UI application release for Windows, Linux, and Mac – Qortal UI release versions!

Welcome all Qortians!

Today I am very happy to announce that we’ve got RELEASE VERSIONS of the UI for Qortal, for WINDOWS, LINUX, AND MAC.

• This means you no longer have to build and run the UI server yourself
• You can still use the hosted UI if you don’t feel like running this or just prefer the simplicity, there is no difference in function.
• The release versions right now only use a LOCAL CORE node. So you will still have to install a core node for the UI to function.
• We have NOT TESTED THE MAC VERSION FULLY YET. We need some people to help with testing for that, and also to help with running the Qortal Core on Mac.  Reach out in Discord if you’re interested and able to help.

You must still run the core on the same machine as the UI at this point. Do not forget to keep your core running. You do not need to run the UI once you’ve assigned your minting node to the core, unless you want to use it for something else. Only the core is needed to mint once minting key is assigned.

Windows Version

• Make sure you have the CORE running first – https://github.com/QORT/qortal/releases/download/v1.0.5/Qortal-1.0.5.exe
•  The core installer is a ‘next next next finish’ type install. Do it, then search ‘Qortal’ in windows, and run the app.
• Download the Qortal UI installer – https://github.com/Qortal/qortal-ui/releases/download/v0.0.3/Qortal-UI-Setup-0.0.3-6b08c2e.exe
• Run the installer, next next next finish.
• Search for ‘Qortal UI’ and run the app
• You will need to RE-SAVE your ACCOUNTS now, but you no longer have to worry about clearing your browser cache, clearing your saved accounts… since you will no longer be using the browser to access the UI.
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Linux Version (.deb installer explained only. Other versions supported.)

Download Debian installer from – https://github.com/Qortal/qortal-ui/releases/download/v0.0.3/qortal-ui_0.0.3-6b08c2e_amd64.deb

Install and run.

Mac Version (as of yet untested, reach out to help.)

Download Mac Version – https://github.com/Qortal/qortal-ui/releases/download/v0.0.3/Qortal-UI-0.0.3-6b08c2e.dmg

(no instructions here yet)

All versions should be identical and act the exact same. Let us know if you have any issues, in Discord. Thanks!

Qortal moving along quite nicely. Auto-update of the core went well yesterday.

Here’s to the future!

-crowetic

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Adding Simplicity – and other new things from the current Qortal Team!

Hello again to all!

I am back to post about some important updates we’ve been making!

 

The Qortal Core

The Core has seen some large improvements in forking issues, and usage of the systems it runs on.

Everyone should Update their Core if they haven’t already.

https://github.com/qort/qortal/releases

1.0.4 is the newest version.

 

Now, you only have to run the core and access a hosted UI server if you choose.

That’s right, I have changed the way things are done during the time there are a lot of updates constantly taking place.

People now do not have to run their own UI server if they don’t choose to.

• Install and run the core – https://github.com/qort/qortal/releases
• Let it synchronize
• access the UI via one of the multiple hosted UI servers (node.qortal.org node2.qortal.org node5.qortal.org are currently setup, node.qortal.org has the newest version others will be updated shortly.)

No more do you have to build a UI server yourself.

You do not have to worry about anything, as EVERYTHING RUNS LOCAL STILL regardless of where you access the UI from.

You DO have to have a core running on the machine you’re accessing from FOR NOW. All the Calls to the API are done LOCALHOST to the CLIENT MACHINE.

All the WALLET STUFF is DONE LOCAL as ALWAYS. Regardless of where you access the UI from, everything is loaded LOCAL to the accessing client, and used LOCAL ONLY. So don’t worry.

 

Release versions of the UI for Windows, Linux, and Mac

That’s right, we have release versions of the UI for Windows, linux, and mac users.

Right now I am pushing an update and a new release will come shortly after the automated build system completes.

I will make another post about this when the new release is done from the automated system.

(there is a release there currently, but windows machines have issues with one portion, which is why a new one is being done.)

 

Thank you all for your continued support of the Qortal Project.

 

Make sure you install a core, sync up, and test the hosted UI server, so you can see the ease of use for every Qortal User.

