I am trying to build up the genesis, and I have encountered many errors while doing so.After I inputed geth init genesis.json on the terminal of the same directory, but I got this:
Caros-MacBook-Pro:testcmy caro$ geth init genesis.json
I0223 18:52:32.817358 ethdb/database.go:83] Allotted 128MB cache and 1024 file handles to /Users/caro/Library/Ethereum/geth/chaindata
I0223 18:52:32.976868 ethdb/database.go:176] closed db:/Users/caro/Library/Ethereum/geth/chaindata
I0223 18:52:32.976933 ethdb/database.go:83] Allotted 128MB cache and 1024 file handles to /Users/caro/Library/Ethereum/geth/chaindata
Fatal: failed to write genesis block: invalid character '\\' looking for beginning of object key string
I referred to this website: http://hypernephelist.com/2016/05/30/deploying-a-private-Ethereum-blockchain.html and I followed the steps.
the .json is as follows:
{
"nonce": "0x0000000000000042",
"mixhash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"difficulty": "0x4000",
"alloc": {},
"coinbase": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"timestamp": "0x00",
"parentHash": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
"extraData": "Custom Ethereum Genesis Block",
"gasLimit": "0xffffffff"
}
So, where is the mysterious invalid \? There is no \ in the json! What's wrong with it?
Probably you're using a text editor that adds some extra characters. Try using nano or anything similar