Start your 8BIT wallet
Send exactly 112 8BITS to an address in your wallet
Go to Help/Debug/Console
type the following and hit Enter:
masternode genkey
Copy the result and place that in the 8bit.conf file below:
rpcallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcuser=YourUserName
rpcpassword=YourRPCPassword
rpcport=any_valid_port EX: 9228
server=1
daemon=1
listen=1
staking=0
port=9999
masternodeaddr=YOUR_IP:9999
masternode=1
masternodeprivkey=KEY GENERATED BY COMMAND masternode genkey
Port 9999 must be open.
Restart your wallet and go back to Help/Debug/Console
Type the following and hit enter:
masternode start
* Give your Masternode a few minutes, and check if it's up in the Masternode list
DO not use your local IP address, use your external IP address. If you do not know what it is
Type "what is my IP" in google search and you will see it.