My Tezos Bakery

My Tezos bakery is called ARTERY (based on ARTIST BAKERY + the heart blood vessel obviously)

• Delegate to address: tz1WjqUNbgYDvGV9SU37FzvyAeyggjyFo9HC
• TZKT tzkt.io/tz1WjqUNbgYDvGV9SU37FzvyAeyggjyFo9HC/operations/
• Follow twitter.com/ArteryBaking
• Need help? DM me at twitter.com/AndreFvchs

How to setup your own Tezos bakery

• Part 1: How to setup your own Tezos bakery

Hardware Installation

Install SSD and RAM for Lenovo Thinkcentre M93 tiny

• Open the Lenovo Thinkcentre M93 tiny. Video: https://youtu.be/sbowsh96y5w?t=456
• Install RAM. Video: https://youtu.be/sbowsh96y5w?t=517
• Install SSD. Video: https://youtu.be/sbowsh96y5w?t=522

Ubuntu Installation

Create a bootable Ubuntu USB drive first.

• Use a USB stick with at least 16 GB
• Download Balena Etcher. Download: https://www.balena.io/etcher/
• Download Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Desktop. Download: https://ubuntu.com/#download
• Open Balena Etcher
• Select Image ubuntu-22.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso
• Select USB Drive
• Click Flash
• Eject the USB drive afterwards

Install Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Desktop on your bakery machine.

• Connect the LAN-cable for a stable internet connection
• Insert the USB flash drive into the bakery machine
• Boot the machine and hold F12 during startup to select the USB drive from the system-specific boot menu
• Click Install Ubuntu. More details: ****https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/install-ubuntu-desktop#4-boot-from-usb-flash-drive

Setup Ledger Live and Ledger Nano S

Get your Ledger Nano S ready.

• Download and install Ledger Live on your computer. Download: https://www.ledger.com/ledger-live
• Connect your Ledger Nano S to your computer via USB
• Open the Ledger Live software
• Enable developer mode: How to: https://developers.ledger.com/docs/live-app/developer-mode/
• Install Tezos Wallet and Tezos Baking apps on your Ledger. How to: https://support.ledger.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016057774-Tezos-XTZ-?docs=true
• Please note: You might need to send ~2 tez to your Tezos bakery wallet address for gas fees

Setup BakeBuddy CLI (BB-CLI)

Setup the BakeBuddy bakery software.

• Connect your Ledger Nano S to your bakery computer
• Have your Ledger Nano S pin ready

• Open the Ubuntu root folder
• Right click anywhere and choose open terminal
• Copy and paste this snippet into the terminal window and hit enter:

cd /tmp && wget https://gitlab.com/groktech/bakebuddy-cli/-/raw/main/bb-cli-linux-amd64 && chmod +x bb-cli-linux-amd64
sudo mv bb-cli-linux-amd64 /usr/sbin/bb-cli

• Next copy and paste this snippet into the terminal:

bb-cli setup -a

• Then copy and paste this snippet: (It can take a few minutes until the download is finished)

bb-cli bootstrap-node --tarball

• Next copy and paste this into the terminal:

bb-cli start
# you may be prompted for your sudo password. Just type it in (the characters won't show) and hit enter. 

Now connect the Ledger with BakeBuddy

• Copy and paste this into the terminal and hit enter to import the Ledger address:

bb-cli import-key --derivation-path="ed25519/0h/0h"

• Authorize the Ledger device to bake for your address. Copy and paste this into the terminal and hit enter:

bb-cli setup-ledger --main-hwm 1

• Register the Ledger address on the blockchain: (Copy and paste this into the terminal and hit enter)

bb-cli register-key

Check out BakeBuddy on GitLab for a detailed walkthrough: https://gitlab.com/groktech/bakebuddy-cli/-/wikis/How-to-install-BakeBuddy-CLI-on-Mainnet

Send 600 tez to the wallet address of your bakery

The minimum required capital needed for private baking is 600 tez. Get the remaining 5400 tez from delegators.

• 600 tez funding from you
• 5400 tez from delegators

🦊️ Need help? DM me at twitter.com/AndreFvchs