 

-crowetic

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The NEW Qortal Windows pre-chain UI ‘wrapper’ – build and setup assist for from-source UI build, standalone app for UI itself.

Hi there…

I just wanted to make a quick post to talk about…

The Qortal UI Wrapper

This post is a TUTORIAL on how to obtain, and use the Wrapper to BUILD THE QORTAL UI FROM SOURCE WITH A FEW CLICKS.

What is it?

The Wrapper is a Windows program built to be simpler for Windows Users during the time when we do not have a full release package for the Qortal UI.

 

 

The Wrapper does:

• UI build dependency setup for ALL necessary UI dependencies.
• UI install process – build from github source repos – each time run it will start again, to ensure the newest version is built. So only run ‘install UI’ once per version change.
• Self-Contained application not reliant on browser. – Utilize the UI direct in a standalone application.
• A totally separate encrypted notes/passwords manager aside from the one IN the Qortal UI platform. – Utilize this for another secure location to store any text you like!
• Console view of all UI commands for easy debugging, etc.
• Start and Stop for UI (once setup and running)
• Expansion possible with new features added, later.

 

Okay I’m sold, how do I use it!?

 

UI Wrapper First Use Tutorial

Download the Wrapper  program zip from Crowetic Cloud – https://cloud.crowetic.com/s/z9z7RdNEKX74BMa – other download locations will come soon. (You can find source here – https://gitlab.com/Sir.Galahad/qort-ui-wrapper)

Once you have downloaded the zip, simply extract the files … ‘extract files…’ (you will end up with the files in a folder with the same name as the zip. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RUN THE EXE WITHOUT EXTRACTING THE ZIP.)

 

EXTRACT FILES TO A FOLDER – just right click ‘Extract All..‘

 

 

Now that you’ve got some files in a folder… you’ll notice a file named ‘QORT UI Wrapper.exe‘

 

 

You can make a shortcut on your desktop for this exe if you like.

 

 

 

• Run the QORT UI Wrapper.exe – This will run a cmd prompt window, as well as the UI for the wrapper. –YOU MUST LEAVE BOTH WINDOWS RUNNING THE WHOLE TIME YOU USE THE WRAPPER. IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE PROCESSES.–

 

 

 

On your first run, you will need to BUILD the UI. The wrapper comes with nifty buttons to allow this to take place very easily!

 

To do this, simply click ‘install deps‘ (first button top left)

           

Wait for the CMD window to FULLY FINISH everything it is doing.

Once the dependencies have all been installed…

 

Click ‘Install UI‘ – This will start the process of cloning the github repos, and building the UI server for the first time.

         

*This process may take some time... 25+ minutes is not unlikely… depending on speed of the computer being used.

Let the process FINISH FULLY.

 

After this has completed, you should have a button that says ‘Run UI‘. Click that button to start the UI SERVER.

         

 

 

Once the UI server has started, you may need to toggle the ‘Use local UI‘ toggle once or twice, keeping it ON… before the UI will load in the blank window of the wrapper.

End result should be the Qortal UI screen running in the wrapper window.

You will notice ANOTHER CMD WINDOW that comes up when you run the UI server. LEAVE IT OPEN while you’re using the wallet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you need to stop the UI server for any reason, click the STOP UI button.

 

 

Feel free to minimize the cmd windows if you like, and leave only the main screen of the wrapper up… for prettiness sake!

 

That’s it for today!

-crowetic

Qortal Project 

Current Team

Team Lead / Community / Public Spokesperson

 

*Note – YOU STILL NEED TO HAVE THE CORE RUNNING AS WELL, THIS WRAPPER HANDLES THE BUILDING AND RUNNING OF THE UI PORTION OF QORTAL ONLY. THE CORE CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM

HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/QORT/QORTAL/RELEASES

version as of this post – 1.0.3 Qortal Core – direct Windows installer exe download – https://github.com/QORT/qortal/releases/download/v1.0.3/Qortal-1.0.3.exe

 

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The Final Qortal Pre-Launch blockchain has Begun! (…and some important information to note!)

Hello all!

 

I have come once again to make everyone aware of…

 

Some Important Information!

