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Quick Start Guide

A Cardano blockchain data node written in Go which actively participates in network communications on the Cardano blockchain using the Ouroboros Network Node-to-Node family of mini-protocols. This project was funded in Project Catalyst Fund 12.

⚠️ This is a work in progress and is currently under heavy development


For this guide we will walk you through downloading and running the Dingo binary. To get started follow the steps below.


✅ This guide assumes typical Linux setup. Please adjust commands and paths as needed.




Step 1-A - First start by going to https://blinklabs.io/projects-open-source and scroll down to Dingo.

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Step 1-B - Select the operating system that you want to use to run Dingo.

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Step 1-C - You can either download the binary file and move the file to your preferred location or…

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Copy the path from Blinklabs and run the following command to download the binary file.


⚠️ Adjust the link path to the correct path for the version you want to download.

💡 Tip: You can download the latest Dingo release from the https://github.com/blinklabs-io/dingo/releases page.

wget -c https://github.com/blinklabs-io/dingo/releases/download/v0.12.1/dingo-v0.12.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz -O - | tar -xz