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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 Quicksilver-node binary by running the following commands

#from $HOME dir 
git clone https://github.com/ingenuity-build/quicksilver
cd  quicksilver
git fetch
git checkout v1.2.12
make install

To confirm that the node is well installed

quicksilverd version

#v1.2.12

Setting up the Node​

Initialization node​

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

quicksilverd init MONIKER_NAME --chain-id quicksilver-2

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

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

Download and replace the genesis file​

rm ~/.quicksilverd/config/genesis.json 
wget -O genesis.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ingenuity-build/mainnet/main/genesis.json --inet4-only
mv genesis.json ~/.quicksilverd/config

Set minimum gas prices​

sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.0001uqck\"/" ~/.quicksilverd/config/app.toml

Node connexion​

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

Set Seeds​


Setup service file​

[Unit]
Description="Quicksilver node"


[Service]
User=USER
ExecStart=$(which quicksilverd) 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 quicksilver.service | journalctl -u quicksilver.service -f