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Documentation from BtcGui on starting up, and the related cert files.
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Run the following command to start btcd:
$ btcd --testnet -u rpcuser -P rpcpass
Copy btcd's autogenerated rpc.cert to ~/.btcwallet/ so btcwallet can securely communicate with btcd over a TLS-encrypted websocket. This step is only necessary for the first time starting btcwallet or if
btcd's autogenerated cert and key are removed and regenerated.
$ mkdir ~/.btcwallet/
$ cp ~/.btcd/rpc.cert ~/.btcwallet/btcd.cert
Run the following command to start btcwallet:
$ btcwallet -u rpcuser -P rpcpass
Copy btcwallet's autogenerated rpc.cert to ~/.btcgui/ so btcgui can securely communicate with btcwallet over a TLS-encrypted websocket. This step is only necessary for the first time starting btcgui or if btcwallet's autogenerated cert and key are removed and regenerated.
$ mkdir ~/.btcgui/
$ cp ~/.btcwallet/rpc.cert ~/.btcgui/btcwallet.cert
Run the following command to start btcgui:
$ btcgui -u rpcuser -P rpcpass
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