WardRI

This is the Reference Implementation Prototype of the Decentralized Ward Network

Warning: This Project is currently under development

WardRI is is Java-built open-source Implementation fo the Ward Network as described in the Ward Whitepaper

Usage

To run WardRI you need to have installed Java1.8+

Further Information on how to user WardRI will be delivered after a alpha version is running (approximately early September 2018)

Run

Run WardRI by executing the released or self-compiled jar-File

java -jar ward_ri.jar

Configuration

Below are all configuration fields which you can use. Use the parameters like shown in the example below.

java -jar ward_ri.jar -example_parameter example_value

Parameters can be shortened (f.e. neighbor -> n). Optional parameters are marked with *.

• neighbor: Neighbor Address to connect to. (Example: "testserver.org:80")

• selfport: Port which other nodes can connect to and is open from otherside your LAN

• *self: Your own external IP-Address, if you don´t want to use outside services

• *publickey: Your public key, if not given, a random keypair will be generated. The Keypair is being saved for future uses

• *privatekey: You private key

All parameters can also be read from a file. Every parameter needs to be in a new Line and be written like "parameter=value".

Default File-Name is "ward.conf". If you want to customize the path or name of you config file, you can use the following configuration parameter

• *file: Path of the Config File, if you have one