Warden Protocol

Links

• Web: https://wardenprotocol.org/#vision

• Discord: https://discord.gg/wardenprotocol

• Github: https://github.com/warden-protocol/wardenprotocol

Installation

Server preparation

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apt update && apt upgrade -y

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apt install curl iptables build-essential git wget jq make gcc nano tmux htop nvme-cli pkg-config libssl-dev libleveldb-dev tar clang bsdmainutils ncdu unzip libleveldb-dev -y

Install GO

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ver="1.20.3"
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$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
go version

Node installation

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git clone --depth 1 --branch v0.3.0 https://github.com/warden-protocol/wardenprotocol
cd wardenprotocol
wget https://github.com/warden-protocol/wardenprotocol/releases/download/v0.3.0/wardend_Linux_x86_64.zip
unzip wardend_Linux_x86_64.zip
rm -rf wardend_Linux_x86_64.zip
chmod +x wardend
mv wardend $HOME/go/bin

wardend version --long | grep -e version -e commit
# version: 0.3.0
# commit: 338a8105486cfc3fa027d3caf32f17a21b230db6

We initialize the node to create the necessary configuration files

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wardend init UTSA_guide --chain-id buenavista-1

Download Genesis

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wget -O $HOME/.warden/config/genesis.json "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/warden-protocol/networks/main/testnets/buenavista/genesis.json"

sha256sum ~/.warden/config/genesis.json
# 084571d20aa6bb8c69e59308a19a407035d5fc93ad538feab0211f3e95e4bfc8

At this stage, we can download the address book

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wget -O $HOME/.warden/config/addrbook.json "https://share.utsa.tech/warden/addrbook.json"

Set up node configuration

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sed -i.bak -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.0025uward\"/;" ~/.warden/config/app.toml
external_address=$(wget -qO- eth0.me)
sed -i.bak -e "s/^external_address *=.*/external_address = \"$external_address:26656\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml
peers="8fa48bbd20d316382f339bd00f31d3a2678682d2@144.76.29.90:26656,2581489669e7a297fcd9e9d2c050a177b8d82010@85.10.201.125:56656"
sed -i -e "s|^persistent_peers *=.*|persistent_peers = \"$peers\"|" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/^filter_peers *=.*/filter_peers = \"true\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml

(OPTIONAL) Set up pruning

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pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="1000"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/app.toml

(OPTIONAL) Set up indexer

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

(OPTIONAL) Enable/Disable Snapshots

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snapshot_interval=1000
sed -i.bak -e "s/^snapshot-interval *=.*/snapshot-interval = \"$snapshot_interval\"/" ~/.warden/config/app.toml

Create a service file

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

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

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

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

If peers do not cling for a long time or you see errors error: wrong Block.Header.AppHash, you need to use State sync or boot from a Snapshot

Creating a validator

1. Get your pubkey

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wardend comet show-validator

1. Create validator.json

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nano $HOME/.warden/validator.json

1. Insert our config

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{
  "pubkey": {#pubkey},
  "amount": "1000000uward",
  "moniker": "STAVR",
  "identity": "",
  "website": "",
  "security": "",
  "details": "",
  "commission-rate": "0.05",
  "commission-max-rate": "0.5",
  "commission-max-change-rate": "0.5",
  "min-self-delegation": "1"
}

1. Send the transaction

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wardend tx staking create-validator $HOME/.warden/validator.json \
    --from=<key-name> \
    --chain-id=buenavista-1 \
    --fees=500uward