The Blockchain has been auto-updated and reset

We have issued the auto-update @block 10066 on the old chain. Once your node reaches that block, within 5 minutes it should update itself…

HOWEVER…

We did notice and are now fixing a bug with Windows machines and auto-update transactions being carried out.

Windows machines may not fully implement the update correctly (until we fix that in a future update.)

This means… Windows users may have to manually update the core one last time. (you can download the newest version from here – https://github.com/QORT/qortal/releases/download/v1.0.2/Qortal-1.0.2.exe  )

Version 1.0.2 is a complete blockchain reset. The chain will once again start from 0, all reward shares and minting tx must be redone

(for multiple reasons which I will further explain.)

Reward_share transaction creation fix implemented in the UI (the main reason for the reset)

In the previous UI version, we discovered the reward_share transactions were at one point in the multitude of cryptographic actions necessary to create the reward_shares, was USING AN INCORRECT ALGO. Due to this fact, we were forced to completely rework the reward_share system in the UI.

This causes a few things…

Use of the OLD UI MUST BE DISCONTINUED. Because it utilizes an incorrect algo, using it will generate an incorrect key. If you use this incorrect key on the new version of the core, IT WILL CAUSE YOU TO NEVER BE ABLE TO MINT. So this is VERY important.

UPDATE YOUR UI IMMEDIATELY. – Use of the new UI on the old core will cause no issues (other than keys generated with the old UI not being recognized.) But you CANNOT use the old UI with the new core, else you risk ruining your minting account FOREVER.

This is the ‘final’ chain in terms of minting levels. – these minting accounts and their levels will carry over through Genesis, so be sure not to ruin them by utilizing the old UI.

An easy way to tell if you’re using the new UI (considering the fact it was built correctly) – if it listens on port 12388 and 12399, you’re on the NEW UI.

The New UI also shows correct information for QORA accounts – old address, and burn balance.

The New UI doesn’t show QORA account information unless it is a QORA seed that was imported to start the account.

The New UI fixes the node uptime counter being incorrect.

The New UI fixes the random ‘default info’ in multiple locations.

The New UI is now accessed via http://localhost:12388

We changed the port the UI uses to avoid conflicts with web host services that listen on the default port 80.

The New CORE – WITH THE NEW UI – you can now right click the taskbar Qortal icon, and click ‘Open UI‘, and it will take you to the UI.

The new UI comes complete with a NEW REPO located at https://github.com/qort/ along with all of the other Qortal project repos.

I have also updated the scripts on my repos for the UI installation.

UI setup info

WINDOWS USERS

IF you have never installed the UI before, and you’re running windows…

• Right click SAVE AS on – https://github.com/crowetic/qort-ui-install.bat/raw/master/qort-ui-install.bat
• SAVE to a NEW BLANK FOLDER
• RIGHT CLICK RUN AS ADMIN on the bat file in the blank folder (I create a folder in Downloads called ‘QORT-repos’ then a folder in that called ‘UI’)
• let it complete and it will be running the UI. Leave window open or you will kill the UI server.
• access the UI with http://localhost:12388

If you have installed the UI before, but you are still using the old version… and running windows…

• Right click SAVE AS on – https://github.com/crowetic/qort-ui-install.bat/raw/master/qort-ui-clone-and-build.bat
• SAVE IN A NEW BLANK FOLDER (NOT IN THE SAME FOLDER YOU USED BEFORE)
• Right click RUN AS ADMIN on the bat file in the blank folder. (OR DELETE ALL THE EXISTING FOLDERS ‘qortal-ui’ ‘frag-core’ ‘frag-default-plugins’ and ‘frag-qortal-crypto’ repo directorires)
• let it complete and it will be running the UI. Leave window open or you will kill the UI server.
• access the UI with http://localhost:12388

If you have the NEW UI, and have shut it down, but want to start it again… and running windows…

• Right click SAVE AS on – https://github.com/crowetic/qort-ui-install.bat/raw/master/start%20UI.bat
• SAVE IN THE FOLDER WITH THE QORTAL-UI AND FRAG-XXX FOLDERS OF THE UI GIT CLONES.
• 
• RUN THE SCRIPT – this will start the UI in a cmd window. LEAVE THE WINDOW OPEN WHILE YOU’RE WANTING TO USE THE UI.
• access the UI with http://localhost:12388

LINUX USERS –

this information only works with ubuntu or debian based systems at the moment. However, other linux builds can use the commands in the script to get an idea of what needs to be done, and execute the commands manually to obtain the same end result.

