Settings

To run your scorex application you should create json file with application settings. Most of settings have default values so you may provide just few settings to customize your app.

Scorex-basics settings

Parameter	Default value	Description
nodeName	Random string	Name of the node
dataDir	undefined	Optional folder to keep your data. When undefined, all the data is kept in memory
localOnly	false	Node is only available locally
rpcPort	9085	Port for remote procedure call
rpcAllowed	127.0.0.1	Space separated list of addresses, that can use rpc
offlineGeneration	false	Allow node to generate new blocks when it's offline
historySynchronizerTimeout	30	Timeout in seconds for the history synchronizer to wait a response from remote nodes
blockGenerationDelay	1000	Time in milliseconds for block generator to try to generate a new block
mininigThreads	1	Number of threads for mining
walletDirOpt	undefined	Optional folder to keep your wallet. When undefined, your wallet is kept in memory
walletPassword	undefined	Password for your wallet. When undefined, you should pass it on application start
walletSeed	undefined	Seed for your wallet to generate new accounts. When undefined, you should pass it on application start
apiKeyHash	undefined	Hash for API key. When undefined, RPC requests are allowed without any authentication
genesisTimestamp	1460952000000	Timestamp for genesis block.
cors	false	Allow API to called from another domain outside the domain from which the resource originated.
p2p:bindAddress	127.0.0.1	The socket address to bind to
p2p:port	9084	Port of the socket address to bind to
p2p:maxConnections	20	Maximum number of outgoing connections
p2p:connectionTimeout	60	Connection timeout in seconds
p2p:upnp	true	Enable upnp
p2p:upnpGatewayTimeout	true	The timeout for actions on the device
p2p:upnpDiscoverTimeout	true	The timeout for socket connections of the initial broadcast request
p2p:myAddress	None	Optional setting to configure declared address
p2p:knownPeers	[]	List of known peers

Scorex-transaciton settings

Parameter	Default value	Description
history	blockchain	History type. Blockchain or blocktree (experimental)
maxRollback	100	Maximum number of blocks to rollback

Scorex-perma settings

Parameter	Default value	Description
perma:rootHash	13uSUANW...	Base58-encoded root hash of Merkle tree with permacoin data.
perma:isTrustedDealer	false	Set current node as trusted dealer
perma:treeDir	required	Folder to keep permacoin data
perma:authDataStorage	authDataStorage.db	Name of file to put authenticated permacoin data. File will be created in treeDir

Settings example

Typical json files with settings looks like

{
  "p2p": {
    "bindAddress": "0.0.0.0",
    "upnp": false,
    "upnpGatewayTimeout": 7000,
    "upnpDiscoverTimeout": 3000,
    "port": 9084,
    "knownPeers": [
      "23.94.190.226:9185"
    ],
    "maxConnections": 10
  },
  "walletDir": "/tmp/scorex/wallet",
  "dataDir": "/tmp/scorex/data",
  "rpcPort": 9085,
  "rpcAllowed": [],
  "maxRollback": 100,
  "blockGenerationDelay": 0,
  "genesisTimestamp": 1460952000000,
  "apiKeyHash": "GmVvcpx1BRUPDZiADbZ7a6zgQV3Sgj2GhNoEiTH9Drdx",
  "cors": false
}