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Merge release to master for doc update #1377

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Expand Up @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ The web wallet is [BitShares UI](https://github.com/bitshares/bitshares-ui).

Visit [BitShares.org](https://bitshares.org/) to learn about BitShares and join the community at [BitSharesTalk.org](https://bitsharestalk.org/).

Information for developers can be found in the [Bitshares Developer Portal](https://dev.bitshares.works/). Users interested in how bitshares works can go to the [BitShares Documentation](https://how.bitshares.works/) site.

Getting Started
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Build instructions and additional documentation are available in the
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rpc-endpoint = 127.0.0.1:8090

**IMPORTANT:** By default the witness node will start in reduced memory ram mode by using some of the commands detailed in [Memory reduction for nodes](https://github.com/bitshares/bitshares-core/wiki/Memory-reduction-for-nodes).
In order to run a full node with all the account history you need to remove `partial-operations` and `max-ops-per-account` from your config file. Please note that currently(2018-07-02) a full node will need more than 100GB of RAM to operate and required memory is growing fast. Consider the following table before running a node:
**IMPORTANT:** By default the witness node will start in reduced memory mode by using some of the commands detailed in [Memory reduction for nodes](https://github.com/bitshares/bitshares-core/wiki/Memory-reduction-for-nodes).
In order to run a full node with all the account history you need to remove `partial-operations` and `max-ops-per-account` from your config file. Please note that currently(2018-10-17) a full node will need more than 160GB of RAM to operate and required memory is growing fast. Consider the following table as minimal requirements before running a node:

| Default | Full | Minimal | ElasticSearch
| --- | --- | --- | ---
| 16G RAM | 120G RAM | 4G RAM | 500G SSD HD, 32G RAM
| 100G HDD, 16G RAM | 200G HDD, 160G RAM | 80G HDD, 4G RAM | 500G SSD, 32G RAM

After starting the witness node again, in a separate terminal you can run:

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