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@@ -31,7 +31,54 @@ to persist the value you want. You'll be also required to trust ARCHINGKAOS asset if you want your content to be retrievable via https://arching-kaos.net and contribute with your creativity there. -TODO: Steps?! +3.1 Assumption +-------------- +We assume you already have a Stellar wallet and you also have direct access to +your private key. This will be needed in case you don't use some wallet, +compatible with https://laboratory.stellar.org/ which we will be using for +connecting our arching-kaos configuration link (aka AKID) with our Stellar +address. + +3.2 Preparation +--------------- +Before we publish anything, we need to know what we need to publish and where. + +Issuing the command +``` +ipfs key list -l | grep ak-config | cut -d ' ' -f 1 +``` +will return to us the IPNS key that points to our current AKID. + +We will need this value for the next step + +3.3 Publishing IPNS key to Stellar network +------------------------------------------ +1. Visit https://laboratory.stellar.org/#?network=public and go to the "Build +transaction" option, +2. Enter your Stellar address in the Source Address field, +3. Click the "Fetch next sequence number for account starting with ..." button, +4. Scroll down to find the "Operation Type" and select from the dropdown menu +the "Manage data" option, +5. Use as "Entry name": "config" (without the double quotes), +6. Paste the IPNS link we got from the previous section, in the "Entry value" +field, +7. Scroll further down and click the "Sign in Transaction Signer" button, +8. Sign the transaction with your wallet or your private key, +9. Submit the transaction to the Stellar Network! + +Congratulations! You successfully published your IPNS reference to your AKID in +the Stellar Network. + +3.4 Open a trustline to ARCHINGKAOS +----------------------------------- +To be able to post content on arching-kaos.net you will need to trust the asset +ARCHINGKAOS issued by GB4QVKD6NW3CSNO5TNPARAWNPPXOPSSTKB35XCWB7PUNBIQTK3DVELB2. + +Build a transaction as described above, but instead of "Manage data" select +"ChangeTrust" option. Set the information above in the appropriate fields, +sign the transaction and submit it. + +Now, your contributions will appear at https://arching-kaos.net Part 4: Networking with CJDNS ----------------------------- @@ -41,7 +88,17 @@ key where its private part is used to decrypt your incoming packets. Using CJDNS and arching-kaos-tools to netwok around is pretty easy but there are steps to make it work as well. Of course, you will need CJDNS to be running in -the machine you want to network with/from. +the machine you want to network with/from. Furthermore, you will also need the +cjdns-tools, laying under the tools folder in the cjdns repository to be in your +PATH. + +You then can use the `ak-cjdns-scanner` to find other akdaemon(s) running around +your relative neighbourhood. `dumpLinks` is used to retrieve the nodes in this +area. You can find more intense scanning scripts around like `walk.sh` by ircerr +which is able to reach the whole public network of cjdns. -TODO: Steps?! +- http://hia.cjdns.ca/watchlist/c/walk.sh (seq) +- http://hia.cjdns.ca/watchlist/c/walk2.sh (threaded) +TODO: We should be storing the output on a relevant file so it can be reached by +the API as well or ask for current known nodes without rescanning the network. |