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Delegate using REStake
Delegate using Moonbridge

Endpoints | Genesis | Addrbook
Chain ID: elys-1 Latest Version: v2.3.0 Custom Port: 160
Specify the name of your “MONIKER” (validator) which will be visible in the explorer
MONIKER="YOUR_MONIKER_NAME"

Update system and install tools

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl build-essential git jq lz4 ncdu btop -y

Install GO

cd $HOME
version="1.23.6"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$version.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf "go$version.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
rm "go$version.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

Install Cosmovisor

go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@latest

Download and install

cd $HOME
git clone https://github.com/elys-network/elys.git
cd elys
git checkout v2.3.0
make install
elysd version --long | grep -e commit -e version

Config and Init node

# Set node configuration
elysd config set client chain-id elys-1
elysd config set client keyring-backend file
elysd config set client node tcp://localhost:16057


# Initialize node
elysd init $MONIKER --chain-id elys-1


# Download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://snapshots.moonbridge.org/mainnet/elys/genesis.json > $HOME/.elys/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.moonbridge.org/mainnet/elys/addrbook.json > $HOME/.elys/config/addrbook.json


# Set seeds and peers
SEEDS=""
PEERS=""
sed -i -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" $HOME/.elys/config/config.toml


# Setting minimum gas price
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.0003uelys,0.001ibc/F082B65C88E4B6D5EF1DB243CDA1D331D002759E938A0F5CD3FFDC5D53B3E349,0.001ibc/C4CFF46FD6DE35CA4CF4CE031E643C8FDC9BA4B99AE598E9B0ED98FE3A2319F9\"|" $HOME/.elys/config/app.toml


# Setting pruning
sed -i -e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' $HOME/.elys/config/app.toml
sed -i -e 's|^pruning-keep-recent  *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "100"|' $HOME/.elys/config/app.toml
sed -i -e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "10"|' $HOME/.elys/config/app.toml


sed -i -e 's|^db_backend *=.*|db_backend = "pebbledb"|' $HOME/.elys/config/config.toml
sed -i -e 's/timeout_commit = "5s"/timeout_commit = "3s"/g' $HOME/.elys/config/config.toml


sed -i -e 's|^app-db-backend *=.*|app-db-backend = "pebbledb"|' $HOME/.elys/config/app.toml


# Disable indexer
sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "null"|' $HOME/.elys/config/config.toml


# Enable Prometheus
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.elys/config/config.toml


# Setting custom ports
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:16058\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:16057\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:16060\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:16056\"%; s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):16056\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":16066\"%" $HOME/.elys/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%:1317%:16017%g; s%:8080%:16080%g; s%:9090%:16090%g; s%:9091%:16091%g; s%:8545%:16045%g; s%:8546%:16046%g; s%:6065%:16065%g" $HOME/.elys/config/app.toml

Configure Cosmovisor

mkdir -p $HOME/.elys/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mkdir -p $HOME/.elys/cosmovisor/upgrades
cp $HOME/go/bin/elysd $HOME/.elys/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/

Create service

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


[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=elysd"
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.elys"
Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true"
Environment="DAEMON_ALLOW_DOWNLOAD_BINARIES=false"
Environment="DAEMON_RESTART_AFTER_UPGRADE=true"


[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable elysd

Download latest snapshot

curl -o - -L https://snapshots.moonbridge.org/mainnet/elys/snapshot_latest.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -x -C $HOME/.elys
[[ -f $HOME/.elys/data/upgrade-info.json ]] && cp $HOME/.elys/data/upgrade-info.json $HOME/.elys/cosmovisor/genesis/upgrade-info.json

Start service and check the logs

sudo systemctl start elysd && sudo journalctl -u elysd -f --no-hostname -o cat

Create wallet

elysd keys add wallet

Check wallet balance

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

Create a validator.json

Get pubkey

elysd comet show-validator
cd $HOME/.elys/config
nano validator.json
{
  "pubkey": {"@type":"/cosmos.crypto.ed25519.PubKey","key":"lR1d7YBVK5jYijOfWVKRFoWCsS4dg3kagT7LB9GnG8I="},
  "amount": "1000000uelys",
  "moniker": "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME",
  "identity": "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID",
  "details": "YOUR_DETAILS",
  "website": "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL",
  "security": "YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS",
  "commission-rate": "0.05",
  "commission-max-rate": "0.20",
  "commission-max-change-rate": "0.01",
  "min-self-delegation": "1"
}

Create validator

elysd tx staking create-validator $HOME/.elys/config/validator.json \
  --chain-id elys-1 \
  --from wallet \
  --gas-prices "0.0003uelys" \
  --gas auto \
  --gas-adjustment 1.4 \
  -y

Delete node

sudo systemctl stop elysd
sudo systemctl disable elysd
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/elysd.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo rm -f $(which elysd)
sudo rm -rf $HOME/.elys
sudo rm -rf $HOME/elys