If you have never setup the UI before…

• Right Click ‘SAVE AS’ on – https://github.com/crowetic/qort-ui-install.sh/raw/master/qort-ui-install.sh
• Save the .sh script in a NEW FOLDER (something like Downloads/QORT-repos/UI)
• Run the commands below in a terminal opened in this folder…

• chmod +x qort-ui-install.sh

• ./qort-ui-install.sh -i

• the -i command will do a full installation of all dependencies, their repos, all the UI repos, and run the UI server.
• Leave the terminal open once you see the listen ports.
• access the UI with http://localhost:12388

If you have setup the UI before, but don’t have the new version…

• follow all of the instructions above, except the command instead of -i, is -b

• ./qort-ui-install.sh -b

• This will make a backup of your existing stuff, zip it, clone the new repos, and build the UI server, then run it.
• Leave the window open as long as you plan to use the UI

To start the UI again once you’ve closed it…

• open terminal to the UI folder you created with all the qortal-ui and frag repos in it.
• cd to qortal-ui folder.
• run the following…

• yarn run server

• access the ui via http://localhost:12388

 

I think that’s about it for now… WE ARE ON THE FINAL PRE CHAIN.

All minting account levels WILL CARRY OVER TO GENESIS once we issue the Genesis Auto-Update.

REMINDER – This may seem a little difficult at the moment… THAT IS BECAUSE …

• We had to reset the chain, that makes things more confusing as it is.

• We do not yet have a ‘full release package’ for the UI… when we do… the UI will not need to be built, and thus will not require any of the stuff it does now.

• We have not yet made a single package with both the core and the UI, but will do so once we get to that point.

• This is a BRAND NEW AND COMPLETELY CUSTOM PLATFORM. That by itself makes things a little more confusing at first until everything is worked out.

However, let me make you all fully aware if you aren’t already…

 

I AM A PERFECTIONIST, AND WILL NOT SETTLE UNTIL EVERYTHING IS AS SIMPLE AS I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE. I AM MAKING NOTES DAILY ON CHANGES AND NEW FEATURES AND PORTIONS OF THE UI I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDED. EVERYTHING WILL BE VERY VERY SIMPLE WHEN WE’RE IN THE FULL LAUNCH, AND HAVE FULL RELEASE PACKAGES FOR THE UI.

A final reminder…

Think of Qortal as 2 parts…

• Core

• UI

Each of these has a server. The core server is the main blockchain API, does the blockchain sync, communications, etc…

The UI server is a node.js webserver with a completely custom UI meant to make talking to the core API and issuing necessary commands much easier for end users.

 

The CORE must be running on the same machine as the UI server for now. This will change in the near future. We are working out methods to allow the UI and core to be on the same machine, but be accessed from another machine, without needing the servers running local on the accessing machine. This will allow the QORTector devices to be accessed via a LAN IP, and still issue all the necessary minting commands, etc.

 

 

Thank you all for being part of this beginning phase, for the world’s most advanced and awesome blockchain project. We look forward to dazzling you all with our new additions, ease-of-use features, new functionality, and more, in the near future!

 

 

 

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Qortal Pre-launch HOW-TOs – How To Get Started with the Core, and UI. How to Mint for pre-enabled accounts

Qortal Pre-launch Chain is Live!

As I mentioned in the la first post, the pre-launch chain is now live! Current block is 483 and counting!

But not just that, the METHOD by which we initiated this restart of the pre-chain from development chain at block 37k+, to public chain at block 0… Was done in a method that has never been done before!

Starting off right, with a new World First!

Qortal – World’s first full automatic update execution of a complete chain restart!

