Videos

ARCADE walkthrough videos

Short screen walkthroughs of ARCADE Lite, recorded on a real node: what an arcade is, how to set one up, what it does for Dogecoin, Pepecoin, Litecoin, DigiByte, Bellscoin and Luckycoin, and how-tos for each part. No voice; the on-screen text tells the story, and it is printed under each video.

What is an arcade node?

Three short videos: what an arcade is, what you get as a user, and what a node can do.

What is an arcade node? ARCADE Lite in one window

A tour of the ARCADE Lite window: one @name and an address for every coin, chains run here or borrowed, and arcades linked over a mesh.

0:53 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. What is an arcade node?. Part 1 of 3 · An arcade in one window
  2. This is an arcade: a website one person runs on their own computer.
  3. ARCADE Lite looks like a classic coin wallet: a menu bar…
  4. …and tabs for Send, Receive, Transactions, your address book and Messages.
  5. One @name, one address for every coin. Your keys are made and locked in your browser, not on the server.
  6. Underneath, real blockchains. This node runs Pepecoin test itself and borrows the others from arcades that share theirs.
  7. Arcades link to each other over a mesh, with no server in the middle. Every node gives and receives.
  8. Help has guides for everything. Next: what you get when you join.
  9. Next: what you get. Part 2 of 3 · arcade-nodes.com

What you get on an arcade: a browser wallet, an @name and private messages

Make an account in about a minute: a wallet made in your browser from twelve words, test coins to start, sealed messages and sends you review before anything is signed.

2:04 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. What you get. What is an arcade node? · Part 2 of 3
  2. Anyone can join an arcade. It takes about a minute.
  3. Pick a name. The page tells you if it's free.
  4. Then a password of twelve characters or more. Nobody can reset it, so keep it safe.
  5. Your wallet is made right here, in your browser. These twelve words are your only way back.
  6. Write them on paper, in order. The arcade never sees your words, your password or your keys.
  7. You're in. Your @name is claimed on the chain in a minute or two, and you have an address for every coin.
  8. Messages are opened with your own key, in your browser, so unlock first.
  9. Type an @name and press Open.
  10. Your message is sealed to their key before it leaves. The arcade carries it but can't read it.
  11. It shows up within seconds, marked as in the pool until its block lands.
  12. Sending coins works the same way: pick a wallet, an @name and an amount.
  13. Review shows exactly what leaves your wallet: the amount, the network fee and the total.
  14. Nothing is signed until you press Send. Your browser checks the transaction against what you typed.
  15. Sent. It moves into Transactions once a block carries it.
  16. Same account, any arcade. Sign in on any arcade with the same name and password. Messages and your address book stay in the browser that made them.
  17. Next: what a node can do. Part 3 of 3 · arcade-nodes.com

What an arcade node can do: borrow chains, switch on modules, a whole desktop

Run a chain or borrow it from another arcade and share back, switch on the Feed, Explore and Exchange, and see a full arcade's desktop and App Store.

2:07 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. What a node can do. What is an arcade node? · Part 3 of 3
  2. Admin › Coins & chains: each chain runs here, is borrowed from another arcade, or is off.
  3. A new Lite node borrows every chain except Pepecoin test, which always runs here.
  4. Share what you run, and other arcades can borrow it from you.
  5. Window › Peers shows the arcades yours is linked to. It finds them by itself.
  6. Everything else is a module you switch on.
  7. For each one, choose who may use it: only you, signed-in people, or everyone.
  8. Turning one on brings what it needs. Switching one off never deletes its data.
  9. The new tabs appear in the window at once. From a terminal it's the same: arcade-cli install feed.
  10. Explore Doginals by number, id or address, without signing in.
  11. Answered by an arcade that walks this chain and shares its index. Every node gives and receives.
  12. On a full arcade every module is on, down to a whole desktop in the browser.
  13. Apps and games come from an App Store stored on the chain, and every arcade shows the same one.
  14. Pick the look you like: Windows 98, Ubuntu, or a plain website.
  15. ARCADE. Adaptive · Reciprocating · Chain-linked · Auxiliary · Distributed · Ecosystem
  16. Next: set one up. Set up ARCADE Lite · arcade-nodes.com/guides.html

Set up ARCADE Lite

Install ARCADE Lite on a spare Linux PC, claim it, choose chains and modules, and keep it running.

