💻Installation

Server preparation

apt update && apt upgrade -y

apt install curl iptables build-essential git wget jq make gcc nano tmux htop nvme-cli pkg-config libssl-dev libleveldb-dev tar clang bsdmainutils ncdu unzip libleveldb-dev -y

Install GO

ver="1.20.3"
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
go version

Node installation

git clone https://github.com/ingenuity-build/quicksilver && cd quicksilver
git checkout v1.8.0-rc.1
make install

quicksilverd version --long | grep -e version -e commit -e build_tags
# version: v1.8.0-rc.1
# build_tags: netgo ledger muslc,
# commit: 044d63e5b802ed1a66c76927e8a760354984cb37

We initialize the node to create the necessary configuration files

quicksilverd init UTSA_guide --chain-id rhye-3

Download Genesis

wget -O $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/genesis.json "https://server-4.itrocket.net/testnet/quicksilver/genesis.json"

# check genesis
sha256sum ~/.quicksilverd/config/genesis.json
# b099fde36685b850e4574ae5df55b601ed7ac5306f36edc152d774ba4c189aae

At this stage, we can download the address book

wget -O $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/addrbook.json "https://server-4.itrocket.net/testnet/quicksilver/addrbook.json"

Set up node configuration

quicksilverd config chain-id rhye-3
quicksilverd config keyring-backend os
sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.0001uqck\"/;" ~/.quicksilverd/config/app.toml
external_address=$(wget -qO- eth0.me)
sed -i.bak -e "s/^external_address *=.*/external_address = \"$external_address:26656\"/" $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/config.toml
peers="[e-mail]:37656,db9b258c697326e55520211f89b26fe468b0bc84@217.76.62.179:46656,5e83e140ae6a480ec8ac714fb71e0b509227cb9a@185.144.99.18:26656,3d9f459442b0ccfb0f43c6478ffbf5a1ca805dec@74.50.74.186:15651,760a6069c28f0b54548a656518471ca2b60481c6@135.181.133.249:16656,14f759decfc140208c6f438d20eb756519688fea@65.21.136.219:21026,f8b8352a069730141eb1966f5b74193f3faf5911@185.16.39.125:27656,78283975c2bee9b95bbf9408cc974cbab7bfe8ef@65.108.231.124:37656"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/config.toml

(OPTIONAL) Set up pruning

pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="1000"
pruning_keep_every="0"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/app.toml

(OPTIONAL) Set up indexer

indexer="null" && \
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"$indexer\"/" $HOME/.quicksilverd/config/config.toml

(OPTIONAL) Enable/Disable Snapshots

snapshot_interval=1000
sed -i.bak -e "s/^snapshot-interval *=.*/snapshot-interval = \"$snapshot_interval\"/" ~/.quicksilverd/config/app.toml

Create a service file

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

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which quicksilverd) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable quicksilverd
systemctl restart quicksilverd && journalctl -u quicksilverd -f -o cat

If peers do not cling for a long time or you see errors error: wrong Block.Header.AppHash, you need to use State sync or boot from a Snapshot

To view useful commands, go to Useful commands

To create a validator, go to Creating / Editing a Validator