Due to the fact that Qortal has a system wherein groups can be created, and those groups can then control certain specialized transaction types… The development group (on-chain group ID: 1) today issued an auto-update  of the chain, via its specialized auto-update transaction. The special transaction tells every node that after x block, they are to update to a newer jar file with MD5 hash, and re-start thus updating to the new version automatically for EVERY NODE IN THE NETWORK!

I am fairly certain that we are one of the only, if not THE only chain in the world, that can accomplish a network-wide update via issuance of a multi-signed and verified transaction by a given group… in fact… I am not so sure that any other chain even HAS groups, or the possibility to have groups. I am pretty sure this is a feature unique to our core.

This is a SMALL PART of our system, but an important one, and one which mainstream adoption of blockchain technology in our opinion, will have to have, in order to become a reality. With this automatic update system, 20% of the development group (which can have members added later or removed if necessary, but right now consists of the core team main developers) must approve the transaction in order for the update to take place. Once that happens, BAM! The entire network of nodes gets updated within the next 5 minutes or so.

This particular update was specifically interesting, due to the fact that it was also a CHAIN RESET, issuing the change from private dev pre-chain version, to the public pre-chain version.

There will only be ONE MORE RESET to the system, and that will be during the Genesis Auto-Update. We have setup a system that no matter what, when a node comes online, even if they were NOT online during the update issuance, they will still be able to sync their old version to the tx of the update, update, and come right back. That way, from this point on… NO ONE WILL EVER HAVE TO MANUALLY UPDATE AGAIN. VERSION 1.0.1 IS THE VERSION THAT WILL NEVER REQUIRE ANY FURTHER MANUAL UPDATES TO THE CORE, EVEN AFTER GENESIS AUTO-UPDATE TAKES PLACE.

Now, on to the How-To’s

Of course, seeing as this is a TOTALLY CUSTOM system, there are many ‘caveats’.

Also, due to the fact that the UI isn’t fully complete, and definitely isn’t to where I really wanted it to be as far as ease of use… there were MANY questions from users setting things up and getting to the point they could run and test the Qortal Blockchain Platform.

Lets Start With Some ‘Key Points to Remember’

 The CORE and the UI are two separate systems. – You must run the core for the blockchain portion, sync/mint, etc. 

 The UI is still in very early stages, many things are not ‘active’ – some of the data is ‘fake’ like the QORA previous balance, etc… I will be having it updated to say ‘coming soon’, soon.

 All cryptography, privkeys, etc… and management of that, is done with the UI in a very secure fashion. only public stuff goes to the core.

The core does auto updates now. The UI does not. In the future we will have a release package for the UI (built with electron) which will auto-update as well.

Also in the future, the core and UI will have a single bundled package.

The QORA stuff is not part of the active chain yet, but will be soon. – this means the people coming from QORA, can still import their seeds, but will not see a balance yet, or earn yet until that goes live. We should be pushing it live soon. Also, the import of a previous QORA forging account, will not give a level assignment yet. I will be verifying all of this information soon, and posting another update.

Simple Stuff – Starting the UI and core

First, start the core, this handles all the blockchain stuff, has the blockchain UI, etc…

To start the core, on linux you will download the release zip and run the ‘run.sh’ script. This will start the core server, and run on your systray with an icon (if you have a taskbar on your version of linux). On Windows, you will run the qortal-1.0.1.exe file, which is an installer, and will install the core to your system. Once installed, search ‘qortal’ and run ‘Qortal’ application. That in turn will run the Qortal.jar file and the core.

To start the UI you will (during the time we do not  have a release package out, and instead, scripts to help people build from source…) simply enter the ‘qortal-ui’ directory (after the initial scripts have built and run it for the first time…) and run a command ‘yarn run server’. This is done via terminal or cmd. There is also a start script for windows which I posted in my previous blog post.

Simple stuff – Basic UI usage – Log in

Minting – pre-enabled account – start minting

For those of you who are included in the pre-enabled minting accounts… you are pre-able to issue the self-reward-share at launch. This means you do not have to obtain a sponsorship to be a minter. However, you still have to do a few things, in order to START MINTING.

