Wallet Staking [PoS] Guides (inc. CXWT case example) - Mac Users

browncow (25)in #wallet • 7 years ago (edited)

Foremost, I'm not directly affiliated with CWXT or part of their team! I just wrote these previously for them to help others get set up and now I'm giving others here on steemit a template for differing OS wallets (and using CWXT as a case example). There have been no real comprehensive guides like this (to my knowledge) so here we go, follow the square brackets for other coins/wallets:

Mac Users:

Download the wallet from: http://cwxt.io/
- Either scroll down the website or click ‘WALLETS’ in the top right corner of the home page.
[for other coins/wallets, replace with desired wallet website download page]
After download and installation the wallet may start syncing straight away, however, if this is not the case then you may need to add a file containing a Node List to the wallet application files [or for other coin wallets you may need to add a .dat file]
A node list can be found in the same place you downloaded the wallet OR
the most up-do-date one at time of posting should be attached to this discord (https://discordapp.com/channels/365702476789448706/366381341383589888) post OR
you can look on novaexchange.com OR
you can scan the bitcointalk page for them (https://fireproxy.crushus.com/bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1727707.540), the last list was posted on page 28.
[node lists or .dat files for other coin wallets will probably found on their bitcointalk pages/their discord/their website/'https://chainz.cryptoid.info/']
If you just downloaded the .conf file straight from the discord/anywhere else, then you only need to save it in the folder outlined in step 6 (don’t worry about opening it up and re-saving etc.) then go to step 8.
[if you downloaded the .dat file for other coins/wallets than you will not need a node list but you will still need to put it in the same location indicated in step 6]
If you are creating your own .conf file, open up the ‘TextEdit’ program, add the list, then go to the ‘Preferences’ of ‘TextEdit’ and switch to the ‘Open and Save’ section. Under the ‘When Saving a File:’ panel, uncheck the ‘Add “.txt” extension to plain text files’ option. Now save the file as “cryptoworldxtoken.conf”.
[save it as synonymous name for your particular coin]
Save/place the .conf file in ~/Users/ your user /Library/Application Support/cryptoworldxtoken OR go to ~/Users/ your user and press shift+command+G then use "~/Library/Application Support" and save/place into the cryptoworldxtoken folder
[Other coins/wallets should be located in the same place but with their own final folder]
NB: If you're trying to find 'Library' in this location and therefore not using 'shift+command+G' then you need to have hidden files visible, to do this: Open Terminal (Finder -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal), then in terminal, paste the following: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
- Now press ‘enter/return’.
- Hold ‘Option/alt’ key and right click on the ‘Finder’ icon in the dock and click ‘Relaunch’, this should close everything then when it reopens, you should be able to see all hidden files including ‘~/Users/your user/Library’
Once the file is placed in the right place and you have restarted the wallet application it should start syncing
To stake, you need to have the wallet synced, encrypted (Look in ‘Settings’ then ‘Encrypt Wallet’ and write down/save you passphrase) and unlocked (‘Settings’ -> ‘Unlock Wallet’).
[should be found in similar locations for other wallets]
If for some reason the wallet stops syncing, try locking it or restarting the wallet application and just leaving it to do its thing.