Installation Validator

Chain ID	Latest Version Tag	Wasm
initiation-1	v0.2.15	off

Update and install packages for compiling

# install dependencies, if needed
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -y

Installation

# install go, if needed
cd $HOME
VER="1.22.2"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$VER.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf "go$VER.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
rm "go$VER.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
[ ! -f ~/.bash_profile ] && touch ~/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:~/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
[ ! -d ~/go/bin ] && mkdir -p ~/go/bin


# set vars
echo "export WALLET="wallet"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export MONIKER="test"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export INITIA_CHAIN_ID="initiation-1"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export INITIA_PORT="19"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

# download binary
cd $HOME
mkdir lib
git clone https://github.com/initia-labs/initia
cd initia
git checkout v0.2.15
export GOPATH="${HOME}/lib"
make install

cp ${HOME}/lib/bin/* ~/go/bin/

# config and init app
initiad init $MONIKER --chain-id initiation-1
sed -i -e "s|^node *=.*|node = \"tcp://localhost:${INITIA_PORT}657\"|" $HOME/.initia/config/client.toml

# download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://testnet-file.ruangnode.com/snap-testnet/initia-testnet/genesis.json > $HOME/.initia/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://testnet-file.ruangnode.com/snap-testnet/initia-testnet/addrbook.json > $HOME/.initia/config/addrbook.json

# set seeds and peers
PEERS="093e1b89a498b6a8760ad2188fbda30a05e4f300@35.240.207.217:26656"
SEEDS="2eaa272622d1ba6796100ab39f58c75d458b9dbc@34.142.181.82:26656,[e-mail]:25756"
sed -i -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" $HOME/.initia/config/config.toml

# set custom ports in app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${INITIA_PORT}317%g;
s%:8080%:${INITIA_PORT}080%g;
s%:9090%:${INITIA_PORT}090%g;
s%:9091%:${INITIA_PORT}091%g;
s%:8545%:${INITIA_PORT}545%g;
s%:8546%:${INITIA_PORT}546%g;
s%:6065%:${INITIA_PORT}065%g" $HOME/.initia/config/app.toml

# set custom ports in config.toml file
sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${INITIA_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${INITIA_PORT}657%g;
s%:6060%:${INITIA_PORT}060%g;
s%:26656%:${INITIA_PORT}656%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${INITIA_PORT}656\"%;
s%:26660%:${INITIA_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.initia/config/config.toml

# config pruning
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.initia/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.initia/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"50\"/" $HOME/.initia/config/app.toml

# set minimum gas price, enable prometheus and disable indexing
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.15uinit,0.01uusdc\"|" $HOME/.initia/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.initia/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.initia/config/config.toml

# create service file\
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/initiad.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Initia node
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.initia
ExecStart=$(which initiad) start --home $HOME/.initia
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

# enable and start service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable initiad
sudo systemctl restart initiad && sudo journalctl -u initiad -f

Create Wallet

# to create a new wallet, use the following command. don’t forget to save the mnemonic
initiad keys add $WALLET

# to restore exexuting wallet, use the following command
initiad keys add $WALLET --recover

# save wallet and validator address
WALLET_ADDRESS=$(initiad keys show $WALLET -a)
VALOPER_ADDRESS=$(initiad keys show $WALLET --bech val -a)
echo "export WALLET_ADDRESS="$WALLET_ADDRESS >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export VALOPER_ADDRESS="$VALOPER_ADDRESS >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

# check sync status, once your node is fully synced, the output from above will print "false"
initiad status 2>&1 | jq 

# before creating a validator, you need to fund your wallet and check balance
initiad query bank balances $WALLET_ADDRESS 

Create Validator

initiad tx mstaking create-validator \
--amount 1000000uinit \
--pubkey $(initiad tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker "$MONIKER" \
--identity "YOUR_IDENTITY" \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE" \
--chain-id initiation-1 \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--commission-max-rate 0.20 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.05 \
--from $WALLET \
--gas-adjustment 1.4 \
--gas auto \
--gas-prices 0.15uinit \
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