Install ARCADE Lite on a spare Linux PC

The real install: download the installer, check its SHA-256 against GitHub, dry run, choose Lite, and the installer verifies Pepecoin Core and sets up user services.

1:02 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. Set up ARCADE Lite. Part 1 of 4 · Install it on a spare Linux PC
  2. A spare PC is enough: 2 cores, 4 GB RAM, 32 GB SSD. Linux, Python 3.10+, gpg and curl. No root needed.
  3. Download the installer.
  4. Check it before you run it: work out its SHA-256 fingerprint…
  5. …and compare it with the public source on GitHub. Same number: go on. Different: stop.
  6. A dry run shows every step and changes nothing.
  7. It asks: Full or Lite? Type “l” for ARCADE Lite.
  8. Now install it for real.
  9. It checks Pepecoin Core’s checksum and signature before installing it.
  10. Then it installs the arcade as your own user services (no root) and fetches a head start for the index.
  11. Done. Open http://127.0.0.1:8420 on this machine.
  12. Next: claim it. Part 2 of 4 · Guides at arcade-nodes.com/guides.html

Claim your ARCADE Lite node: first coins, owner account and signature

Open the arcade at its machine, get your first Pepecoin test, make your account, make it the owner and sign that the node is yours.

1:47 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. Claim it. Set up ARCADE Lite · Part 2 of 4
  2. Open it at the machine: http://127.0.0.1:8420. It joins the other arcades at once.
  3. It borrows every chain from them while its own Pepecoin test node syncs.
  4. Admin opens a short set-up: your node, some PEP test, your @name.
  5. Your arcade needs a little Pepecoin test to claim its name and talk to the others.
  6. Other operators welcome new arcades with some, or you can mine a block on this computer.
  7. Pick a name. The page tells you if it's free.
  8. Then a password of twelve characters or more. Nobody can reset it, so keep it safe.
  9. Signed in with your own account at the machine? Make it the owner.
  10. This only works at the machine, and only once. Your account then opens the node's wallet and Admin.
  11. Your coins stay in your browser, so unlock your wallet with your password.
  12. Under This node, sign that you own it. Tick the box so your other nodes can list it.
  13. Your wallet shows the exact words it will sign: arcade, network, this node, your address and an end date.
  14. Signed. This node is listed as yours until next year, and linked arcades can see it.
  15. Next: chains and modules. Part 3 of 4 · Guides at arcade-nodes.com/guides.html

ARCADE Lite: chains here, borrowed or off, and switching on modules

Admin's Coins & chains: borrow a chain, install a node, share it back. Then Edition & modules: switch on the Feed, Explore, Exchange and Apps, and choose who may use them.

1:22 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. Chains and modules. Set up ARCADE Lite · Part 3 of 4
  2. Admin › Coins & chains: each chain runs here, is borrowed from another arcade, or is off.
  3. A new Lite node borrows every chain except Pepecoin test, which always runs here.
  4. Want to run one yourself? Install a node fetches the official release, checks it, and copies the chain data from a linked arcade.
  5. Change a row, press Save chains, and the panel offers a restart.
  6. Share what you run, and other arcades can borrow it from you.
  7. Edition & modules. Lite starts with the core only: your arcade, wallet, address book, accounts, mesh link and messages.
  8. Everything else is a module you switch on.
  9. For each one, choose who may use it: only you, signed-in people, or everyone.
  10. Turning one on brings what it needs. Switching one off never deletes its data.
  11. The new tabs appear in the window at once. From a terminal it's the same: arcade-cli install feed.
  12. Next: reach it, keep it running. Part 4 of 4 · Guides at arcade-nodes.com/guides.html

Reach your arcade and keep it running: remote access, updates and backup

An SSH forward, a temporary address for visitors, the remote-access password, signed automatic updates, backups and the mesh peers.

