Upgrading Swarm Desktop App
Upgrading Swarm Desktop App (Beta) from an ultra-light to a light node. Swarm Desktop (Beta) offers an easy-to-use experience to gain decentralized access to the Swarm network.
Swarm Desktop (Beta) starts a lightweight Swarm node service that runs in the background on your computer.
INSTALLATION GUIDE
Go to the official Swarm Desktop webpage and download the installer. Next, run it and wait for the process to finish. Everything should be automatic and the node should be set up by itself. Then, a successful installation is indicated by the green status icon in the bottom left-hand side corner.
In addition, after a successful installation, your Swarm network node will run in ultra-light mode by default. With it, you can access content stored on the network and download data from it.
To upload data to the network you will need to upgrade your Bee node to light mode. To do that you will first need to set an RPC endpoint for the Gnosis blockchain network and then add funds to your node’s wallet.
Note: All the steps described below are only relevant if you want to upgrade to the light mode.
Creating an RPC endpoint
You can use different providers to create your RCP endpoint; this example uses Getblock.
- Go to https://getblock.io and create a free account
- Choose the + Create new API key option and name your API key.
- When the API key is created click API Key Settings
- Press Generate Endpoint
- Choose:
- Blockchain Gnosis Chain
- API Interface JSON-RPC
- Network: Mainnet
- Press Create
- An RPC URL will be generated and it should look similar to the one in the picture below. Copy the RPC URL and go back to the Swarm Desktop app
Setting the RPC endpoint in the Swarm Desktop app
- Select the Info tab on the left-hand side and click “Setup wallet”.
- Paste the RPC URL you have created on Getblock. If you have created an RPC endpoint on the Gnosis chain before this procedure, you can use that one. Click the “Connect” button.
- Your node’s RPC endpoint is now set up.
Add funds to your node
Now that your RPC endpoint is set up you need to top up your account with xDAI and BZZ to upgrade your node.
There are three different ways of doing so:
- Top-up with a bank card
- Use DAI (uses your existing crypto)
- Use a gift code
Top-up via Credit Card
If you want to use a credit card to buy xDAI for your node, you can use an external provider like Ramp or Mt Pelerin.
Users can buy a maximum of 10 EUR of xDAI to fund their wallets.
Once you have xDAI in your wallet you need to send them to your node wallet’s funding address. This can be found under “Account” → “Deposit” → “Use DAI” → “Funding wallet address”. There you can also swap the xDAI for BZZ.
ABOUT Swarm
Swarm is a decentralized storage and communication system for a sovereign digital society. Swarm is also a system of peer-to-peer networked nodes that create a decentralized storage and communication service. The system is economically self-sustaining due to a built-in incentive system enforced through smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain.
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