WIndows: Cannot execute further commands after starting node

Question

Sry for the noob question - I am frankly new to this, but have to start somewhere.

I followed the "Getting started" article and came to the point where I could start my second node.

As the article suggests, I should be able to execute further commands on both nodes. And to my understanding I should be able to do it within the same terminal, but after starting a node, I am left with a terminal, that I cannot use further commands on, unless I ctrl+c and disconnect from the node. I propably didn't get it proparly, but how do I get around it?

Thanks, and sorry for noobish question

Answer 1

Yes, this is the behavior on Windows for now – see the top of the README.txt file that comes with the download. The workaround is to open a second command-line window in the same directory, where you can issue commands that are then responded to by MultiChain running in the first window.