1:51 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. Reach it, keep it running. Set up ARCADE Lite · Part 4 of 4
  2. From your laptop. ssh -L 8420:127.0.0.1:8420 you@your-node — then open http://127.0.0.1:8420. You get Admin as if you sat at the machine.
  3. Want visitors? Admin › Network walks you through putting your arcade online on your own domain.
  4. No domain yet? Get a temporary address: a Cloudflare quick tunnel, with no account and no router changes.
  5. Turn on automatic updates. Main live gets a release once a day, after a day with no trouble.
  6. Every release is signed, and your node never goes back to an older one.
  7. Set a remote-access password of twelve characters or more. Treat it like a wallet passphrase.
  8. File › Backup… shows your twelve words again and saves an encrypted copy of your wallet. Keep copies off this machine.
  9. Window › Peers shows the arcades yours is linked to. It finds them by itself.
  10. From anywhere else, your node is a public arcade: no Admin tab, and nothing can spend the node's wallet.
  11. Your arcade is up. Full step-by-step guide at arcade-nodes.com/guides.html

ARCADE for your community

One video per chain: Dogecoin, Pepecoin, Litecoin, DigiByte, Bellscoin and Luckycoin.

ARCADE for Dogecoin: DOGE wallet, Doginals explorer and swaps

Dogecoin on an ARCADE Lite node: DOGE and Doginals in one browser wallet, a Doginal looked up by number, Doginals trades and DOGE atomic swaps.

1:22 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. ARCADE for Dogecoin. Doginals, DRC-20 and swaps, from a Lite node
  2. Dogecoin holders: one wallet, made in your browser, holds DOGE and your Doginals.
  3. This Lite node doesn't run a Dogecoin node: it borrows the chain from an arcade that shares one.
  4. Receive shows your own Dogecoin address and its QR code. Your keys never leave your browser.
  5. Trades settle in one transaction both sides sign, checked in your own browser. Nobody holds your coins in between.
  6. Explore Doginals by number, id or address, without signing in.
  7. Answered by an arcade that walks this chain and shares its index. Every node gives and receives.
  8. Swap DOGE for PEP, LTC or DGB. Atomic swaps with another person: each side locks coins on its own chain, so both get paid or both get refunded.
  9. arcade-nodes.com. Dogecoin on ARCADE: arcade-nodes.com/dogecoin.html

ARCADE for Pepecoin: names, posts, tokens and Pepinals

Pepecoin is ARCADE's home chain: @names, a post on the Feed, PRC-20 tokens, Pepinals in Explore and PEP swaps.

1:56 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. ARCADE for Pepecoin. ARCADE's home chain: names, posts, messages, Pepinals
  2. Pepecoin is ARCADE's home chain: @names, posts and messages live on its test network.
  3. This Lite node doesn't run a Pepecoin node: it borrows the chain from an arcade that shares one.
  4. Receive shows your own Pepecoin address and its QR code. Your keys never leave your browser.
  5. Trades settle in one transaction both sides sign, checked in your own browser. Nobody holds your coins in between.
  6. The Feed: public posts, each one signed in your browser and written to Pepecoin's test chain.
  7. Press Post. It costs a tiny fee in test coins, and the post shows once its block lands.
  8. Your words stay on the chain. You can hide a post, but not unwrite it.
  9. Tokens: the arcade's own tokens on Pepecoin and PRC-20, with what exists and how to make one.
  10. Explore Pepinals by number, id or address, without signing in.
  11. Answered by an arcade that walks this chain and shares its index. Every node gives and receives.
  12. Swap PEP for DOGE, LTC or DGB. Atomic swaps with another person: each side locks coins on its own chain, so both get paid or both get refunded.
  13. arcade-nodes.com. Pepecoin on ARCADE: arcade-nodes.com/pepecoin.html

ARCADE for Litecoin: LTC wallet, test network and swaps

Litecoin on ARCADE: LTC in your own wallet, a Litecoin test-network faucet, and atomic swaps with DOGE, PEP or DGB. Litecoin ordinals and tokens are coming.

0:53 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. ARCADE for Litecoin. LTC in your own wallet, swaps and a test network
  2. Litecoin holders: LTC sits in the same wallet, next to every other coin.
  3. This Lite node doesn't run a Litecoin node: it borrows the chain from an arcade that shares one.
  4. Receive shows your own Litecoin address and its QR code. Your keys never leave your browser.
  5. Litecoin's test network works the same way: the faucet can top accounts up with LTC TEST, so people can practise for free.
  6. Swaps today, ordinals coming. Swap LTC for DOGE, PEP or DGB with another person: both paid or both refunded. Litecoin ordinals and tokens are coming.
  7. arcade-nodes.com. Litecoin on ARCADE: arcade-nodes.com/litecoin.html

ARCADE for DigiByte: DGB, test mining and DigiDollar

DigiByte on ARCADE: DGB in your wallet, mining DigiByte testnet from Admin, and DigiDollar, DigiByte's dollar-pegged coin, on the test chain.

