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## Hardware Requirements

1. Raspberry Pi 3 model B+ (1GB RAM)
2. 32GB MicroSD Card

## Step 1: Setting up Raspberry Pi OS

1. Download the latest Raspberry Pi OS (Rasbian Stretch Lite) from the official website: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/

2. Burn the OS to SD Card with [Etcher](https://etcher.io/).
    ![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNmF9oqVXTxDcdpThmgp33sWn9p5EfUV5QK1ZwEvnVQME/image.png)

3. Now, to enable SSH for the OS, access the boot partition of the SD Card.

    ```
    sudo touch ssh
    ```

4. Enable WiFi connection.

    ```
    sudo nano wpa_supplicant.conf
    ```

5. Enter the following config

    ```
    country=GB
    ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
    update_config=1
    network={
     ssid="<wifi name>"
     psk="<wifi password>"
    }
    ```

5. Now, **insert the SD card into Raspberry Pi** then power on.

6. Find the IP address from your router admin web panel.

7. Connect to Pi for the first time

    ```
    ssh -p 22 pi@{IP-addresss}
    ```

## Step 3: Hardening Raspberry Pi

1. Configure Pi locale, to prevent warning messages and compilation errors.

    ```
    sudo raspi-config
    ```
    ![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQcFqAJUGf1UmSsT7SL4s3mWBgbvfZvUH9ghTRo3oF9XG/image.png)

2. Don't forget to edit the locale file too.

    ```
    sudo nano /etc/default/locale
    ```

3. Add the following content.

    ```
    LANG=en_US.UTF-8
    LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
    LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
    ```

4. Hardening security by adding a new user.

    ```
    sudo -i
    adduser <yourusername>
    adduser <yourusername> sudo
    ```

5. Then reboot Pi.

    ```
    sudo reboot
    ```

6. Then connect back as the new user

    ```
    ssh -p 22 <yourusername>@<ip-addresss>
    ```

7. And delete the default Pi user

    ```
    sudo deluser pi
    sudo passwd root
    ```

## Step 4: Configure Raspberry Pi

1. Update Pi packages.

    ```
    sudo apt-get update 
    sudo apt-get upgrade
    ```

2. Reboot the system. 

    ```
    sudo reboot
    ```

3. Install the required libraries.

    ```
    sudo apt-get install git qt5-default qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev-tools build-essential libboost-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-thread-dev libssl-dev libdb++-dev build-essential libtool autotools-dev autoconf pkg-config libssl-dev libboost-all-dev libqt5gui5 libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5 qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libqrencode-dev autoconf openssl libssl-dev libevent-dev libminiupnpc-dev
    sudo apt-get install autotools-dev autoconf automake bsdmainutils build-essential git
    sudo apt-get install libtool libssl-dev libboost-all-dev pkg-config 
    sudo apt-get install libqrencode-dev libminiupnpc-dev libevent-dev libcap-dev libseccomp-dev
    ```

4. Have a coffee, come back after 10 minutes.

### Step 5: Install & Compile PRiVCY daemon

1. The compilation for Raspberry Pi is not straightforward. Here's my handy script that:
    
    * Download the source for Github.
    * Compile required libraries.
    * Configure build files.
    * Compile daemon.
    * Copy daemon to home folder.
    
    You can check the content of the script [here](https://gist.github.com/stiucsib86/9eca3c814d5af2308d6d57f227d65f7f).
    
    ```
    wget "https://gist.github.com/stiucsib86/9eca3c814d5af2308d6d57f227d65f7f/raw/fed383f434d62dc5ae8ee214933f7c257c9d53c1/privcy-raspberry-pi.sh" -O privcy-raspberry-pi.sh
    chmod +x privcy-raspberry-pi.sh
    ```
    
    
2. Run the script in background.

    ```
    sudo nohup ./privcy-raspberry-pi.sh &
    ```

3. Come back after 2 hours.

## Step 6: Setting up PRiVCY daemon for first-run

1. Setup PRiVCY.conf to connect to the correct node

    ```
    nano ~/.PRiVCY/PRiVCY.conf
    ```

2. Paste the following content.

    ```
    testnet=0
    listen=1
    server=1
    daemon=1
    maxconnections=90
    rpcuser=<YourIrrelevantUsername>
    rpcpassword=<YourIrrelevantPassword>
    rpcport=18580
    rpcconnect=127.0.0.1
    rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
    addnode=otwsvate4vvogbrt.onion:17770
    addnode=nufiijzpo7ac2k6u.onion:17770
    ```
    
    (Note: You should always double the check correct nodes from [official Github Repo](https://github.com/privcycoin/privcy/releases)).

3. Copy your wallet.dat and paste in ~/.PRiVCY/ folder.

## Step 7: (Optional) Setting Startup Daemon

1. You can setup cron to automatically start PRiVCY daemon when system boot up.

    ```
    mkdir ~/logs
    sudo crontab -e
    ```

2. Append the following:

    ```
    @reboot sudo -u <yourUser> /home/<yourUser>/PRiVCYd >> /home/<yourUser>/logs/crontab.log 2>&1
    ```

    Note: The last part is to send all output to a log file so you can check that if you still have problems

### Step 8: Done!

1. Fire up PRiVCY daemon!
    ```
    cd ~
    ./PRiVCYd 
    ```

2. Happy staking!
    ![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdLmSNdxp4YAGKqEkCefWpKjoZhKMoGCh8EvoFB6EsBEv/image.png)

3. Psst, don't forget to buy me coffee :D

    PRiVCY: PLxacTDxY5EYsTk2538s6nCbVGm4mqB74z


### TODO
- walletpassphrase
- clear bash history
- add swapfile - https://pivx.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/30000027088-how-to-set-a-swapfile-on-the-raspberry