Guide Initia Node

Faucet Link

https://faucet.testnet.initia.xyz/

Testnet Setup Instructions

Install dependencies

Update system and install build tools

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -y

Install GO

cd $HOME && \
ver="1.22.0" && \
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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" && \
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile && \
source ~/.bash_profile && \
go version

Install binary

git clone https://github.com/initia-labs/initia
cd initia
git checkout v0.2.21
make install

Init Moniker

initiad init YOUR-MONIKER --chain-id initiation-1

Set up configuration

Prepare the genesis file And set some mandatory configuration options

rm ~/.initia/config/genesis.json
wget https://initia.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/initiation-1/genesis.json
cp genesis.json ~/.initia/config/genesis.json

Set minimum gas price & peers

sed -i -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.15uinit,0.01uusdc\"/" $HOME/.initia/config/app.toml

PEERS="40d3f977d97d3c02bd5835070cc139f289e774da@168.119.10.134:26313,841c6a4b2a3d5d59bb116cc549565c8a16b7fae1@23.88.49.233:26656,e6a35b95ec73e511ef352085cb300e257536e075@37.252.186.213:26656,2a574706e4a1eba0e5e46733c232849778faf93b@84.247.137.184:53456,ff9dbc6bb53227ef94dc75ab1ddcaeb2404e1b0b@178.170.47.171:26656,edcc2c7098c42ee348e50ac2242ff897f51405e9@65.109.34.205:36656,07632ab562028c3394ee8e78823069bfc8de7b4c@37.27.52.25:19656,028999a1696b45863ff84df12ebf2aebc5d40c2d@37.27.48.77:26656,140c332230ac19f118e5882deaf00906a1dba467@185.219.142.119:53456,1f6633bc18eb06b6c0cab97d72c585a6d7a207bc@65.109.59.22:25756,065f64fab28cb0d06a7841887d5b469ec58a0116@84.247.137.200:53456,767fdcfdb0998209834b929c59a2b57d474cc496@207.148.114.112:26656,093e1b89a498b6a8760ad2188fbda30a05e4f300@35.240.207.217:26656,12526b1e95e7ef07a3eb874465662885a586e095@95.216.78.111:26656" && \
SEEDS="2eaa272622d1ba6796100ab39f58c75d458b9dbc@34.142.181.82:26656,c28827cb96c14c905b127b92065a3fb4cd77d7f6@testnet-seeds.whispernode.com:25756" && \
sed -i \
    -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/" \
    -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" \
    "$HOME/.initia/config/config.toml"

Set 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 = "0"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "19"|' \
  $HOME/.initia/config/app.toml

Create service file

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

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

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Enable and start service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable initiad  
sudo systemctl restart initiad  && sudo journalctl -fu initiad  -o cat

Key management

Add new wallet

initiad keys add wallet

Restore wallet

initiad keys add wallet --recover

Check wallet balance

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

Create validator

initiad tx mstaking create-validator \
    --amount=5000000uinit \
    --pubkey=$(initiad tendermint show-validator) \
    --moniker="<your_moniker>" \
    --chain-id=initiation-1 \
    --from=wallet \
    --commission-rate="0.10" \
    --commission-max-rate="0.20" \
    --commission-max-change-rate="0.01" \
    --identity=<keybase_identity> \
    --gas=2000000
    --fees=563000move/944f8dd8dc49f96c25fea9849f16436dcfa6d564eec802f3ef7f8b3ea85368ff

Additional commands

Check Blocks left

local_height=$(initiad status | jq -r .sync_info.latest_block_height); network_height=$(curl -s https://rpc-initia-testnet.trusted-point.com/status | jq -r .result.sync_info.latest_block_height); blocks_left=$((network_height - local_height)); echo "Your node height: $local_height"; echo "Network height: $network_height"; echo "Blocks left: $blocks_left"

Validator info

initiad q mstaking validator $(initiad keys show wallet --bech val -a)

Node info

initiad status 2>&1 | jq

Delegate to your validator

initiad tx mstaking delegate $(initiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000uinit --from wallet --chain-id initiation-1 --gas=2000000 --fees=563000move/944f8dd8dc49f96c25fea9849f16436dcfa6d564eec802f3ef7f8b3ea85368ff

Vote Proposal

initiad tx gov vote 133 yes --from wallet --chain-id initiation-1 --gas=2000000 --fees=563000move/944f8dd8dc49f96c25fea9849f16436dcfa6d564eec802f3ef7f8b3ea85368ff

Unjail Validator

initiad tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id initiation-1 --gas=2000000 --fees=563000move/944f8dd8dc49f96c25fea9849f16436dcfa6d564eec802f3ef7f8b3ea85368ff

Stop Node

sudo systemctl stop initiad

Restart Node

sudo systemctl restart initiad

Check Log

sudo journalctl -u initiad -f -o cat

Disable Indexing

sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.initia/config/config.toml

Delete Node

sudo systemctl stop initiad.service
sudo systemctl disable initiad.service
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/initiad.service
rm -rf $HOME/.initia $HOME/initia
rm -rf $HOME/initia