NEM Quickstart TutorialThis guide explains 6 easy steps to have NEM running and synced to a full chain to send transactions in under 2 minutes.In this guide we will be using the standalone version of NEM and not the installer. Using an installer usually requires a person sync a chain from scratch, but NEM has been designed from the beginning to support a two-tiered architecture. This means all we need is a wallet and then we can connect to any number of remote nodes and start sending transactions.
Prerequisite: By far the hardest and longest part about trying out a NEM wallet is getting Java updated. A person must have Java 8, preferably the latest version. To download Java please visit the
Java download page.
Video TutorialStep 1: Go to
nem.io/install and click on NIS/NCC Standalone (.zip) to download the file.
Step 2: After it is downloaded, unzip it and you will see a folder called "package".
Step 3: Windows: Inside of
package double click on the file
runNcc.bat.
Mac: Open Terminal and type
cd unzippedfolderlocation/package
and then type
sh nix.runNcc.sh
You will see a command prompt with a lot of lines scrolling through.
Congratulations! You now have a NEM wallet running. Now, lets get it synced.
Step 4: Go to the wallet landing page at
http://127.0.0.1:8989/ncc/web/index.htmlStep 5: Now in a different tab go to the
NEM Node Explorer and find any node in a country near you that is running the latest version and copy its IP, or alternatively select one of the following:
62.75.171.41 Germany
104.238.161.61 United States
199.217.112.135 Unites States
178.62.233.53 Netherlands
37.187.198.49 France
108.61.168.86 Australia
85.25.36.97 Germany
108.61.182.27 Japan
198.50.144.201 Canada
Step 6: In the upper right hand side of the wallet landing page click on
SETTINGS. A window will pop-up. Under the
Host section erase
local host and replace it with your chosen IP from the node explorer. Then click
Save. A bar at the top of the wallet should turn green indicating you are connected to a synced remote host and you can now make transactions.
You can now chose the
Create New Wallet option and then log-in if you don't have a wallet already. You will see an account number in the top left corner. You can copy that and use it at the
NEM Faucet to receive some XEM to try out the wallet.