Octra

Getting Started with Octra

Welcome to Octra Testnet Guide — your entry point into the future of privacy-first, AI-powered blockchain infrastructure.

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🚀 What is Octra?

Octra is a universal FHE (Fully Homomorphic Encryption) protocol that enables a new generation of privacy-preserving applications and AI-centric economies. With built-in support for encrypted computation, Octra sets the foundation for a secure, scalable, and censorship-resistant future.

💸 Funding Highlight: Octra recently secured $4M in pre-seed funding, led by @FinalityCap, with backing from @BigBrainVC, Karatage, @presto_labs, @BuilderVC, and others. 👉 Read Announcement

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📚 Resources

• Website: octra.org

• Litepaper: Read PDF

• Docs: docs.octra.org

• Explorer: OctraScan

• X (Twitter): @Octra

• Discord: Join Community

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🛠️ Step 1: Prepare Environment (VPS or GitHub Codespaces)

To run Octra tools, you’ll need a UNIX-based terminal environment. You can either:

• Use a Linux VPS, or

• Set up using GitHub Codespaces: codespaces.github.com

📌 Codespaces offers a preconfigured cloud dev environment—ideal for testing or onboarding.

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🔐 Step 2: Generate Your Octra Wallet

Tool: Octra Wallet Generator GitHub

1. Clone the Wallet Generator

git clone https://github.com/octra-labs/wallet-gen.git
cd wallet-gen

2. Start the Wallet Webserver

For Linux/macOS:

chmod +x ./start.sh
./start.sh

For Windows:

start.bat

3. Open the Interface

Navigate to http://localhost:8888 in your browser.

✅ Wallet Features

• Mnemonic phrase, private/public keys, address

• Signature testing

• Network-based address derivation

• Auto-saves wallet file (wallet.json) locally

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💧 Step 3: Claim Testnet Faucet

Once you have a wallet, claim test tokens here: 👉 faucet.octra.network

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🧪 Step 4: Use the Octra Terminal Client

Tool: Octra Pre Client GitHub

This CLI wallet gives a nostalgic DOS-like TUI interface—backed by modern async Python architecture.

1. Clone & Set Up Environment

git clone https://github.com/octra-labs/octra_pre_client.git
cd octra_pre_client
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # on Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Configure Wallet

Copy and edit the wallet template:

cp wallet.json.example wallet.json

Edit wallet.json:

nano wallet.json

{
  "priv": "your-private-key-here",
  "addr": "octxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "rpc": "https://octra.network"
}

Note : Use Private Key Format B64

3. Run the CLI Wallet

• For Linux/macOS:

./run.sh

• For Windows:

run.bat

🧰 Features:

• View balance & transaction history

• Send one or multiple transactions

• Export private key / wallet file

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📌 Final Notes

You're now ready to explore and test the Octra ecosystem. This protocol brings privacy-first compute to the forefront — a perfect fit for AI x Web3 use cases. Stay updated and connect with the Octra community on:

• X (Twitter)

• Discord