Setup IBFT 2.0 PoA Ethereum Private Chain with Besu on AWS Cloud via Terraform

Besu CLI: https://besu.hyperledger.org/private-networks/tutorials/ibft

Besu API methods: https://besu.hyperledger.org/private-networks/reference/api

Besu Plugin API: https://besu.hyperledger.org/private-networks/reference/plugin-api-interfaces

Summary flow:

Setup Network Core:

• Generate blockchain config (Genesis file, validator node keys)
• Make sure each node uses the same Genesis config file and boot nodes
• Start all nodes and sync data
• Monitor chain via ethstats
• Validate chain with RPC curl
• Connect Metamask & transfer

Setup Network Tools:

• Ethernal explorer
• Blockscout explorer

Network configuration

• Ethereum Client: Besu
• Ethereum Stats: Ethstats
• Ethereum Explorer: Ethernal & Blockscout
• Consensus: IBFT2.0
• Deploy environment: AWS Cloud via Terraform
• Gas price: 1000 Wei (0.000001 GWei)…