Blockchain By Example

Interactions with RSK

After having configured the RSK node, we can then manage it as a service that can be started with the following:

sudo service rsk start

As a result, RSK will run as a daemon in the background and download the blockchain (a few GBs) in the /var/lib/rsk/database/testnet directory. Similarly, you can stop, restart, or check the situation of the service using the following:

sudo service rsk restartsudo service rsk stop service rsk status

For a detailed overview of an RSK node's behavior, you can consult its logs using tail -f /var/log/rsk/rsk.log.

The RSK project provides a useful console that enables interaction with an RSK node through RPC calls. We can install this utility using npm:

git clone https://github.com/rsksmart/utilities.git ...