🔌 Installation
1️⃣ Installation
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -y
➡️ Go Installation
cd $HOME
VER="1.23.1"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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
2️⃣ Install node
echo "export ZENROCK_PORT="59"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
cd $HOME
mkdir -p $HOME/.zrchain/cosmovisor/upgrades/v5rev4/bin
wget -O zenrockd.zip https://github.com/Zenrock-Foundation/zrchain/releases/download/v5.16.18/zenrockd.zip
unzip zenrockd.zip
rm zenrockd.zip
chmod +x $HOME/zenrockd
mv $HOME/zenrockd $HOME/.zrchain/cosmovisor/upgrades/v5rev4/bin/
sudo ln -sfn $HOME/.zrchain/cosmovisor/upgrades/v5rev4 $HOME/.zrchain/cosmovisor/current
sudo ln -sfn $HOME/.zrchain/cosmovisor/current/bin/zenrockd /usr/local/bin/zenrockd
go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@v1.6.0
➡️ Create a service
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/zenrockd.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=zenrock node service
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=10
LimitNOFILE=65535
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.zrchain"
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=zenrockd"
Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true"
Environment="PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:$HOME/.zrchain/cosmovisor/current/bin"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
➡️ Let’s activate it
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable zenrockd
cd
➡️ Initialize the node
zenrockd init moniker-name --chain-id gardia-4
zenrockd config set client chain-id gardia-4
zenrockd config set client node tcp://localhost:${ZENROCK_PORT}657
sed -i -e '/^keyring-backend = /c\keyring-backend = "test"' $HOME/.zrchain/config/client.toml
➡️ Genesis addrbook and others
wget -O $HOME/.zrchain/config/genesis.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MictoNode/zenrock-micto/refs/heads/main/genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.zrchain/config/addrbook.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MictoNode/zenrock-micto/refs/heads/main/addrbook.json
➡️ Port
sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${ZENROCK_PORT}317%g;
s%:8080%:${ZENROCK_PORT}080%g;
s%:9090%:${ZENROCK_PORT}090%g;
s%:9091%:${ZENROCK_PORT}091%g;
s%:8545%:${ZENROCK_PORT}545%g;
s%:8546%:${ZENROCK_PORT}546%g;
s%:6065%:${ZENROCK_PORT}065%g" $HOME/.zrchain/config/app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${ZENROCK_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${ZENROCK_PORT}657%g;
s%:6060%:${ZENROCK_PORT}060%g;
s%:26656%:${ZENROCK_PORT}656%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${ZENROCK_PORT}656\"%;
s%:26660%:${ZENROCK_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.zrchain/config/config.toml
➡️ Peers and Seeds
SEEDS="50ef4dd630025029dde4c8e709878343ba8a27fa@zenrock-testnet-seed.itrocket.net:56656"
PEERS="5458b7a316ab673afc34404e2625f73f0376d9e4@zenrock-testnet-peer.itrocket.net:11656,6ef43e8d5be8d0499b6c57eb15d3dd6dee809c1e@52.30.152.47:26656,63014f89cf325d3dc12cc8075c07b5f4ee666d64@34.246.15.243:26656,12f0463250bf004107195ff2c885be9b480e70e2@52.30.152.47:26656,8be4a95c784126a54599087f8bf40382fc0843ea@[2a03:cfc0:8000:13::b910:27be]:14156,1dfbd854bab6ca95be652e8db078ab7a069eae6f@52.30.152.47:26656,e1ff342fb55293384a5e92d4bd3bed82ecee4a60@65.108.234.158:26356,436d0f1b24e4231774b35e8bd924f6de9728007a@158.160.2.235:26656,ee7d09ac08dc61548d0e744b23e57436b8c477fc@65.109.93.152:26906,79a13243c16a31cd13aa14e8c441e5cd556ac617@65.109.22.211:26656,c2c5db24bb7aeb665cbf04c298ca53578043ceed@23.88.0.170:15671"
sed -i -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/}" \
-e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/}" $HOME/.zrchain/config/config.toml
➡️ Pruning
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.zrchain/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.zrchain/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"10\"/" $HOME/.zrchain/config/app.toml
➡️ Gas Settings
sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0urock"|g' $HOME/.zrchain/config/app.toml
➡️ Indexer
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.zrchain/config/config.toml
➡️ Snap (Thx Itrocket)
zenrockd tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.zrchain --keep-addr-book
SNAPSHOT_URL="https://server-5.itrocket.net/testnet/zenrock/"
LATEST_SNAPSHOT=$(curl -s $SNAPSHOT_URL | grep -oP 'zenrock_\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}_\d+_snap\.tar\.lz4' | sort | tail -n 1)
if [ -n "$LATEST_SNAPSHOT" ]; then
FULL_URL="${SNAPSHOT_URL}${LATEST_SNAPSHOT}"
if curl -s --head "$FULL_URL" | head -n 1 | grep "200" > /dev/null; then
curl "$FULL_URL" | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.zrchain
else
echo "Snapshot URL not accessible"
fi
else
echo "No snapshot found"
fi
➡️ Let’s get started
sudo systemctl restart zenrockd
journalctl -fu zenrockd -o cat
➡️ Log Command
sudo journalctl -fu zenrockd -o cat
➡️ Create wallet
Warning
Don’t forget to backup the wallet words!
zenrockd keys add wallet-name
➡️ Import wallet
zenrockd keys add wallet-name --recover
➡️ Create Validator
Reminder
You can’t create a validator without Sync. You must have to catch the latest block.
rm -rf $HOME/validator.json
echo "{\"pubkey\":{\"@type\":\"/cosmos.crypto.ed25519.PubKey\",\"key\":\"$(zenrockd comet show-validator | grep -Po '\"key\":\s*\"\K[^"]*')\"},
\"amount\": \"1000000urock\",
\"moniker\": \"MictoNode\",
\"identity\": \"\",
\"website\": \"\",
\"security\": \"\",
\"details\": \"Life is beautiful with Web3\",
\"commission-rate\": \"0.05\",
\"commission-max-rate\": \"0.2\",
\"commission-max-change-rate\": \"0.01\",
\"min-self-delegation\": \"1\"
}" > validator.json
zenrockd tx validation create-validator validator.json \
--from wallet-name \
--chain-id gardia-4 \
--node http://localhost:${ZENROCK_PORT}657 \
--fees 500000urock
➡️ Delegate to Yourself
zenrockd tx validation delegate $(zenrockd keys show wallet-name --bech val -a) amount000000urock \
--chain-id gardia-4 \
--from "wallet-name" \
--fees 500000urock
➡️ Edit Validator
zenrockd tx staking edit-validator \
--chain-id gardia-4 \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--new-moniker "validator-name" \
--identity "" \
--details "" \
--website "" \
--security-contact "" \
--from "wallet-name" \
--node http://localhost:${ZENROCK_PORT}657 \
--fees 500000urock \
-y
➡️ Complete deletion
cd $HOME
sudo systemctl stop zenrockd
sudo systemctl disable zenrockd
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/zenrockd.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/zenrockd
sudo rm -f $(which zenrockd)
sudo rm -rf $HOME/.zrchain
sed -i "/ZENROCK_PORT_/d" $HOME/.bash_profile
➡️ Block check
local_height=$(curl -s localhost:${ZENROCK_PORT}657/status | jq -r .result.sync_info.latest_block_height); network_height=$(curl -s https://zenrock-testnet-rpc.mictonode.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"
- Your node height - the current block of your node
- Network height - the last block of the network
- Blocks left - how many blocks your node has left to sync.