triangles_v5/DNS2-SEED-NODE-SETUP.md

Triangles Bootstrap Server Setup - DNS2

For: Krystie (@Krystie7777bot) Server: DNS2 (194.233.88.206) - Ubuntu Date: March 2026

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What This Server Does

Your server is the bootstrap server for the Triangles network. When someone opens a fresh Triangles wallet:

1. The wallet connects to bootstrap.cryptographic-triangles.org on port 80
2. If that fails, it falls back to your IP directly: 194.233.88.206 on port 80
3. It downloads /filelist.txt to see which blockchain files are available
4. It downloads each file listed (mainly blk0001.dat, the entire blockchain)
5. The user is now synced and ready to go

Your IP is hardcoded in the wallet. If your server is down, new users can't bootstrap.

Your server also runs the Triangles daemon so it doubles as a seed node on port 24112.

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Step 1: Install nginx

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y nginx curl

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Step 2: Download the Daemon

No building required. Download the pre-built Linux binary from GitHub:

cd /tmp
curl -L -o trianglesd https://github.com/SamiAhmed7777/triangles_v5/releases/download/v5.3.6/Cryptographic-Triangles-v5.3.6-linux-x64-daemon
chmod +x trianglesd
sudo mv trianglesd /usr/local/bin/

Verify it works:

trianglesd --version

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Step 3: Configure the Daemon

mkdir -p ~/.triangles

RPC_PASS=$(openssl rand -hex 32)

cat > ~/.triangles/triangles.conf << EOF
port=24112
listen=1
maxconnections=125
rpcport=19112
rpcuser=trianglesrpc
rpcpassword=$RPC_PASS
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
server=1
externalip=194.233.88.206
addnode=74.208.167.19
txindex=1
daemon=1
EOF

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Step 4: Get the Blockchain Data

OpenClaw will send you blk0001.dat (or a tarball containing it). Put it in ~/.triangles/:

cd ~/.triangles
# If you received a tarball:
tar xzf /path/to/blockchain-data.tar.gz
# Or if you received blk0001.dat directly:
cp /path/to/blk0001.dat ~/.triangles/

After this step you should have:

~/.triangles/blk0001.dat
~/.triangles/triangles.conf

Do NOT copy someone else's wallet.dat unless you intend to use that wallet.

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Step 5: Open Firewall Ports

You need two ports open:

sudo ufw allow 80/tcp comment "Bootstrap HTTP server"
sudo ufw allow 24112/tcp comment "Triangles P2P"
sudo ufw enable
sudo ufw status

Verify both show ALLOW:

80/tcp                     ALLOW       Anywhere        # Bootstrap HTTP server
24112/tcp                  ALLOW       Anywhere        # Triangles P2P

Do NOT open 19112 (RPC).

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Step 6: Test the Daemon

trianglesd

Wait 10 seconds, then:

trianglesd getinfo

Look for:

• "blocks" around 2,186,940 or higher
• "connections" should become 1+ within a couple minutes

If it works, stop it:

trianglesd stop

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Step 7: Set Up the Daemon as a systemd Service

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/trianglesd.service << 'EOF'
[Unit]
Description=Triangles Daemon
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=forking
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/trianglesd -daemon -datadir=/root/.triangles
ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/trianglesd -datadir=/root/.triangles stop
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=30
TimeoutStopSec=120
LimitNOFILE=65536

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable trianglesd
sudo systemctl start trianglesd

If you're running as a non-root user, change /root/.triangles to /home/youruser/.triangles.

Verify:

sudo systemctl status trianglesd
trianglesd getinfo

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Step 8: Set Up the Bootstrap File Server

This is the main event.

8a. Create the bootstrap directory and tarball

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/triangles-bootstrap

# Create the compressed tarball from the blockchain data
# Only blk0001.dat is needed - the wallet builds its own block index after download
cd ~/.triangles
tar czf /tmp/bootstrap.tar.gz blk0001.dat
sudo mv /tmp/bootstrap.tar.gz /var/www/triangles-bootstrap/

# Also create the legacy fallback files (for older wallet versions)
sudo cp ~/.triangles/blk0001.dat /var/www/triangles-bootstrap/
sudo tee /var/www/triangles-bootstrap/filelist.txt << 'EOF'
blk0001.dat
EOF

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/triangles-bootstrap

The wallet tries to download bootstrap.tar.gz first (compressed, faster). If that's missing, it falls back to downloading blk0001.dat directly using filelist.txt. After download, the wallet automatically imports the blocks and builds its own index.

