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layout: static_page
title: "How to Run a Monero Node"
title-pre-kick: "How to Run a "
title-kick: "Monero Node"
title-post-kick: ""
kick-class: "yellow-kicks"
icon: "icon_node"
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### {% t gs.running.why_run %}

{% t gs.running.why_run_text_1 %}

{% t gs.running.why_run_text_2 %}

{% t gs.running.why_run_text_3 %}

{% t gs.running.why_run_text_4 %}

### {% t gs.running.running_node %}

{% t gs.running.running_node_text_1 %}

{% t gs.running.running_node_text_2 %}

{% t gs.running.running_node_text_3 %}

{% t gs.running.running_node_text_4 %}

### {% t gs.running.correctly %}

{% t gs.running.correctly_text_1 %}

{:.cli-code}
2015-Feb-18 00:09:45.699104 Core initialized OK
2015-Feb-18 00:09:45.700143 Starting core RPC server\.\.\.
2015-Feb-18 00:09:45.700229 Run net_service loop( 2 threads)\.\.\.
2015-Feb-18 00:09:45.700472 [SRV_MAIN]Core RPC server started ok
2015-Feb-18 00:09:45.700543 [SRV_MAIN]Starting P2P net loop\.\.\.
2015-Feb-18 00:09:45.701066 [SRV_MAIN]Run net_service loop( 10 threads)\.\.\.
2015-Feb-18 00:09:46.702787 [P2P1]
<span style="color: yellow;">2015-Feb-18 00:09:54.923018 [P2P6][5.9.25.103:28080 OUT]Sync data returned unknown top block: 228593 -> 228609 [16 blocks (0 days) behind]
SYNCHRONIZATION started
2015-Feb-18 00:09:57.803744 [P2P1][197.242.158.240:28080 OUT]Sync data returned unknown top block: 228593 -> 228609 [16 blocks (0 days) behind]
SYNCHRONIZATION started</span>
<span style="color: lime;">2015-Feb-18 00:10:01.719800 [P2P4][197.242.158.240:28080 OUT] SYNCHRONIZED OK</span>

{% t gs.running.correctly_text_2 %}

{% t gs.running.correctly_text_3 %}