Introducing The Zebra Launcher

Ecosystem Updates
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I wasnt planning on it as of yet, might be a project i can tackle in some spare time later on. Have you got a link to any documentation?

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Youll need WSL running first, then you can follow my steps in this video:

Jump to the lightwalletd section

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There are guides but for Ubuntu. The easiest way to do that is to run the zebra lightwalletD docker combo. The zebra launcher (I believe) is a docker instance and so adding that functionality into a coming version may not be too difficult. A similar question came up about adding functionality for metrics and things to the zebralauncher but it’s basically ALPHA and the result of a side project, so stay tuned.

LightwalletD is written in go and it’s probably compatible with windows but I don’t know of anybody in particular who runs it on win and how it differs.
I imagine the build and setup instructions would likely be about the same but
probably differences when communicating into and out of a docker instance vs all natively (Docker has some quirks)
Neither zebra or zcashd has NATIVE windows support so anybody doing this would be running it in some VM or equivalent, or remotely.

@dismad beat me to it!

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@ZecHub is working on a tutorial regarding this particular setup! I have a feeling it will be quite popular.

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I made a map to visualize the nodes you are connected to:
map

The code is here but still needs some work.

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Outstanding! :heart_eyes: :student: :zebra:

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Hows your zebra node running? You can now use this script to always have the latest supply numbers :slight_smile:

You can skip the node installation part

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Going well, just windows is my biggest problem, when i return to the computer after a couple of weeks the computer has switched off after an update

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I remember those days, there’s likely no way around that. You can delay the restarts but it also can detect your proximity with wifi and then will decide to do what it wants when you leave (there are wifi-only security systems now that learn whos supposed to be inside the field by their unique biometric radio signatures caused by their effect on the field, and track comings and goings, sees through walls. It was already a pretty cool side-channel attack but now it’s a product. Wifi 60ghz is close range only but can detect your heart beating against your skin).

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