RSK node from command line

After fulfilling the steps Pre-requisites, Get the source code, Ensure the security chain and Get external dependencies according to your operating system (Windows, Linux, Mac), you can compile and run an RSK node from command line following this steps.

Compiling and running the node

From the root directory where the code was downloaded execute:

./gradlew build -x test

and after building run:

java -cp [jar] co.rsk.Start

Replace:

• [jar]: the path to the fatjar generated by the gradle shadow command. It can be found on rskj-core/build/libs/rskj-core-{version}-all.jar.

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