Archivist Testnet

The Archivist Testnet has been launched and is ready to be used for testing.

Your participation in the Archivist Testnet is subject to the Archivist Testnet Terms and Conditions and Archivist Testnet Privacy Policy.

Guides. We have basic guides covering how to set up a Storage Node which can be used to upload and persist files by buying storage in the Archivist network. We recommend that you start with those.

Running a Storage Provider is more involved and is covered as a separate guide which demonstrates the storage sales side, as well as how to run Archivist with its own local Ethereum execution client.

Guides are available either on Discord, as step-by-step, interactive guides, or here as simple instructions that you can follow:

• Basic: Running a storage node. [Discord | web]
• Advanced: Running a storage provider. [web]

The guides were tested on the following operating systems:

• Linux: Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 12, Fedora 40
• macOS: 26
• Windows: 11, Server 2022

Running a Storage node (Discord Version)

You can join Archivist Discord server and jump into the #📺|join-testnet channel.

It is mostly the same as a Web guide, but uses Discord capabilities so you can have an interactive, step-by-step guide, and you also can get a support in the #🆘|node-help channel.

Running a Storage Node (Web Version)

Prerequisites

• Access to your Internet router so you can configure port forwarding

Steps for Linux/macOS and Windows are slightly different, so please use ones for your OS.

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Linux/macOS

1. Install Archivist binaries from GitHub releases:

   mkdir archivist-testnet && cd archivist-testnet
   
   curl -s https://get.archivist.storage/testnet/install.sh | bash

2. Install dependencies when required:

   # Debian-based Linux
   sudo apt update && sudo apt install libgomp1

3. Generate an ethereum keypair:

   curl -s https://get.archivist.storage/testnet/generate.sh | bash

   Your private key will be saved to eth.key and address to eth.address file.

4. Fill-up your address shown on the screen with the tokens:

   • Use the web faucets to mint some ETH and TST tokens.
   • We can also do this using Discord #🤖|bot channel
     • Use /set ethaddress command to enter your generated address
     • Use /mint command to receive ETH and TST tokens
     • Use /balance command to check if you have received test tokens successfully

5. Run Archivist node:

   curl -s https://get.archivist.storage/testnet/run.sh | bash

6. Configure port forwarding and we are ready go to.

Windows

1. Download the master tarball from the Archivist testnet starter repository, and untar its contents:

   WARNING

   Windows antivirus software and built-in firewalls may cause steps to fail. We will cover some possible errors here, but always consider checking your setup if requests fail - in particular, if temporarily disabling your antivirus fixes it, then it is likely to be the culprit.

   curl -LO https://github.com/durability-labs/archivist-testnet-starter/archive/main.tar.gz

   If you see an error like:

   curl: (35) schannel: next InitializeSecurityContext failed: CRYPT_E_NO_REVOCATION_CHECK (0x80092012) - The revocation function was unable to check revocation for the certificate.

   You may need to add the --ssl-no-revoke option to your curl call, e.g.:

   curl -LO --ssl-no-revoke https://github.com/durability-labs/archivist-testnet-starter/archive/main.tar.gz

2. Extract the contents of the tar file, and then delete it:

   tar xzvf master.tar.gz
   del master.tar.gz

3. Navigate to the scripts folder:

   cd archivist-testnet-starter-master\scripts\windows

4. Download Archivist binaries from GitHub releases:

   download-online.bat

5. Generate an ethereum keypair:

   generate.bat

   Your private key will be saved to eth.key and address to eth.address file.

6. Fill-up your address shown on the screen with the tokens:

   • Use the web faucets to mint some ETH and TST tokens.
   • We can also do this using Discord #🤖|bot channel
     • Use /set ethaddress command to enter your generated address
     • Use /mint command to receive ETH and TST tokens
     • Use /balance command to check if you have received test tokens successfully

7. Run Archivist node:

   run-client.bat

8. Configure port forwarding and we are ready go to.

All OS

Configure port forwarding on your Internet router

#	Protocol	Port	Description
1	UDP	8090	Archivist Discovery
2	TCP	8070	Archivist Transport

After your node is up and running, you can use the Archivist API to be able to interact with your Archivist node, please check our API walk-through for more details.

You also can use Archivist App UI to interact with your local Archivist node.

Need help? Reach out to us in #🆘|node-help channel or check troubleshooting guide.

Running a Storage Provider (Web Version)

Work in progress 🚧

Testnet Data

Bootstrap Nodes

Testnet bootstrap nodes records could be found in GitHub repository and accessed via endpoints

• Archivist - spr.archivist.storage/testnet
• Geth - spr.archivist.storage/testnet/geth

Smart contracts

Contract	Address
Token	0x3b7412Ee1144b9801341A4F391490eB735DDc005
Verifier	0xfF043672Ea1Da9Be566Ecf683Bfc055BaD2C1B7D
Marketplace	marketplace.archivist.storage/testnet/latest

Endpoints

#	Service	URL
1	Arbitrum Public RPC	rpc.testnet.archivist.storage
2	Block explorer	sepolia.arbiscan.io
3	Faucet ETH	faucet-arb.testnet.archivist.storage
4	Faucet TST	faucet-tst.testnet.archivist.storage
5	Status page	status.testnet.archivist.storage