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Node Installation

Installation of required packages​

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

Installation GO​

cd ~
VER="1.23.4" # Make sure that this version does not broke any other apps you run!
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

echo "export BITBADGES_PORT="19"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

Downloading and installing node​

cd $HOME
rm -rf bitbadgeschain
git clone https://github.com/BitBadges/bitbadgeschain.git
cd bitbadgeschain
git checkout v12
make build-linux/amd64
sudo mv build/bitbadgeschain-linux-amd64 /root/go/bin/bitbadgeschaind
bitbadgeschaind version

Set node configuration​

bitbadgeschaind init NodeName --chain-id bitbadges-1
sed -i "s/chain-id = .*/chain-id = \"bitbadges-1\"/" $HOME/.bitbadgeschain/config/client.toml
sed -i "s/keyring-backend = .*/keyring-backend = \"os\"/" $HOME/.bitbadgeschain/config/client.toml
sed -i "s/node = .*/node = \"tcp:\/\/localhost:${BITBADGES_PORT}657\"/" $HOME/.bitbadgeschain/config/client.toml

Downloading genesis and addressbook​

curl -Ls https://storage.validrop.xyz/Mainnet/BitBadges/genesis.json > $HOME/.bitbadgeschain/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://storage.validrop.xyz/Mainnet/BitBadges/addrbook.json > $HOME/.bitbadgeschain/config/addrbook.json
# Set seeds and peers

PEERS="13bf086c3e777f5b24d51c1fe322182dc3321f36@157.245.156.73:10656,f48eb1e8cbcce72d34e3d34070c599f91587ae2f@65.21.234.111:13556,9d8affecc081f6d9fa48cc889a21fc7e2865bde6@152.53.162.92:13556,42765d20bb107a981813c1b8a3ed0d54217553fd@188.34.189.87:26656,03e65d19321f384207c5a923627176453655c911@65.108.198.145:21656,6af383dd6b8cb9ab7075ef552bd0ba0361c09a6e@152.53.91.160:38656,2703c1304a70186372aa726a762d60da94c29ffe@134.122.12.165:26656,9b9dee928a174bcd0272be9127f5f455d418d6b2@169.0.53.84:26656,dcfe30be9cb585d1f8391ae06cc71847f6ef85e4@84.247.185.120:13556,f23f1bbd14dc5d2bec36ac6179ec10646e6c441b@149.86.227.180:12056"
sed -i -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/}" $HOME/.bitbadgeschain/config/config.toml

# Set minimum gas price
sed -i "s/minimum-gas-prices = .*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.025ubadge\"/" $HOME/.bitbadgeschain/config/app.toml
# Set indexer
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.bitbadgeschain/config/config.toml

# Set pruning
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.bitbadgeschain/config/app.toml 
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.bitbadgeschain/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"50\"/" $HOME/.bitbadgeschain/config/app.toml

# Change ports
sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${BITBADGES_PORT}317%g;
s%:8080%:${BITBADGES_PORT}080%g;
s%:9090%:${BITBADGES_PORT}090%g;
s%:9091%:${BITBADGES_PORT}091%g;
s%:8545%:${BITBADGES_PORT}545%g;
s%:8546%:${BITBADGES_PORT}546%g;
s%:6065%:${BITBADGES_PORT}065%g" $HOME/.bitbadgeschain/config/app.toml

sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${BITBADGES_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${BITBADGES_PORT}657%g;
s%:6060%:${BITBADGES_PORT}060%g;
s%:26656%:${BITBADGES_PORT}656%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${BITBADGES_PORT}656\"%;
s%:26660%:${BITBADGES_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.bitbadgeschain/config/config.toml

# Download latest chain data snapshot
curl -L https://storage.validrop.xyz/Mainnet/BitBadges/latest.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.bitbadgeschain

Creating service file​

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

[Service]
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$HOME
ExecStart=$(which bitbadgeschaind) start
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

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

Start node​

sudo systemctl start bitbadgeschaind && sudo journalctl -fu bitbadgeschaind -o cat