Installation

Setting up your validator node has never been so easy. Get your validator running in minutes by following step by step instructions.

Chain ID: quicksilver-2 | Latest Version Tag: v1.4.7

Setup validator name

Replace YOUR_MONIKER with your validator name

MONIKER="YOUR_MONIKER"

Install dependencies

Update system and install build tools

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt -qy install curl git jq lz4 build-essential

Install Go "1.21.4"

ver="1.21.4"
cd $HOME
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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"
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

Download and build binaries

# Clone project repository
cd $HOME
rm -rf quicksilver
git clone https://github.com/ingenuity-build/quicksilver.git
cd quicksilver
git checkout v1.4.7

# Build binaries
make install

Initialize the node

# Set node configuration
quicksilverd config chain-id quicksilver-2

# Initialize the node
quicksilverd init $MONIKER --chain-id quicksilver-2

# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://snapshots.takeshi.team/quicksilver/genesis.json > $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.takeshi.team/quicksilver/addrbook.json > $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/addrbook.json

# Add seeds
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"[e-mail]:10456\"|" $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/config.toml

# Set minimum gas price
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.0001uqck\"|" $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/app.toml

# Set pruning
sed -i \
  -e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-recent *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "10000"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-every *=.*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "19"|' \
  $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/app.toml

Create a service

# Create service

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/quicksilverd.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=quicksilverd
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which quicksilverd) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable quicksilverd

Start service and check the logs

sudo systemctl start quicksilverd && sudo journalctl -u quicksilverd -f