README.md

Fiber Coin Creator CLI Documention

This tool can be used to create a new fiber coin easily from a config file.

• Install
• Usage
  • Create New Coin
    • Example

Install

$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/skycoin/skycoin/cmd/newcoin
$ go install ./...

Usage

After the installation, you can run newcoin to see the usage:

$ newcoin

NAME:
   newcoin - newcoin is a helper tool for creating new fiber coins

USAGE:
   newcoin [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION:
   0.1

COMMANDS:
     createcoin  Create a new coin from a template file
     help, h     Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --help, -h     show help
   --version, -v  print the version

Create New Coin

When using the newcoin command, you should run it from the $GOPATH/src/github.com/skycoin/skycoin folder to utilise the built in default templates.

$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/skycoin/skycoin
$ newcoin createcoin [command options]

OPTIONS:
   --coin value                             name of the coin to create (default: "skycoin")
   --template-dir value, --td value         template directory path (default: "./template")
   --coin-template-file value, --ct value   coin template file (default: "coin.template")
   --visor-template-file value, --vt value  visor template file (default: "visor_parameters.template")
   --config-dir value, --cd value           config directory path (default: "./")
   --config-file value, --cf value          config file path (default: "fiber.toml")

Example

Create a test coin using application defaults.

$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/skycoin/skycoin
$ newcoin createcoin --coin testcoin

This will create a new directory, testcoin, in cmd folder and a testcoin.go file inside that folder. It will also use the built-in defaul options (specified above) and draw template configuration from $GOPATH/src/github.com/skycoin/skycoin/template

This file can be used to run a "testcoin" node.