Balance of Satoshis on FreeBSD¶

Install¶

pkg update -y
pkg install -y node npm nano tmux
npm install -g balanceofsatoshis

Export the connection string¶

/bin/sh
pkg install -y base64

LAN_IP=$(ifconfig | grep broadcast | head -1 | awk '{print $2}')
CERT=$(base64 /var/db/lnd/tls.cert | tr -d '\n')
MACAROON=$(base64 /var/db/lnd/data/chain/bitcoin/mainnet/admin.macaroon | tr -d '\n')
echo "{ \"cert\": \"$CERT\", \"macaroon\": \"$MACAROON\", \"socket\": \"$LAN_IP:10009\"}"

Import to bos¶

choose a name to identify your node in bos
```
NODE_NAME="something_short"
```
create a credential json
```
mkdir -p ~/.bos/$NODE_NAME/
```

paste the connection string exported above to ~/.bos/$NODE_NAME/credentials.json with nano or run:

echo "{ \"cert\": \"$CERT\", \"macaroon\": \"$MACAROON\", \"socket\": \"$LAN_IP:10009\"}" | tee -a ~/.bos/$NODE_NAME/credentials.json

Run¶

bos peers --node $NODE_NAME

Update¶

npm install -g balanceofsatoshis

Running over Tor¶

Create the proxy file

cat <<EOF >> /root/bos_tor_proxy.json
{
   "host": "127.0.0.1",
   "port": 9050
}
EOF

Run:

bos telegram --connect <connection code> --use-proxy /root/bos_tor_proxy.json --use-small-units --node $NODE_NAME