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    Cloud CLAM Digger/Miner on Ubuntu

CLAMs are awesome!
Proof of stake, rather than proof of work, allows for everyone who's chipped in to receive a piece of the pie.
Follow the steps below to set up your own cloud CLAM digger (i.e. the equivalent of a bitcoin miner) on Digital Ocean
Setting up Digital Ocean

If you'd like to run this in the cloud:

Sign up for Digital Ocean using referral code 9ff7327d7d00. You'll get $10 in credit once you've spent $25.
On your local machine, create an SSH key
Create a Droplet:

Select the latest version of Ubuntu for your distribution image (currently v16.x)
Select the cheapest option available that has at least 1GB of memory (currently USD $10/month)
Paste the SSH key created above into your Digital Ocean droplet
Make a note of your droplet's IP address


Login


Connect to your droplet:

On OS X or Linux, simply type ssh root@<your droplet's IP address> (e.g. ssh root@24.101.102.103) in a terminal window
On Windows, use Putty


Install Dependencies

Update the dependencies:
apt-get --assume-yes update
apt-get --assume-yes upgrade
Install build requirements:
sudo apt-get --assume-yes install git build-essential libtool autotools-dev autoconf pkg-config libssl-dev libboost-all-dev
CLAM (and bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies) rely on Berkeley DB 4.8. Install it:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin -y
sudo apt-get --assume-yes update
sudo apt-get --assume-yes install libdb4.8-dev libdb4.8++-dev
Install the CLAM client

Digital Ocean may require a temporary swap file for the current session. This will be cleared when the droplet is rebooted
You can skip this step if you're not on Digital Ocean
sudo fallocate -l 2G /swapfile
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
sudo mkswap /swapfile
sudo swapon /swapfile
Create a workspace folder to work out of:
cd ~
mkdir workspace
cd workspace
Clone the latest stable source code for the CLAM client:
git clone https://github.com/nochowderforyou/clams.git
Build the code:
cd clams
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
make install
Configure CLAM:

Run clamd and take note of the password
Run sudo nano /root/.clam/clam.conf and paste the following into the file (replacing the password and the email, as appropriate):

rpcuser=clamrpc
rpcpassword=<the password you copied earlier>
alertnotify=echo %s | mail -s "Clam Alert" <your email address>

Make clam.conf owner-readable-only: chmod 600 /root/.clam/clam.conf

Bootstrap the CLAM client

@dooglus created a bootstrap file that can be used to speed up the syncing process:
cd /root/.clam
wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/dooglus/bootstrap.dat
Run The CLAM client

You're ready to go! Start the CLAM client in daemon mode by typing: clamd
I recommend running the client within a tmux session:
tmux
nohup clamd &
This way, if your SSH connection gets terminated, you can get back in with tmux attach
If you'd like to view the progress in another tmux pane:

hit ctrl+b followed by  % (a percentage sign)
enter tail /root/.clam/debug.log

Check that CLAM client is still running:

Not sure if clamd is still running? Type:
ps aux | grep clamd
You should see something like this:
root      6095 99.8 54.3 2091068 1111256 pts/3 SLl  Nov24 1270:34 clamd
root      8605  0.0  0.1  11748  2172 pts/0    S+   01:26   0:00 grep --color=auto clamd

You should see a line like the first one, with 'clamd' on the right end of the line.
Interacting with the CLAM daemon

Run clamd help to see a list of command available for use.

clamd getinfo show basic info on your wallet (including total spendable balance)
clamd listaddressgroupings - show all addresses with a balance
clamd sendtoaddress <recipient_address> <amount> - send a certain amount of clam counts to a particular recipient
clamd getaddressesbyaccount '' - list all your receiving accounts

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