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Setup your node

Install pre requis​

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt upgrade -y 
sudo apt-get install make build-essential gcc git jq chrony -y

Install go​

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.19.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.19.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
rm go1.19.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Setting up go​

export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export GO111MODULE=on
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin

Install Node​

Install the dYdX-node binary by running the following commands

#from $HOME dir 
export BINARY_VERSION="v1.0.0"
git clone https://github.com/dydxprotocol/v4-chain dydx
cd dydx
git fetch
git checkout v1.0.0
make install

Initialization node​

Please choose your MONIKER name and replace it in the next command, it will represent your node

dydxprotocold init MONIKER_NAME --chain-id dydx-mainnet-1

This will generate severals files in ~/.dydxprotocol/config/

  • node_key.json
  • genesis.json
  • priv_validator_key.json

Download and replace the genesis file​

rm ~/.dydxprotocol/config/genesis.json 
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dydxopsdao/networks/main/dydx-mainnet-1/genesis.json 
mv genesis.json ~/.dydxprotocol/config

Node connexion​

In order to connect the node you can either use seeds, lives peers or address book.

Set Seeds​

SEEDS = ade4d8bc8cbe014af6ebdf3cb7b1e9ad36f412c0@seeds.polkachu.com:23856,65b740ee326c9260c30af1f044e9cda63c73f7c1@seeds.kingnodes.net:23856,c2c2fcb5e6e4755e06b83b499aff93e97282f8e8@tenderseed.ccvalidators.com:26401,20e1000e88125698264454a884812746c2eb4807@seeds.lavenderfive.com:23856,f04a77b92d0d86725cdb2d6b7a7eb0eda8c27089@dydx-mainnet-seed.bwarelabs.com:36656
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/" $HOME/.dydxprotocol/config/config.toml

Setup service file​

[Unit]
Description="dYdX node"


[Service]
User=USER
ExecStart=$(which dydxprotocold) start
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=4096
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

If you'd like to synchronise a node from a snapshot check the snapshot part

Start service file​

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl start dydx.service | journalctl -u dydx.service -f