How to use -dev with a genesis file OR how to mine without -dev ?

[kopax]

Hi guys, I am just starting with bor and I would like to run a local dev server.

I am struggling to init the genesis block with -dev flag at the same time.

Without it, I am able to seed with a genesis file without issue, but then I cannot block.

I have been looking everywhere for some getting started developer documentation for contributors but I cannot find it.

Can you guys help me out understand how to get started ?

Thanks and best 🙏

[manav2401]

Hey, ideally you should be able to run bor using --dev flag. Just note that it runs on clique consensus and not bor as in order to run inside bor consensus you'll need to setup some other components like heimdall for it to work.

Can you try this?

git checkout develop
make bor
bor server --datadir ~/.bor/data --dev --dev.period 2

Let me know if you run into any issues. Thanks!