Chainweb FAQ

What kind of computer is required to run a Chainweb node?

We recommend at least 4 GB of RAM and 2 CPU cores. A modern spinning disk is fine. SSDs are better but not a required.

As of 2021-07-09 the DB requires ~50 GB of disk space. However, the amount of data in the blockchain will continually grow, and eventually will consume substantially more disk space. Plan accordingly.

How do I reach the bootstrap peers?

My chainweb-node gives me this message:

Only 0 out of 12 bootstrap peers are reachable.Required number of reachable bootstrap nodes: 6

This message usually happens when your node is not reachable from the rest of the network. The most common cause of this is to putting an incorrect IP address / hostname or port in your chainweb config file.

In most cases it is fine to omit both settings and let the node figure it out by itself. If, for some reason that doesn't work you can set those values manually as follows:

  p2p:
    peer:
      hostaddress:
        # This should be your public IP or domain name.
        hostname: <your-ip-or-hostname-here>
        # The port you'd like to run the Node on. 443 is a safe default.
        port: <your-port-here>