⚙️Installation

# install dependencies, if needed
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -y

# install go, if needed
cd $HOME
VER="1.22.3"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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"
[ ! -f ~/.bash_profile ] && touch ~/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:~/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
[ ! -d ~/go/bin ] && mkdir -p ~/go/bin

# set vars
echo "export WALLET="wallet"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export MONIKER="test"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export PELL_CHAIN_ID="ignite_186-1"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export PELL_PORT="57"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

# download binary
cd $HOME
wget -O pellcored https://github.com/0xPellNetwork/network-config/releases/download/v1.0.0-ignite-186-genesis/pellcored-v1.0.0-linux-amd64
chmod +x $HOME/pellcored
mv $HOME/pellcored $HOME/go/bin/

WASMVM_VERSION=v2.1.2
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/.pellcored/lib
mkdir -p $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
wget "https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/releases/download/$WASMVM_VERSION/libwasmvm.$(uname -m).so" -O "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH/libwasmvm.$(uname -m).so"
echo "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/.pellcored/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile

# config and init app
pellcored config node tcp://localhost:${PELL_PORT}657
pellcored config keyring-backend os
pellcored config chain-id ignite_186-1
pellcored init "test" --chain-id ignite_186-1

# download genesis and addrbook
wget -O $HOME/.pellcored/config/genesis.json https://server-5.itrocket.net/testnet/pell/genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.pellcored/config/addrbook.json  https://server-5.itrocket.net/testnet/pell/addrbook.json

# set seeds and peers
SEEDS="[e-mail]:58656"
PEERS="[e-mail]:58656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:21656,f1049cc2be2902053bcf5ea1a553414d8a978ef6@[2a01:4f8:110:4265::11]:26656,[email protected]:57656,[email protected]:26656"
sed -i -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/}" \
       -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/}" $HOME/.pellcored/config/config.toml

# set custom ports in app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${PELL_PORT}317%g;
s%:8080%:${PELL_PORT}080%g;
s%:9090%:${PELL_PORT}090%g;
s%:9091%:${PELL_PORT}091%g;
s%:8545%:${PELL_PORT}545%g;
s%:8546%:${PELL_PORT}546%g;
s%:6065%:${PELL_PORT}065%g" $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml

# set custom ports in config.toml file
sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${PELL_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${PELL_PORT}657%g;
s%:6060%:${PELL_PORT}060%g;
s%:26656%:${PELL_PORT}656%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${PELL_PORT}656\"%;
s%:26660%:${PELL_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.pellcored/config/config.toml

# config pruning
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml 
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"19\"/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml

# set minimum gas price, enable prometheus and disable indexing
sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0apell"|g' $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/config.toml

# create service file
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/pellcored.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Pell node
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.pellcored
ExecStart=$(which pellcored) start --home $HOME/.pellcored
Environment=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/.pellcored/lib/
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

# reset and download snapshot
pellcored tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.pellcored
if curl -s --head curl https://server-5.itrocket.net/testnet/pell/pell_2024-12-13_105647_snap.tar.lz4 | head -n 1 | grep "200" > /dev/null; then
  curl https://snapshot.node9x.com/pell_testnet.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.pellcored
    else
  echo "no snapshot found"
fi

# enable and start service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable pellcored
sudo systemctl restart pellcored && sudo journalctl -u pellcored -f

Create wallet

# to create a new wallet, use the following command. don’t forget to save the mnemonic
pellcored keys add $WALLET

# to restore exexuting wallet, use the following command
pellcored keys add $WALLET --recover

# save wallet and validator address
WALLET_ADDRESS=$(pellcored keys show $WALLET -a)
VALOPER_ADDRESS=$(pellcored keys show $WALLET --bech val -a)
echo "export WALLET_ADDRESS="$WALLET_ADDRESS >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export VALOPER_ADDRESS="$VALOPER_ADDRESS >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

# check sync status, once your node is fully synced, the output from above will print "false"
pellcored status 2>&1 | jq 

# before creating a validator, you need to fund your wallet and check balance
pellcored query bank balances $WALLET_ADDRESS 

Node Sync Status Checker

#!/bin/bash
rpc_port=$(grep -m 1 -oP '^laddr = "\K[^"]+' "$HOME/.pellcored/config/config.toml" | cut -d ':' -f 3)
while true; do
  local_height=$(curl -s localhost:$rpc_port/status | jq -r '.result.sync_info.latest_block_height')
  network_height=$(curl -s https://pell-testnet-rpc.itrocket.net/status | jq -r '.result.sync_info.latest_block_height')

  if ! [[ "$local_height" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || ! [[ "$network_height" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
    echo -e "\033[1;31mError: Invalid block height data. Retrying...\033[0m"
    sleep 5
    continue
  fi

  blocks_left=$((network_height - local_height))
  if [ "$blocks_left" -lt 0 ]; then
    blocks_left=0
  fi

  echo -e "\033[1;33mNode Height:\033[1;34m $local_height\033[0m \033[1;33m| Network Height:\033[1;36m $network_height\033[0m \033[1;33m| Blocks Left:\033[1;31m $blocks_left\033[0m"

  sleep 5
done

Create validator

cd $HOME
# Create validator.json file
echo "{\"pubkey\":{\"@type\":\"/cosmos.crypto.ed25519.PubKey\",\"key\":\"$(pellcored query status | jq -r '.validator_info.pub_key.value')\"},
    \"amount\": \"1pell\",
    \"moniker\": \"Chicharito | Node9X\",
    \"identity\": \"9CAAFA62F3D9D33B\",
    \"website\": \"https://node9x.com/\",
    \"security\": \"[email protected]\",
    \"details\": \"I love Pell ❤️ | Telegram: @Oxchicharito | Discord: 0xchicharito | Twitter: @0xchicharito | Email: [email protected]\",
    \"commission-rate\": \"0.1\",
    \"commission-max-rate\": \"0.2\",
    \"commission-max-change-rate\": \"0.01\",
    \"min-self-delegation\": \"1\"
}" > validator.json
# Create a validator using the JSON configuration
pellcored tx staking create-validator validator.json \
  --from "Chicharito" \
  --chain-id=ignite_186-1 \
  --fees=0.000001pell \
  --gas=1000000 \
  -y

Delete node

sudo systemctl stop pellcored
sudo systemctl disable pellcored
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/pellcored.service
sudo rm $(which pellcored)
sudo rm -rf $HOME/.pellcored
sed -i "/PELL_/d" $HOME/.bash_profile