8b. Configure nginx

sudo rm -f /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

sudo tee /etc/nginx/sites-available/triangles-bootstrap << 'EOF'
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name bootstrap.cryptographic-triangles.org 194.233.88.206;

    root /var/www/triangles-bootstrap;

    location / {
        try_files $uri =404;
    }

    send_timeout 600s;
    keepalive_timeout 600s;
}
EOF

sudo ln -sf /etc/nginx/sites-available/triangles-bootstrap /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo nginx -t

That should print syntax is ok and test is successful. Then:

sudo systemctl enable nginx
sudo systemctl restart nginx

8c. Verify it works

# Should print "blk0001.dat"
curl http://localhost/filelist.txt

# Should show HTTP 200 and a Content-Length
curl -I http://localhost/blk0001.dat

8d. Test from outside

Ask OpenClaw to test from another machine:

curl -I http://194.233.88.206/bootstrap.tar.gz
curl http://194.233.88.206/filelist.txt

If both return HTTP 200, the bootstrap server is live.

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Step 9: Keeping Bootstrap Data Fresh

Periodically rebuild the tarball from the latest blockchain data:

sudo systemctl stop trianglesd
cd ~/.triangles
tar czf /tmp/bootstrap.tar.gz blk0001.dat
sudo mv /tmp/bootstrap.tar.gz /var/www/triangles-bootstrap/
sudo cp ~/.triangles/blk0001.dat /var/www/triangles-bootstrap/
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/triangles-bootstrap
sudo systemctl start trianglesd

Or set up a weekly cron job:

sudo tee /etc/cron.d/triangles-bootstrap-update << 'EOF'
0 4 * * 0 root systemctl stop trianglesd && cd /root/.triangles && tar czf /tmp/bootstrap.tar.gz blk0001.dat && mv /tmp/bootstrap.tar.gz /var/www/triangles-bootstrap/ && cp /root/.triangles/blk0001.dat /var/www/triangles-bootstrap/ && chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/triangles-bootstrap && systemctl start trianglesd
EOF

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Step 10: Tor Hidden Service (Optional)

sudo apt install -y tor

Add to /etc/tor/torrc:

HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/triangles/
HiddenServiceVersion 3
HiddenServicePort 24112 127.0.0.1:24112

Then:

sudo systemctl restart tor
sudo cat /var/lib/tor/triangles/hostname

Send the .onion address to OpenClaw, add externalip=YOUR_ONION_ADDRESS.onion to triangles.conf, and restart the daemon.

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Troubleshooting

Bootstrap server isn't working

sudo systemctl status nginx
sudo ss -tlnp | grep :80
ls -lh /var/www/triangles-bootstrap/
curl http://localhost/filelist.txt
sudo tail -30 /var/log/nginx/error.log

Daemon has 0 connections

sudo ss -tlnp | grep 24112
sudo ufw status
trianglesd addnode 74.208.167.19 add

Daemon won't start

tail -100 ~/.triangles/debug.log
ps aux | grep trianglesd
ls ~/.triangles/.lock

"Error loading block database"

rm -rf ~/.triangles/txleveldb/
sudo systemctl restart trianglesd

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Quick Reference

What	Where / Value
Bootstrap files	/var/www/triangles-bootstrap/
bootstrap.tar.gz	/var/www/triangles-bootstrap/bootstrap.tar.gz
filelist.txt	/var/www/triangles-bootstrap/filelist.txt (legacy fallback)
blk0001.dat (web)	/var/www/triangles-bootstrap/blk0001.dat (legacy fallback)
nginx config	/etc/nginx/sites-available/triangles-bootstrap
nginx logs	/var/log/nginx/error.log
Daemon binary	/usr/local/bin/trianglesd
Data directory	~/.triangles/
Config file	~/.triangles/triangles.conf
Debug log	~/.triangles/debug.log
P2P port	24112 (must be open)
HTTP port	80 (must be open)
RPC port	19112 (localhost only)
Restart daemon	sudo systemctl restart trianglesd
Restart nginx	sudo systemctl restart nginx
Other seed node	74.208.167.19 (DNS3-Sami)
Contact	OpenClaw on Telegram

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You're Done

Once you've completed all the steps, your server is:

1. A seed node — other wallets discover and connect to you on port 24112
2. A bootstrap server — new wallets download the blockchain from you on port 80

Send OpenClaw your .onion address (if you set up Tor) so it can be added to the wallet's onion seed list.

To confirm everything is running:

# Daemon healthy?
trianglesd getinfo

# nginx serving files?
curl -I http://localhost/bootstrap.tar.gz

# Ports open externally?
sudo ss -tlnp | grep -E ':(80|24112)\b'

If all three check out, you're live on the Triangles network.