CRYST CLI

Cryst CLI tool for miner

Requirements

For development, you will only need Node.js and a node global package, Yarn, installed in your environement.

Node

• Node installation on Windows

  Just go on official Node.js website and download the installer. Also, be sure to have git available in your PATH, npm might need it (You can find git here).

• Node installation on Ubuntu

  You can install nodejs and npm easily with apt install, just run the following commands.

  $ sudo apt install nodejs
  $ sudo apt install npm

• Other Operating Systems

  You can find more information about the installation on the official Node.js website and the official NPM website.

If the installation was successful, you should be able to run the following command.

$ node --version
v18.19.1

$ npm --version
10.2.4

If you need to update npm, you can make it using npm! Cool right? After running the following command, just open again the command line and be happy.

$ npm install npm -g

Yarn installation

After installing node, this project will need yarn too, so just run the following command.

$ npm install -g yarn

Install CLI from NPM

$ yarn global add @nexm-io/[email protected]

Note: You should add export PATH="$PATH:$(yarn global bin)" to your ~/.bash_profile or whatever you use

If the installation was successful, you should be able to run the following command.

$ cryst --version

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1.0.1

About CLI

List commands

• cryst --help
• cryst account <account_command>
  • generate Generate new empty Aptos account
  • import <private_key> Import Aptos account from private key
  • list List all imported accounts
  • active <address> Change active account by address
  • help [command] display help for command
• cryst mining <mining_command>
  • register [options] Purchase mining pass
  • mine [options] Start mining
  • stats [options] Check current miner stats
  • claim [options] claim pending reward
  • help [command] display help for command
• cryst balance <balance_command>
  • withdraw-apt [options] <to_address> [amount] withdraw APT to specific address
  • withdraw-cryst [options] <to_address> [amount] withdraw CRYST to specific address
  • help [command] display help for command

Local storage files

All keys and configuration file is located at $HOME/.cryst. Please note to have a backup somewhere or you will lost your miner private keys. MUST keep these keys save from the others.

• active.json: default account info
• config.json: configuration needed for run your mining
• keys.json: all your (generated + imported) private keys + address

Getting started

1. Load miner account

Generate new account

$ cryst account generate

Or import existing account

$ cryst account import 0x...

2. Deposit $APT to miner account

The local (generated + imported) account address can be showed by the below command. The minimum $APT need to be deposited is 2 $APT (which used for register and pay gas fee)

# cryst account list

3. Register miner credential onchain

You will need miner credential to start mining. This will cost 1 $APT and will be deducted from your miner balance (Price is considered to be changed in the future).

# cryst mining register --address <0x...miner_address>

4. Start mining

Please keep this process running to earn $CRYST

# cryst mining mine --address <0x...miner_address>

(Optional) Check your mining status

# cryst mining stats

5. Claim (withdraw) your mining reward ($CRYST)

# cryst balanace withdraw-cryst --address <0x...miner_address> <0x...to_address> <amount>