1:27 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. ARCADE for DigiByte. DGB, DigiByte ordinals, DigiDollar and test mining
  2. DigiByte holders: DGB and DigiByte ordinals in the same wallet.
  3. This Lite node doesn't run a DigiByte node: it borrows the chain from an arcade that shares one.
  4. Receive shows your own DigiByte address and its QR code. Your keys never leave your browser.
  5. Trades settle in one transaction both sides sign, checked in your own browser. Nobody holds your coins in between.
  6. The Mining module mines test chains like DigiByte testnet right from Admin, to stock your faucet.
  7. DigiDollar is DigiByte's dollar-pegged coin: lock DGB in a vault, mint against it, redeem to get the DGB back.
  8. It's a node module the operator switches on. Your wallet reads each transaction and signs only when you say yes.
  9. Everything runs on DigiByte's test chain today. Test coins have no value.
  10. Swap DGB for DOGE, PEP or LTC. Atomic swaps with another person: each side locks coins on its own chain, so both get paid or both get refunded.
  11. arcade-nodes.com. DigiByte on ARCADE: arcade-nodes.com/digibyte.html

ARCADE for Bellscoin: BEL wallet and Bellinals

Bellscoin on ARCADE: BEL in your wallet and a Bellinal looked up by number, answered by an arcade that walks Bellscoin and shares its index.

1:22 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. ARCADE for Bellscoin. BEL and Bellinals, read from an arcade that walks the chain
  2. Bellscoin holders: BEL and your Bellinals in one wallet.
  3. This Lite node doesn't run a Bellscoin node: it borrows the chain from an arcade that shares one.
  4. Receive shows your own Bellscoin address and its QR code. Your keys never leave your browser.
  5. Trades settle in one transaction both sides sign, checked in your own browser. Nobody holds your coins in between.
  6. Explore Bellinals by number, id or address, without signing in.
  7. Answered by an arcade that walks this chain and shares its index. Every node gives and receives.
  8. Bellinals today. Bellinals can be viewed, listed and bought. Swapping BEL for other coins isn't open yet.
  9. arcade-nodes.com. Bellscoin on ARCADE: arcade-nodes.com/bellscoin.html

ARCADE for Luckycoin: LKY wallet, Luckinals and LKY-20

Luckycoin on ARCADE: LKY in your wallet and a Luckinal looked up by number, an LKY-20 mint, answered by a sharing arcade.

1:18 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. ARCADE for Luckycoin. LKY, Luckinals and LKY-20, from a Lite node
  2. Luckycoin holders: LKY and your Luckinals in one wallet.
  3. This Lite node doesn't run a Luckycoin node: it borrows the chain from an arcade that shares one.
  4. Explore Luckinals by number, id or address, without signing in.
  5. Answered by an arcade that walks this chain and shares its index. Every node gives and receives.
  6. Luckinals today. Luckinals can be viewed, listed and bought. Luckycoin swaps aren't open yet.
  7. arcade-nodes.com. Luckycoin on ARCADE: arcade-nodes.com/luckycoin.html

How-to videos

Short how-tos for the wallet, Explore, desktop themes, the mesh, mining, tokens and the AI model market.

How to use your ARCADE wallet: receive, history, address book, backup

Receive with an address or QR code, see your transactions, keep people by @name, and back up your twelve words and an encrypted wallet file.

1:02 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. Your wallet. ARCADE how-to · Receive, history, address book and backup
  2. Receive: pick a wallet and share its address or QR code. Each coin has one address in your account.
  3. Send only that coin to that address. The page says whether it's a test coin or a real one.
  4. Transactions lists what came in and went out, per wallet, once a block carries it.
  5. The address book keeps people by @name. Names are read from the chain, so nobody can fake one.
  6. Your address book and messages live in this browser. Your coins and @name live on the chain.
  7. File › Backup…: your twelve words and an encrypted copy of your wallet. Keep them off this computer.
  8. arcade-nodes.com. More how-tos and guides at arcade-nodes.com/guides.html

Explore inscriptions on every chain: Doginals, Pepinals, Bellinals

Look up inscriptions by number, id or address on Dogecoin, Pepecoin, Bellscoin, Luckycoin and DigiByte, answered by the arcade that walks each chain.

