transaction or even simply check your balance, you must connect to a synced node.

Can I use my wallet with a grinnode.live node instead of running my own?

Yes! Check our tutorials page for instructions.

If grinnode.live can act as my node, why would I want to run my own?

First of all, grinnode.live is a network of nodes run by other users, so if nobody wants to run own node and connect it then grinnode.live would not provide node to anyone. Second of all, running own node provides a lot more security and privacy. The more nodes the healthier Grin network is. Our project was never intended to be a default solution for everyone, rather a backup plan in case of problems with running own node or a quick start solution for new users.

Technical questions

Check GRIN wallet address

Check if the receiving grin wallet is available.

by: David Tavarez

Tor is blocked in my country, How can I send/receive grin?

You can use bridges via Grin++ wallet to circumvent blockage on publicly listed tor nodes. More info on David Tavarez's blog.

How to run a Grin-Node?

There are different Grin-Nodes you can be running to participate in this challenge:

How are we calculating your Grin-Node uptime?

We are querying our publicly available Grin-API https://grinnode.live every 10 minutes. These results will be stored in a database and compared.

Public API

How are we calculating Grin transaction count?

We are querying info for every generated block in the chain. Kernels in each block is counted neglected one 'Coinbase' kernel which is associated with blockreward & fees. We sum up kernel counts to hourly and daily aggregates and serve via our public api endpoint: https://grinnode.live:8080/api/txcounts.

Where can I see my Grin-Node rank?

You can view the current leaderboard here.

Do I need an API secret?

No. All API's can be used without any API secret or owner secrets. No basic-auth must be set to use it.

How to install and run a Grin Node with a DebianVPS?

Tutorial: https://medium.com/@28e6d94f/how-to-install-and-run-a-grin-node-with-a-debianvps-dab8dcbe88d8
Why is my IP address listed twice?
[::ffff:213.239.215.236]:3414
This means your Grin-Node is connected to us as an inbound peer.
213.239.215.236:3414
This means your Grin-Node is connected to us as an outbound peer.

Your highest Average Uptime will win.