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Providing Storage

Acceptance Criteria​

You see your balance increase on the chain explorer after uploading a file to your node using Fotos.

Preconditions​

  1. You are a running a fula testnet environment.

  2. You have already set up Fotos and connected it to your Box running in the fula testnet environment.

Steps​

Here is a video demonstrating the following steps.

  1. In the Fotos app, tap on a photo to enter browse mode and tap the 'upload to cloud' icon in the top right.

  2. Take note of the CID for the file that you just uploaded.

  3. Add the file you uploaded to your IPFS node's MFS (so that it can be found by the proof engine).

  4. Take note of your Account ID.

  5. Let the proof engine know that you are storing the file by creating a new manifest for the file you just uploaded.

  6. Restart the proof engine to ensure it picks up the latest manifest.

  7. See that your balance has increased either by viewing the proof engine logs from docker-compose or by looking for your account in the chain explorer.