Getting started

Before we start, there are several prerequisites you will need:

✅ A running mainnet (production) instance of cardano-node with a public IP address.
- If you are an SPO, we recommend running Blockfrost platform on one of your relays.
- Otherwise, to install and run your instance, refer to the official Cardano node documentation .
- As an alternative, you can install and run the Daedalus full-node wallet .
✅ A reward address with the Icebreaker NFT License (provided by the Blockfrost team upon acceptance to the program).
✅ A secret for your Icebreaker account (also provided by the Blockfrost team).

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If you want to run the backend as your own instance, use the solitary mode (--solitary command line option) to avoid joining the Blockfrost cluster.

Do you have everything you need? Let’s move to the installation.