📦 Electronero Bootstrap Files

📌 Option 1: Import the blockchain raw (recommended)

./electronero-blockchain-import --input-file blockchain-872025.raw --batch-size 20000 --database lmdb#fastest --guard-against-pwnage 0
  

This method is the fastest and most reliable way to import the blockchain snapshot. Make sure to run this command from the same directory as blockchain-872025.raw.

📌 Option 2: Drop in the extracted bootstrap folder

tar -xzvf bitelectronero.tar.gz
cp -r bitelectronero ~/.bitelectronero
  

This method replaces your existing blockchain data with the included lmdb folder.

⚠️ Warning: Always stop electronerod before replacing blockchain files.

📥 Clone the source code

git clone --recursive https://github.com/electronero-project/electronero.git
cd electronero
# If you forgot --recursive, run this:
git submodule init && git submodule update
  

Make sure to clone with --recursive to get all required submodules. If you already cloned it normally, use the second command to initialize submodules manually.

⚙️ Compile

mkdir build && cd build
## Refer to below dependencies and installation instructions! 
  

This guide below will teach you to compile electronerod and related tools. You can then run the daemon, wallet CLI, and electronero-blockchain-import from build/src.

View the full source code and contribute at:
github.com/electronero-project/electronero

This guide was written for Linux Ubuntu distros, we'll post a windows build guide later. For more support join us on Telegram. Before compiling Electronero, install required system packages:

🧰 Ubuntu/Debian Install Command

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y \
  build-essential cmake pkg-config libssl-dev libzmq3-dev \
  libunbound-dev libsodium-dev libunwind-dev liblzma-dev \
  libreadline-dev libldns-dev libexpat1-dev libpgm-dev \
  qttools5-dev-tools libhidapi-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev \
  libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libudev-dev \
  ccache doxygen graphviz
  

⚠️ Boost 1.88 Required

Electronero requires Boost version 1.88.0+, which must be compiled from source. Follow the instructions below to build and install it with the correct configuration:

# Download and extract Boost 1.88.0
wget https://archives.boost.io/release/1.88.0/source/boost_1_88_0.tar.bz2
tar --bzip2 -xf boost_1_88_0.tar.bz2
cd boost_1_88_0

# Configure with only required libraries
./bootstrap.sh --with-libraries=system,filesystem,thread,chrono,date_time,regex,test,serialization,program_options,locale

# Build and install Boost (static, multithreaded, 64-bit)
./b2 install \
  variant=release \
  link=static \
  threading=multi \
  runtime-link=static \
  address-model=64 \
  --prefix=/usr/local/boost_1_88_0
  

📌 After installing, cd back to ~/electronero/build or wherever your electronero build directory path is and pass this to CMake so it can find Boost properly:

cmake .. \
  -DBOOST_ROOT=/usr/local/boost_1_88_0 \
  -DBoost_NO_SYSTEM_PATHS=ON \
  -DBoost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON \
  -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/boost_1_88_0 \
  -DBoost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME=ON
  

make -j$(nproc)

This ensures Electronero uses your custom Boost 1.88 install instead of the outdated system version.