randomforest/algorand-betanet repository overview

updated to v2.0.8 12/8/2019

docker run -it randomforest/algorand-betanet:latest

Once the image downloads and starts you'll have a bash shell in an Ubuntu 18.04 container with vim, git, curl and wget installed along with Algorand. In the container's shell enter the following commands:

cd ~/node

./update.sh -d betanetdata # updates to the latest release

./goal node start -d betanetdata # starts the node and begins syncing with the network, this may take several hours

./goal node status -d betanetdata # to check status of your node

Steps 1 - 5 have already been done, ./goal node start -d betanetdata is step 6 here:

https://developer.algorand.org/docs/getting-started-betanet⁠

To check latest block height on betanet go to:

https://betanet.algoexplorer.io/⁠

Algorand betanet faucet:

https://bank.betanet.algodev.network/⁠