☑️Empe Validator Node

Recommended Hardware: 8 Cores, 64GB RAM, 500GB of storage (NVME)

Installation

Install dependencies, if needed

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl tar wget clang pkg-config libssl-dev jq build-essential bsdmainutils git make ncdu gcc git jq htop tmux chrony liblz4-tool -y

Install go, if needed

cd $HOME
VER="1.22.2"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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
go version

Binary

curl -LO https://github.com/empe-io/empe-chain-releases/raw/master/v0.1.0/emped_linux_amd64.tar.gz
tar -xvf emped_linux_amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv emped ~/go/bin
chmod u+x ~/go/bin/emped

Initialize node & create home directory for .empe-chain

emped init My_Node --chain-id empe-testnet-2
emped config chain-id empe-testnet-2
emped config keyring-backend test

Download genesis file

wget -O $HOME/.empe-chain/config/genesis.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dongqn/GuideNode/main/Empe/genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.empe-chain/config/addrbook.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dongqn/GuideNode/main/Empe/addrbook.json

Set custom port

PORT=20
emped config node tcp://localhost:${PORT}657
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${PORT}658\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${PORT}657\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:${PORT}060\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${PORT}656\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":${PORT}660\"%" $HOME/.empe-chain/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://localhost:1317\"%address = \"tcp://localhost:${PORT}317\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":${PORT}080\"%; s%^address = \"localhost:9090\"%address = \"localhost:${PORT}090\"%; s%^address = \"localhost:9091\"%address = \"localhost:${PORT}091\"%" $HOME/.empe-chain/config/app.toml

Config Seeds and Peers

peers="7419cc5bafc3c9c49b18ec67e3263344cbcc30f2@49.13.215.45:43656,91fb8e75a4b92589211d47d5a9ce934d32733043@116.202.48.104:26656,771b5350519d6081784f70d9be692e76b635529a@188.245.88.126:43656,06bd2afb77d94d2f3c5fe8abbdabb4499ca95793@65.21.97.150:40656,5406f64d38f433cca31c2f6e96d5619fa92be5b5@168.119.179.250:26656,e941537fbe6d86c9bf58aeb880e3212dc3f82086@84.247.141.94:656,94529b5e044f208d1869980f456a53fcef8fb321@14.167.155.13:43656,829207ca2cf7debb16787a79c9fc1aa94e9b55ea@116.203.238.65:43656,080d9cc12e08fb64dd0f4528d0da4a84d5d9428e@37.27.83.234:26656,9e120e5cb5822fbb224d5c1ae2c7f0149b80fc99@45.67.216.220:43656"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" $HOME/.empe-chain/config/config.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.0uempe\"/" $HOME/.empe-chain/config/app.toml

Config 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 = "2000"|' \
-e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "10"|' \
$HOME/.empe-chain/config/app.toml
sed -i 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "null"|' $HOME/.empe-chain/config/config.toml

Create emped service for your node to run in the background

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

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

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Start node

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable emped
sudo systemctl restart emped
sudo journalctl -u emped -f -o cat

Check for your syncing progress

emped status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo

Create wallet

emped keys add $WALLET_NAME

# DO NOT FORGET TO SAVE THE SEED PHRASE & YOUR PASSPHRASE YOU SET FOR THIS WALLET
# You can add --recover flag to restore existing key instead of creating

Create validator

emped tx staking create-validator \
--amount=79000000uempe \
--moniker="" \
--identity="" \
--details="" \
--website="" \
--pubkey=$(emped tendermint show-validator) \
--chain-id=empe-testnet-2 \
--commission-rate="0.10" \
--commission-max-rate="0.20" \
--commission-max-change-rate="0.01" \
--min-self-delegation="1000000" \
--from=wallet \
--fees=20000uempe \
-y

Check Balances:

emped q bank balances $(emped keys show wallet -a)

View Validator details:

emped q staking validator $(emped keys show "wallet" --bech val -a)

Unjail:

emped  tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id empe-testnet-2 --gas=auto --fees=20000uempe -y

Send token to another wallet:

emped tx bank send wallet <TO_WALLET_ADDRESS> 1000000uempe --from wallet --chain-id empe-testnet-2 --fees=20000uempe -y

Delegate tokens to yourself:

emped tx staking delegate $(emped keys show wallet --bech val -a) 10000000uempe --from wallet --chain-id empe-testnet-2 --fees=20000uempe -y

Congratulation!!