Go to ‘reward share’ section, and input your pubkey (shown in the ‘profile’ section which is the little circle icon up by the address at the top left of the UI) and click ‘submit’. Also, note that the term written on this section of the reward share page ‘reward share public key’ is incorrect, this is NOT the reward share public key you are putting in… it is the RECIPIENT public key! We will be changing the wording of this.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT – ONCE YOU SUBMIT, SAVE THE KEY IT GIVES YOU! At this point there is NO WAY TO OBTAIN THIS KEY AGAIN WITHOUT DEALING DIRECTLY WITH THE API AND SPECIFIC CALLS AND IT IS NOT SIMPLE FOR THE NORMAL USER.

One block needs to pass, for a single confirm

Go to ‘Node Management‘ section and ‘add minting account‘ (at the top right) input the key that was spit out during step 2. (The one you should have SAVED). Hit ‘ADD‘

**note – NO MESSAGE WILL COME UP AFTER YOU HIT ADD ON THE ADD MINTING ACCOUNT TO YOUR NODE, this does NOT mean it didn’t work… Simply go to the wallet page again, then back to node management and you will see your assigned minting key with its pair of minter and recipient. (This is obviously not intended behavior and will change in upcoming versions. Along with the complete layout and wording for the minting stuff. All of this will be made simpler.)

That’s it!

You do NOT need to run the UI server to continue minting, only the CORE must be running once assigned to your node.

I will do another post soon with more information.

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Qortal Project – Pre-launch begins! – how to setup Qortal Core and Qortal UI in pre-launch phase

 

Hello everyone!

It is a VERY exciting day for Qortal Project today… as we are officially ‘going public’ with the current setup of the Qortal Core, and Qortal UI.

Now, not everything is perfect, there are many little things I will discuss as this post continues.

Now, let’s begin!

 

First Step – Setup Qortal Core 

The Qortal Core is already ‘released’ in a final version.

There are two ‘releases’ here on the github… https://github.com/QORT/qortal/releases

There is one exe (for windows users) – https://github.com/QORT/qortal/releases/download/v1.0/Qortal-1.0.exe 

and one zip (for everyone else) – https://github.com/QORT/qortal/releases/download/v1.0/qortal-1.0.zip

All you have to do is either run the installation utility (windows) or extract the zip and run ‘run.sh’ (linux)

 

Windows 

download and run the exe link above. When done, you will end up with a Qortal program. Simply run that program.

This will start your Qortal Core (also known as ‘blockchain node, peer, full-node, etc’) and start sync’ing the chain.

 

Linux

For Linux users, download the zip above, and run the ‘run.bat’ file. (I might suggest commenting out the XMX and XMS Java memory args portion)

if you are running a desktop version of Linux, you will have a popup that comes up, then in systray the Qortal icon. It will then start sync’ing the blockchain.

 

THE CORE MUST RUN ON THE SAME MACHINE AS THE UI FOR NOW. THE CORE MUST RUN BEFORE YOUR UI WILL FUNCTION FULLY

 

Current chain – until tomorrow

The current chain is the development pre-chain. It is at block 37837. This chain will be reset via an auto-update TOMORROW.

If you are someone who is supposed to have a pre-enabled minting account… you will not be able to issue the commands to start minting, until AFTER the chain reset tomorrow. That is when your account will be minting-enabled.

 

Next – setup Qortal UI (from source during pre-launch)

The Qortal UI at this point, does not have a ‘release’ on github yet. We are working that out… so, until it is worked out… we are giving people scripts to help them build the UI from source.

These scripts will do all the necessary dependencies, git repos, etc… build and run the UI sever (Written in node.js).

When we are done with this phase, both the core and the UI will have release packages, and both will auto-update. However, for now, that is not the case yet, and so we are making the build process as simple as possible for everyone.

There will be other scripts to check for updates, etc… that can be put into cron or startup, so that your system always remains updated… whether you decide to use the release package when available, or not. You can keep using the source version if you like.

