Since Hellar Platform is fully accessible via HAPI, running a full node is unnecessary and generally provides no particular benefit. Regardless, the steps below provide the necessary information for advanced users to connect.

Config File

The config file shown below may be used to connect a Hellar Core node to Mainnet. Mainnet currently operates using Hellar Core v2.0.4.9 RS.

`# hellar-mainnet.conf mainnet=1

Hard-coded first node

addnode=seed-1.mainnet.networks.hellar.io:19999`

Starting Hellar Core

To start Hellar Core and connect to Mainnet, simply run hellard or hellar-qt with the conf parameter set to the configuration file created above: <path to binary> -conf=<path to configuration file>

hellard -conf=/home/hellar/.hellarcore/hellar-mainnet.conf