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: rhye-1 | Latest Version Tag: v1.4.4-rc.3

Setup validator name

Replace YOUR_MONIKER with your validator name

MONIKER="YOUR_MONIKER"

Install dependencies

Update system and install build tools

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

Install Go

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
curl -Ls https://go.dev/dl/go1.19.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzf - -C /usr/local
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/golang.sh)
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin' | tee -a $HOME/.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 v1.4.4-rc.3

# Install binaries
make install

Create a service

# Create service
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/quicksilverd.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=quicksilver node service
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which quicksilverd) run start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.quicksilverd"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=quicksilverd"
Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable quicksilverd

Initialize the node

# Set node configuration
quicksilverd config chain-id rhye-1

# Initialize the node
quicksilverd init $MONIKER --chain-id rhye-1

# 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]:11659\"|" $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 = "100"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-every *=.*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "19"|' \
  $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/app.toml

Start service and check the logs

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