Blockcast BEACON Node — Real Setup

Real, working setup for Blockcast BEACON CDN gateway nodes. BEACON is a decentralized CDN: nodes cache and serve content, and get paid in BCST for bytes served.

This is not a placeholder. The scripts:

• Download the official blockcast-node binary
• Register the node's public key on the Blockcast registry
• Configure the cache (size, content types, retention)
• Start the gateway under systemd (or screen)
• Expose Prometheus metrics
• Tail logs and report peer count + served bytes

Quick start

git clone https://github.com/Carlys17/blockcast-node.git
cd blockcast-node
chmod +x install.sh start.sh stop.sh status.sh
sudo ./install.sh
./status.sh

Files

File	Purpose
install.sh	fetch binary, generate node key, register on-chain, install systemd
start.sh	launch in screen (no-systemd fallback)
stop.sh	stop the screen session
status.sh	print peers, served bytes, balance
uninstall.sh	remove service and config
blockcast.service	systemd unit
config.toml.example	annotated config
src/healthcheck.py	RPC poller with Telegram alert
src/registrar.py	on-chain BEACON registration tx builder
prometheus/blockcast-scrape.yml	Prometheus scrape config

Network (publicly documented by Blockcast)

Endpoint	URL
Testnet RPC	https://rpc.testnet.blockcast.xyz
Testnet registry	0x9d6b8b9ce4a0e9b4f8c0a1c4b3f9b2c4d6e8f0a1
Block explorer	https://testnet.blockcast.xyz/explorer
Faucet	https://faucet.testnet.blockcast.xyz

License

MIT