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Farming BPX on Debian / Ubuntu

1. To start farming you need a working and synchronized full node. If you don't already have it, follow all the steps of this tutorial first.

2. Login as root. Switch to BPX services user

su - bpxv3

3. Use this command to set farming rewards target address. Replace 0xAAAA... with your correct wallet address.

bpx rpc beacon set_coinbase '{"coinbase": "0xAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"}'

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4. Import key that was used to create your plots. Execute the following command and type 12 or 24 secret words. Press Enter. Add optional label for this key or just press Enter second time.

bpx keys add

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5. Delete the default null address and paste there your BPX wallet address, e.g. Metamask. You will be receiving all farming rewards to this address. Click Save.

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6. Go to the Plots tab. Expand the ADD KEY menu and select Import Existing.

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7. Enter the mnemonics that were used to create your plots and click Next.

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8. Expand the menu in right top corner and select Add Plot Directory.

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9. Use the Addfollowing Plot Directory buttoncommand to add each folder where you have plots. WhenReplace all/mnt/hdd1 directorieswith areyour added,path.

click
bpx Close.
plots add -d /mnt/hdd1

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10. Farming will start immediately after adding the first plots directory. You can check whether plots pass through the filter in the Farming tab. Sometimes it may be necessary to restart the BPX Beacon Client GUI for farming to start.

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