How to Run Avalanche at Home: Oracle VM VirtualBox

"How to Run Avalanche at Home" is a series produced by FireStorm, an Avalanche community member. The first episode of the series walks through how you can get Virtual Machine container software (Oracle VM VirtualBox), install Ubuntu, and run an Avalanche Node in a safe, risk-free "sandbox" environment!

This is the perfect way to create an Avalanche Node and understand its functionality before committing to your dedicated node hardware! It is not recommended to run your final node on a virtual machine.

This video covers a variety of topics, including: Avalanche’s importance as a third-generation blockchain technology, navigating the virtual machine environment, installation options with Ubuntu, setting up Go, installing Git and GCC, downloading Avalanche repo files, and more.
FireStorm's YouTube Channel: youtube.com/channel/UC96iC-a7Ekk6GdaYhQ_mI-w

Hardware in Video:
- Windows 10
- Intel Core i7 Chipset
- 16GB RAM
- 1TB Hard Drive

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:33 - Purpose
00:55 - Give me feedback!
01:22 - What is Avalanche?
02:25 - What is a Node?
03:17 - What is a Virtual Machine?
04:08 - Tutorial Contents
04:45 - VirtualBox Download & Installation
06:00 - VirtualBox Launch & Ubuntu Download
06:46 - Virtual Machine Create & Install
11:31 - Ubuntu First Boot
12:41 - Dependencies & Avalanche Installation
22:34 - Running Avalanche Node
24:03 - Final Thoughts

Avalanche Nodes play a vital role in validating transactions, supporting the proof-of-stake consensus, and securing the blockchain platform as a whole. And you can maintain an active node with minimal hardware investment. It’s an ideal way to participate in the Avalanche ecosystem, and you can earn substantial staking awards as well.

To learn more about becoming a validator, visit: avax.network/validators
Further information about the Avalanche blockchain platform and its various developer tools can be found by visiting the links we have posted in the space below.

About Avalanche

Avalanche is an open-source platform for launching decentralized applications and enterprise blockchain deployments in one interoperable, highly scalable ecosystem. Developers who build on Avalanche can easily create powerful, reliable, and secure applications with private or public blockchain networks.

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