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Swarm (Mainnet)

This is the BEE client - configured for mainnet

Setting up your software

Setting up your metamask to interact with your node

  • Switch to the gnosis chain
  • add the BZZ token to metamask (token address is 0xdBF3Ea6F5beE45c02255B2c26a16F300502F68da)

Funding your node

  • get some xDAI (5 should be enough to get started)
  • purchase 1 BZZ from honeyswap (https://app.honeyswap.org/#/swap)
  • get your public key address from your node. This can be found on http://bee.my.ava.do/#/ under “Bee Node” -> “Public key”
  • send 1 BZZ to this address
  • send 0.1 xDAI to this address

Working with your node

You can use the integrated Swarm Dashboard to access your node

Backing up your keys

Go to http://my.ava.do/#/Packages/bee.avado.dnp.dappnode.eth/detail go to “Download from DNP”

  1. type /home/bee/.bee/keys and press “Download”
  2. type /home/bee/.password and press “Download”

Keep these two archives on a backup medium - like an USB stick

Restore your keys

Go to http://my.ava.do/#/Packages/bee.avado.dnp.dappnode.eth/detail go to “Upload to DNP”

  1. Select the keys.tgz file and type /home/bee/.bee/keys in the location field and press “Upload”

  2. Select the file password.tgz type /home/bee/.password and press “Upload”

Your files are now restored. Press the “Restart” button on the screen to restart your Bee node with the new setup.