By itself ~4.5 GB of RAM is used by DigiByte Core. At least 6 GB or more RAM for your PC is recommended. Download the latest ...-win64-setup executable from the DigiByte Core releases page and execute it. An installation wizard will open.
Follow the instructions and click Next >.
Choose a Destination Folder where DigiByte Core will be installed. By default this is C:\Program Files\DigiByte. Click Next >.
Choose a Start Menu Folder for the DigiByte Core shortcut. By default this will be called DigiByte Core. Click Install.
The installation wizard will now install all the necessary files. Once this is done click Next >.
The installation is now complete, leave Run DigiByte Core (64-bit) checked and click Finish. DigiByte Core will now start.
DigiByte Core is slow on startup, especially if you're starting it for the first time and the entire chain of blocks needs to be downloaded.
After a while, the app will open and progress on the sync process will become visible:
In order for your DigiByte Core installation to function as a node, some additional steps are necessary. Specifically port 12024 needs to be opened in order to allow other clients to communicate with your node.
Press Windows + R to launch run, type firewall.cpl and click OK:
In the Windows Defender Firewall window, click Advanced settings on the left:
In the Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security window, click Inbound Rules in the left navigation pane, then click New Rule in the right navigation pane (Actions):
In the New Inbound Rule Wizard window, step Rule Type, select Port and click Next >:
In the New Inbound Rule Wizard window, step Protocol and Ports, select TCP, select Specify local ports, fill in 12024 and click Next >:
In the New Inbound Rule Wizard window, step Action, select Allow the connection and click Next >:
In the New Inbound Rule Wizard window, step Profile, check all 3 checkboxes and click Next >:
In the New Inbound Rule Wizard window, step Name, give this rule a custom name. Give it a name that is easily identified for this purpose, such as DigiByte Core Node (incoming port 12024) Click Finish:
Back in the Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security window, double click the rule you just added:
In the DigiByte Core Node (incoming port 12024) Properties window, go to tab Programs and Services, select This program: and click Browse...:
Locate digibyte-qt.exe, this executable is in the install directory you chose to install DigiByte Core in an earlier step. By default this is C:\Program Files\DigiByte. Back in the DigiByte Core Node (incoming port 12024) Properties window after selecting the file, click OK:
You have now made an inbound rule. The exact same steps need to be taken for an outbound rule. Back in the Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security window, click Outbound Rules in the left navigation pane, then click New Rule in the right navigation pane (Actions):
The rest of the steps are exactly the same as when you would add an inbound rule.
Open DigiByte Core and check the node icon in the bottom right of the screen. All 4 nodes should now be colored:
You can also click the icon and click Show Peers tab in the context menu:
In the Node window window, go to tab Information and check if Number of connections has both incoming and outgoing connections:
If the amount of incoming connections remains 0, that means your node still isn't completely accessible and you likely need to apply port forwarding in your router. Refer to your ISP or router manufacturer's manual to do this as this varies per router model/manufacturer.
Typically DigiByte Core consumes ~4.5 GB of RAM on Windows, but CPU usage should remain lower than 1%. If DigiByte Core is consuming large amounts of CPU capacity (10% - 30%), it's likely that Windows' built-in firewall and antivirus may be interfering. Adding an exclusion to digibyte-qt.exe will most likely solve this.
Open the Windows Security app. You can find it by opening the start menu and typing Security:
In the Windows Security window, click Virus & threat protection in the left navigation pane, locate Virus & threat protection settings in the middle pane and click Manage settings below it:
Scroll down in the middle pane, locate Exclusions and click Add or remove exclusions below it:
Click + Add an exclusion and select File in the context menu that appears:
Locate digibyte-qt.exe, this executable is in the install directory you chose to install DigiByte Core in an earlier step. By default this is C:\Program Files\DigiByte. Back in the Windows Security window, the file should now be shown:
