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Autonomys - Windows Space Acres Guide

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Alex Hake
Alex Hake
Lead Noob

Autonomys Windows Space Acres Guide​

This guide will cover how to get Space Acres running in Windows 11 on the Autonomys network. Space Acres is a great way to get started quickly on the Autonomys network.

If you have questions feel free to join the Autonomys discord or join my discord and I will help out the best I can:

Resources​

Official Autonomys Docs GPU Plotting Requirements

Forward Ports​

You must forward the ports that the Autonomys Node will use. This will significantly speed up piece cache syncing and plotting. To learn more about forwarding ports, check out this guide:

Prepare Farmer Disks​

In order to Farm on Autonomys, you must dedicate SSD space which will have data plotted to it and then farmed for rewards. The more space you dedicate the more rewards you will earn once that space is plotted. Plotting can be pretty quick, with modern RTX 3000 and 4000 cards capable of plotting many Terabytes per day. There are two methods outlined to prepare the disks:

Install Space Acres​

Now that the drives are prepared and the ports are forwarded, Space Acres can be installed. Space Acres combines both the Node and Farmer into a single user interface. The following wiki will help get everything set up