siaclassicc

SiaClassicc Usage

siaclassicc is the command line interface to SiaClassic, for use by power users and those on headless servers. It comes as a part of the command line package, and can be run as ./siaclassicc from the same folder, or just by calling siaclassicc if you move the binary into your path.

Most of the following commands have online help. For example, executing siaclassicc wallet send help will list the arguments for that command, while siaclassicc host help will list the commands that can be called pertaining to hosting. siaclassicc help will list all of the top level command groups that can be used.

You can change the address of where siaclassicd is pointing using the -a flag. For example, siaclassicc -a :9000 status will display the status of the siaclassicd instance launched on the local machine with siaclassicd -a :9000.

Common tasks

• siaclassicc consensus view block height

Wallet:

• siaclassicc wallet init [-p] initilize a wallet
• siaclassicc wallet unlock unlock a wallet
• siaclassicc wallet balance retrieve wallet balance
• siaclassicc wallet address get a wallet address
• siaclassicc wallet send [amount] [dest] sends siaclassiccoin to an address

Renter:

• siaclassicc renter list list all renter files
• siaclassicc renter upload [filepath] [nickname] upload a file
• siaclassicc renter download [nickname] [filepath] download a file

Full Descriptions

Wallet tasks

• siaclassicc wallet init [-p] encrypts and initializes the wallet. If the -p flag is provided, an encryption password is requested from the user. Otherwise the initial seed is used as the encryption password. The wallet must be initialized and unlocked before any actions can be performed on the wallet.

Examples:

user@hostname:~$ siaclassicc -a :9920 wallet init
Seed is:
 cider sailor incur sober feast unhappy mundane sadness hinder aglow imitate amaze duties arrow gigantic uttered inflamed girth myriad jittery hexagon nail lush reef sushi pastry southern inkling acquire

Wallet encrypted with password: cider sailor incur sober feast unhappy mundane sadness hinder aglow imitate amaze duties arrow gigantic uttered inflamed girth myriad jittery hexagon nail lush reef sushi pastry southern inkling acquire

user@hostname:~$ siaclassicc -a :9920 wallet init -p
Wallet password:
Seed is:
 potato haunted fuming lordship library vane fever powder zippers fabrics dexterity hoisting emails pebbles each vampire rockets irony summon sailor lemon vipers foxes oneself glide cylinder vehicle mews acoustic

Wallet encrypted with given password

• siaclassicc wallet unlock prompts the user for the encryption password to the wallet, supplied by the init command. The wallet must be initialized and unlocked before any actions can take place.

• siaclassicc wallet balance prints information about your wallet.

Example:

user@hostname:~$ siaclassicc wallet balance
Wallet status:
Encrypted, Unlocked
Confirmed Balance:   61516458.00 SCA
Unconfirmed Balance: 64516461.00 SCA
Exact:               61516457999999999999999999999999 H

• siaclassicc wallet address returns a never seen before address for sending siaclassiccoins to.

• siaclassicc wallet send [amount] [dest] Sends amount siaclassiccoins to dest. amount is in the form XXXXUU where an X is a number and U is a unit, for example MS, S, mS, ps, etc. If no unit is given hastings is assumed. dest must be a valid siaclassiccoin address.

• siaclassicc wallet lock locks a wallet. After calling, the wallet must be unlocked using the encryption password in order to use it further

• siaclassicc wallet seeds returns the list of secret seeds in use by the wallet. These can be used to regenerate the wallet

• siaclassicc wallet addseed prompts the user for his encryption password, as well as a new secret seed. The wallet will then incorporate this seed into itself. This can be used for wallet recovery and merging.

Host tasks

• host config [setting] [value]

is used to configure hosting.

In version 1.2.2, siaclassic hosting is configured as follows:

You can call this many times to configure you host before announcing. Alternatively, you can manually adjust these parameters inside the host/config.json file.

• siaclassicc host announce makes an host announcement. You may optionally supply a specific address to be announced; this allows you to announce a domain name. Announcing a second time after changing settings is not necessary, as the announcement only contains enough information to reach your host.

• siaclassicc host -v outputs some of your hosting settings.

Example:

user@hostname:~$ siaclassicc host -v
Host settings:
Storage:      2.0000 TB (1.524 GB used)
Price:        0.000 SCA per GB per month
Collateral:   0
Max Filesize: 10000000000
Max Duration: 8640
Contracts:    32

• siaclassicc hostdb -v prints a list of all the know active hosts on the network.

Renter tasks

• siaclassicc renter upload [filename] [nickname] uploads a file to the siaclassic network. filename is the path to the file you want to upload, and nickname is what you will use to refer to that file in the network. For example, it is common to have the nickname be the same as the filename.

• siaclassicc renter list displays a list of the your uploaded files currently on the siaclassic network by nickname, and their filesizes.

• siaclassicc renter download [nickname] [destination] downloads a file from the siaclassic network onto your computer. nickname is the name used to refer to your file in the siaclassic network, and destination is the path to where the file will be. If a file already exists there, it will be overwritten.

• siaclassicc renter rename [nickname] [newname] changes the nickname of a file.

• siaclassicc renter delete [nickname] removes a file from your list of stored files. This does not remove it from the network, but only from your saved list.

• siaclassicc renter queue shows the download queue. This is only relevant if you have multiple downloads happening simultaneously.

Gateway tasks

• siaclassicc gateway prints info about the gateway, including its address and how many peers it's connected to.

• siaclassicc gateway list prints a list of all currently connected peers.

• siaclassicc gateway connect [address:port] manually connects to a peer and adds it to the gateway's node list.

• siaclassicc gateway disconnect [address:port] manually disconnects from a peer, but leaves it in the gateway's node list.

Miner tasks

• siaclassicc miner status returns information about the miner. It is only valid for when siaclassicd is running.

• siaclassicc miner start starts running the CPU miner on one thread. This is virtually useless outside of debugging.

• siaclassicc miner stop halts the CPU miner.

General commands

• siaclassicc consensus prints the current block ID, current block height, and current target.

• siaclassicc stop sends the stop signal to siaclassicd to safely terminate. This has the same affect as C^c on the terminal.

• siaclassicc version displays the version string of siaclassicc.

• siaclassicc update checks the server for updates.