 

Linux – The linux UI Install Script

The linux UI install script has only been tested so far on ubuntu machines. So bear that in mind if you’re on another version. The script is very easy to read, and the commands will stay very similar if you’re running another version of Linux, so you can most likely figure  it out. If not, contact us in Discord for help.

right click the link and click ‘save as’ then save as qort-ui-install.sh 

1. Download the script from – https://github.com/crowetic/qort-ui-install.sh/raw/master/qort-ui-install.sh 
2. Place the script into the folder you want the Qortal UI to be setup.
3. chmod +x qort-ui-install.sh
4. ./qort-ui-install.sh -i

The script will download and setup all dependencies, the dependency repos, all git repos for the UI, and do the entire link and build process for you.

The script will then launch the UI.

You can then access the UI via localhost – http://localhost

To launch the UI after the initial install, simply open a terminal to the ‘qortal-ui’ folder, and run ‘yarn run server‘.

 

Windows – The Windows UI Install Script

The Windows UI install script has only been tested on a couple machines, but has worked correctly. Again, please note, the method described here is only for the time prior to the UI having a full release pre-built package. We are providing these scripts to be able to give out the software prior to that point.

NOTE – DO NOT MESS WITH THE WINDOWS THAT COME UP ONCE THE SCRIPT HAS STARTED, YOU MAY CAUSE ISSUES! JUST LET IT RUN THROUGH.

right click ‘save as‘ then save as ‘qort-ui-install.bat‘ and ‘start-UI.bat‘

1. Download the script from – https://github.com/crowetic/qort-ui-install.bat/raw/master/qort-ui-install.bat
2. put the script into the folder you want the UI repos to be setup in.
3. right click the script and click ‘run as admin‘
4. let it run and do not interfere with the windows that come up.
5. access the UI (make sure you have your core running first, search ‘qortal’ and run the qortal app first) then access with – http://localhost
6. To re-run the server after initial install, right click ‘save as’ on this – https://github.com/crowetic/qort-ui-install.bat/raw/master/start%20UI.bat
7. then simply run the ‘start UI.bat’ (make sure the scripts are saved in the MAIN folder, not in any of the qortal-ui repo folders.)

 

be sure you have both scripts in the MAIN folder, where all the qortal-ui folders are, NOT inside any of the folders.

 

A few Notes

The current UI is not a release package, and our scripts help build from source. You can continue to do this, and will have other scripts available for updating, etc…

Once the release packages ARE available for the UI, the UI will auto-update just like the core.

The core, will NEVER NEED TO BE UPDATED AGAIN, as it is AUTO-UPDATED. Even after the pre-chain restart, it will update itself.

 

Think of Qortal Project software-wise, as TWO PARTS. 

The Core

The UI

Each of them are independent servers.

Core – written in java, has full release version, contains the blockchain, sync, etc.

UI – written in javascript and node.js – runs a server on localhost which you can access a visual wallet. All stuff done in the UI is done local, nothing private is sent to the core. In the future it will be able to be run outside of the core server, but at the moment they both have to be run on the same computer.

There are many things that are NOT FULLY COMPLETE in the UI, such as previous QORA balance, minting status, etc… anything that ‘looks odd’ or ‘isn’t updating’ simply isn’t fully implemented yet.

The minting transaction creation, and assigning a minting key to a node, all function, but we will post another blog post about that tomorrow, with explanation on what to do if you have a pre-enabled minting account.

Sponsoring a minter is possible as well, and either the sponsor, or the minter being sponsored, can run their node during the sponsorship period. We will explain how this is done in another blog post as well.

 

THIS VERSION IS THE VERY FIRST RELEASE, AND ISN’T EVEN A FINAL RELEASE OF THE UI, IT IS PUT OUT SO PEOPLE CAN START GETTING USED TO THE CONCEPTS, AND SINCE IT IS MORE A DEVELOPMENT VERSION ANYWAY, IT GIVES A SLIGHTLY GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE BACK END. WE BELIEVE IT IS GOOD FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE A GREATER UNDERSTANDING, UNTIL WE MAKE THE UI SO EASY ANYONE CAN SIMPLY USE IT WITHOUT ANY UNDERSTANDING NEEDED. 

Any questions, issues, concerns, please reach out in Discord. Thank you!

 

Qortal Current Development Team

crowetic – Team Lead

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