☑️RepublicAI-Testnet

Recommended Hardware: 4 Cores, 16GB RAM, 500GB of storage (NVME)

Install Dependencies

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install -y curl git jq patchelf

Install GLIBC 2.39 (Isolated)

cd $HOME
wget -O glibc-2.39-ubuntu24.tar.gz https://raw.githubusercontent.com/coinsspor/coinsspor/main/glibc-2.39-ubuntu24.tar.gz
tar -xzvf glibc-2.39-ubuntu24.tar.gz
sudo mkdir -p /opt/glibc-2.39/lib
sudo mv glibc-transfer/* /opt/glibc-2.39/lib/
/opt/glibc-2.39/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 --version
rm -rf glibc-transfer glibc-2.39-ubuntu24.tar.gz

Install Go (if not installed)

go version || {
    cd $HOME
    GO_VERSION="1.22.5"
    wget "https://golang.org/dl/go${GO_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
    sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
    sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf "go${GO_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
    rm "go${GO_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
    
    echo 'export GOROOT=/usr/local/go' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
    echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
    echo 'export GO111MODULE=on' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
    echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin' >> $HOME/.bash_profile
    source $HOME/.bash_profile
}
go version

Download and Patch Republic Binary

cd $HOME
VERSION="v0.1.0"
curl -L "https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/RepublicAI/networks/main/testnet/releases/${VERSION}/republicd-linux-amd64" -o republicd
chmod +x republicd
patchelf --set-interpreter /opt/glibc-2.39/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 republicd
patchelf --set-rpath /opt/glibc-2.39/lib republicd
sudo cp republicd $HOME/go/bin/republicd
republicd version

Initialize Node

republicd init dongqn --chain-id 	raitestnet_77701-1
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RepublicAI/networks/main/testnet/genesis.json > $HOME/.republic/config/genesis.json

Configure Peers

PEERS="[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656"
sed -i "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" $HOME/.republic/config/config.toml

Configure Gas Price and Pruning

# Set minimum gas price
sed -i 's/minimum-gas-prices = "0arai"/minimum-gas-prices = "250000000arai"/' $HOME/.republic/config/app.toml

# Configure pruning (optional - saves disk space)
sed -i -e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-recent *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "100"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-every *=.*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "19"|' \
  $HOME/.republic/config/app.toml

Create Systemd Service

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

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which republicd) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Start Node

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

Verify Installation

republicd status 2>&1 | jq

Wallet Operations

- Create New Wallet
republicd keys add wallet
- Import Existing Wallet
republicd keys add wallet --recover
- Check Balance
republicd query bank balances $(republicd keys show wallet -a)

Create Validator

republicd tx staking create-validator \
  --amount=1000000000000000000000arai \
  --pubkey=$(republicd comet show-validator \
  --moniker="dongqn" \
  --identity="0D60B8464B1B7BB3" \
  --details="Making Node Setup Dongqn" \
  --website="https://dongqn.com" \
  --chain-id=raitestnet_77701-1 \
  --commission-rate="0.10" \
  --commission-max-rate="0.20" \
  --commission-max-change-rate="0.01" \
  --min-self-delegation="1" \
  --gas=auto \
  --gas-adjustment=1.5 \
  --gas-prices="250000000arai" \
  --from=wallet \
  -y