Testnet III is now live. This is the current testing environment for Nexus Layer 1, focusing on security, decentralization, and orchestration testing.

Introduction

The Nexus Network CLI is a command-line tool for contributing compute resources to the network.

Install Script

Use our installation script:

curl https://cli.nexus.xyz/ | sh

Restart or refresh your terminal (‘source ~/.bashrc, ‘source ~/.zshrc’, etc.). To start with an existing node ID, run:

nexus-network start --node-id <your-node-id>

Alternatively, you can register your wallet address and create a node ID with the CLI, or at at app.nexus.xyz.

nexus-network register-user --wallet-address <your-wallet-address>
nexus-network register-node
nexus-network start

The register-user and register-node commands will save your credentials to ~/.nexus/credentials.json. To clear credentials, run:

nexus-network logout

Setup & Configuration

1

Initial Setup

  1. Run the CLI for the first time.
  2. Accept the Terms of Use.
  3. Choose between anonymous or linked proving (see below).
2

Choose Proving Mode

You have two options:

To earn NEX Points, you must link your CLI to your Nexus account. Anonymous proving will not record contributions.

Troubleshooting

If you have previously proved with an older version of the CLI, you must run the install script for the new CLI, as the versions are not backwards compatible. Proofs submitted by the old CLI will not receive rewards in Testnet III.

If you encounter any issues: