Citrea is a rollup that enhances Bitcoin's capabilities using zero-knowledge technology. Here's a guide on how to run a Citrea Devnet Node:

System Requirements

• CPU: 4 cores
• RAM: 8 GB
• Storage: 256 GB SSD (NVMe recommended)
• Network: 25+ Mbps connection[1][3]

Setup Process

1. Install Prerequisites

• Update system: sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y

• Install Curl: sudo apt install -y curl

• Install Make: sudo apt-get -y install make

• Install Rust and Cargo:

  curl <https://sh.rustup.rs> -sSf | sh
  source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
  rustup update
  rustup default stable
  
  

• Install Clang: sudo apt install make clang pkg-config libssl-dev -y[3]

2. Setup Bitcoin Signet

• Clone repository: git clone <https://github.com/chainwayxyz/bitcoin_signet> && cd bitcoin_signet

• Build Signet container: docker build -t bitcoin-signet .

• Run Signet container:

  docker run -d --name bitcoin-signet-client-instance \\
  --env MINERENABLED=0 \\
  --env SIGNETCHALLENGE=512102653734c749d5f7227d9576b3305574fd3b0efdeaa64f3d500f121bf235f0a43151ae \\
  --env BITCOIN_DATA=/mnt/task/btc-data \\
  --env ADDNODE=signet.citrea.xyz:38333 -p 38332:38332 \\
  bitcoin-signet
  ```[3]
  
  

3. Setup Citrea Client

• Clone Citrea repository: git clone <https://github.com/chainwayxyz/citrea> --branch=v0.4.1 && cd citrea