How to use NavCoin Core

The binaries

  • navcoind: A headless version of the node

  • navcoin-qt: The graphical version of the node

  • navcoin-cli: A RPC client to interact with the node

navcoin-qt does not launch a RPC server by default. Interactions with the RPC server are possible using the Debug console which you can find in the menu Help -> Debug window.

The data directory

Depending on your operating system, the data directory is located in:

  • Windows: C:\Users\YourUserName\Appdata\Roaming\Navcoin4

  • Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/navcoin4/

  • Linux: ~/.navcoin4/

The structure of the data directory is separated in various folder and files:

  • blocks: In this folder the raw blocks of the chain are stored.

  • chainstate: The state view of the chain is stored here in a LevelDB database. This includes the UTXO set and diverse data related to the DAO.

  • wallet.dat: The default name of the wallet database, using Berkeley DB 5.8.

  • navcoin.conf: The configuration file. This file does not exist by default.

  • debug.log: The debug log file.

  • error.log: A filtered version of debug.log including only the errors.

Passing launch options to the node

Different Options can be passed to the node on launch. There are two ways of doing this.

  • By including them in the navcoin.conf file as pairs of keys and values:

    option1=value1
    option2=value2
    
  • By passwing them as arguments to the binaries:

    ./navcoind -option1=value1 -option2=value2
    ./navcoin-qt -option1=value1 -option2=value2