1:22 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. Explore every chain. ARCADE how-to · Inscriptions by number, id or address
  2. Explore reads every chain this arcade knows: Dogecoin, Pepecoin, Bellscoin, Luckycoin and DigiByte.
  3. Search by number, inscription id, txid:vout or address, without signing in.
  4. The answer comes from the most complete index linked to this arcade, and it says which one.
  5. Bellscoin too: Bellinals answered by an arcade that walks Bellscoin and shares its index.
  6. arcade-nodes.com. More how-tos and guides at arcade-nodes.com/guides.html

ARCADE Desktop View: Ubuntu and Windows 98 themes and the App Store

Turn the arcade into a desktop in your browser, open the wallet as a window, switch between Ubuntu and Windows 98, and browse the App Store.

1:04 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. Desktop View and themes. ARCADE how-to · Ubuntu, Windows 98, or a plain window
  2. Desktop View turns the arcade into a desktop in your browser. This one looks like Ubuntu.
  3. Every part of the arcade opens as a window: Wallet, Messages, Feed, Explore, Exchange.
  4. Switch Theme: the same arcade as Windows 98.
  5. Themes are packages too: operators can share their own looks with other arcades.
  6. Prefer a plain window? The Lite window and the website are always one click away.
  7. arcade-nodes.com. More how-tos and guides at arcade-nodes.com/guides.html

The ARCADE mesh: peers, borrowed chains and shared indexes

How arcades link without a server, borrow a chain's Core from each other, and compare and copy their indexes.

1:02 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. The mesh and borrowed chains. ARCADE how-to · How arcades share chains and indexes
  2. The mesh links arcades directly, with no server in the middle. This node found these by itself.
  3. Window › Peers: who each arcade is, its face, and the public names it answers to.
  4. Borrowing: reads and broadcasts go to a linked arcade that runs the chain. Your coins still sign in your browser.
  5. Arcades compare fingerprints of their indexes every minute, and a node far behind can take a checked copy.
  6. Every node gives and receives: chain data, index copies and players.
  7. arcade-nodes.com. More how-tos and guides at arcade-nodes.com/guides.html

Mine test coins and stock your faucet on ARCADE

Admin's Mining tab mines test chains on your CPU, and the faucet gives new accounts their first test coins.

0:47 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. Mining test coins and the faucet. ARCADE how-to · Stock your faucet from Admin
  2. Admin › Mining: this machine's CPU can mine test chains. Real chains need ASICs, so it doesn't try.
  3. Mined test coins stock your faucet, so new people can claim a name and post straight away.
  4. The faucet sends each new account a sign-up gift of test coins, and can top accounts up once a day.
  5. Test coins have no value. They are for trying things out.
  6. arcade-nodes.com. More how-tos and guides at arcade-nodes.com/guides.html

Make a token on Pepecoin test with ARCADE

The Tokens tab shows every fungible token on a chain and a form to make your own: name, supply and units.

0:40 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. Make a token. ARCADE how-to · Your own token on Pepecoin test
  2. Tokens: everything fungible on a chain, and a form to make your own on Pepecoin test.
  3. Give it a name, a supply and its units. Your account issues it and pays the small fee.
  4. Tokens made here live in ARCADE, not in Ordinals or Doginals wallets, and the page says so.
  5. Holders send them from the wallet's Tokens tab, and they can be traded with other people.
  6. arcade-nodes.com. More how-tos and guides at arcade-nodes.com/guides.html

The ARCADE AI model market: models offered by operators

Chat and picture models that operators run on their own machines, offered to everyone on the mesh, with credits kept by each operator.

0:42 · no voice, captions on screen

What the video says
  1. The AI model market. ARCADE how-to · Models offered by operators across the mesh
  2. Operators can offer AI models to everyone on the mesh: chat models and picture models.
  3. Each model shows who runs it. You buy credits with that operator, kept by them, and use the model here.
  4. Filter by chat or pictures, and by the coin you want to pay in.
  5. These models run on the operators' own machines, linked over the mesh.
  6. arcade-nodes.com. More how-tos and guides at arcade-nodes.com/guides.html

Written guides: Guides. Run your own: Run a node.