DECENT account creation and mining guide

Those DECENT GO accounts are confusing and impersonal. It would be best to create a new account with your preferred username. So, let's get started!

I'm assuming you've got decentd running and cli_wallet set up, on a server that's available 24x7. Unlike PoW mining, dropping in and out isn't an option. Your node must be running 24x7x365.

First, import your DECENT GO account if you haven't already. Make sure it has at least 0.005 DCT as that is the registration fee. Your account ID is the encrypted id in DECENT GO, your private key is the key beginning with 5 that's generated while generating your recovery phrase.

import_key userid private-key

Generate keys before you register your account.

suggest_brain_key

Do this twice, and securely save two sets of both public key and private key. The key beginning with DCT is the public key, the key beginning with 5 is the private key.

Create a new account for mining, select a username of your choice.

register_account new_account_name public-key-owner public-key-active DGOencrypted_username true

Note that the DECENT wiki page has a typo. The new_account_name is what you want your new username to be, the DGOencrypted_username is the account you're registering from. Use the two public keys starting with DCT that you previously generated. The first one is the owner key, the second is the active key. Remember to save the corresponding private keys!

Your new account is now ready! Use the import_key function again on your mining server/VPS to add your mining account. Make sure it has at least 0.5 DCT. If not, transfer from your DECENT GO account.

Next step, create a miner object for your account.

create_miner username "proposal URL" true

If you don't have a miner proposal, leave it "".

At this point, your miner is ready, and you can verify this by -

get_miner username

I'd recommend one more step to set up your signing key. Use suggest_brain_key again to generate another pair of public (DCT) and private (5) key. Then use this command to sign with your newly generated signing key -

update_miner username "proposal-URL" public-signing-key true

Finally, set up your miner. Open up config.ini in the .decent data folder. Find miner-id, add in the 1.4.x "id" returned by get_miner username. Then, under it, add the pair of public-signing-key and private-signing-key as generated in the previous step.

Run ./decentd (no switches required) and you're now mining!

One last thing, you need votes as a miner. Get them / cast them using

vote_for_miner yourusername minersusername true true

For example, if you wish to vote for me, vote_for_miner yourusername liberosist true true Hint hint :)

On a serious note, please see my miner proposal here before voting for me. Hope you found this guide helpful, please feel free point out any errors.