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Authorizing Transactions With Metamask One of the ways that you can manage your Proton chain's wallet is to link it to an Ethereum account that you control. This can also act as a fail-safe lifeline in the event that you cannot access your Proton private key but do have access

Overview In the previous post, I explained how to configure nodeos for a state history node on the Proton chain. This post explains how to complete the rest of the process, and assumes you have a proton node that is fully synchronized with the entire state history already indexed to

Scant Documentation The documentation that exists explaining how to set up a Hyperion state history node is incredibly outdated, with the last revision being in 2020. I figured that it would be helpful to document the process of setting this up. Surely, that will save someone some serious hassle. The

It was recently brought to my attention that a handful of block producer nodes on Proton Mainnet  (including the one that I administer) were "producing empty blocks". An empty block is exactly what it sounds like – a block that contains no data. Apparently, someone was flooding the network with invalid

Our companies next project is becoming a NEAR validator, so I will be documenting that process. There is currently a "Staking Wars" challenge going on. Those whom win will become validators and may even receive the NEAR that they will be staking. Before I begin documenting the process, I would

Proton is so mysterious and scary at times. The first time that I tried to claim validator rewards, I thought that I accidentally sent them the wrong account. Thus I figured that a post about how to do this correctly would be useful. Voter RewardsTo claim voter rewards, unlock your

In this series of the Luminary Edition, I will document the process of configuring your main network block producer node. Note that in order to launch a node on the main network, you must successfully run on the test network for at least two weeks. If you've been approved then

In this article I will detail the process of configuring a node on the proton test network. Although there are several guilds on the internet available, I did not find one that was very comprehensive, and spent much time Googling my way through issues. So here I will document the