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# Pell Network
**# Hardware requirements**
We recommend the following hardware specifications:
| Characteristic | Specification |
| ---------------- | ------------------------- |
| Operating System | Ubuntu 22.04 or later LTS |
| Number of CPUs | 4 |
| RAM | 8GB |
| NVMe SSD | 500GB |
**1. Update & install dependencies**
```
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 aria2 pv gcc unzip -y
```
**2. Install Go**
```
cd $HOME
VER="1.22.2"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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 $HOME/.bash_profile
[ ! -d ~/go/bin ] && mkdir -p ~/go/bin
go version
```
**3. Set Vars**
```
MONIKER="Moniker_name"
echo "export MONIKER=$MONIKER" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export PELL_CHAIN_ID="ignite_186-1"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export PELL_PORT="26"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
```
**4. Download Binary**
```
cd $HOME
wget -O $HOME/pellcored https://github.com/0xPellNetwork/network-config/releases/download/v1.1.1-ignite/pellcored-v1.1.1-linux-amd64
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/.pellcored/lib
mkdir -p $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
wget -O "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH/libwasmvm.x86_64.so" https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/releases/download/v2.1.2/libwasmvm.x86_64.so
echo "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/.pellcored/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
chmod +x pellcored
cp pellcored $HOME/go/bin/pellcored
source $HOME/.bash_profile
pellcored version
```
**5. Config and Init app**
```
pellcored init $MONIKER --chain-id $PELL_CHAIN_ID
sed -i -e "s|^node *=.*|node = \"tcp://localhost:${PELL_PORT}657\"|" $HOME/.pellcored/config/client.toml
sed -i -e "s|^keyring-backend *=.*|keyring-backend = \"os\"|" $HOME/.pellcored/config/client.toml
sed -i -e "s|^chain-id *=.*|chain-id = \"ignite_186-1\"|" $HOME/.pellcored/config/client.toml
```
**6. Download Genesis file and Addrbook**
```
wget -O $HOME/.pellcored/config/genesis.json https://pell.j-node.net/genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.pellcored/config/addrbook.json https://pell.j-node.net/addrbook.json
```
**7. Set custom port (Optional)**
```
sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${PELL_PORT}317%g;
s%:8080%:${PELL_PORT}080%g;
s%:9090%:${PELL_PORT}090%g;
s%:9091%:${PELL_PORT}091%g;
s%:8545%:${PELL_PORT}545%g;
s%:8546%:${PELL_PORT}546%g;
s%:6065%:${PELL_PORT}065%g" $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${PELL_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${PELL_PORT}657%g;
s%:6060%:${PELL_PORT}060%g;
s%:26656%:${PELL_PORT}656%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${PELL_PORT}656\"%;
s%:26660%:${PELL_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.pellcored/config/config.toml
```
**8. Config Seeds and Peers**
```
SEEDS="d52c32a6a8510bdf0d33909008041b96d95c8408@34.87.39.12:26656,9b955d07f05b02b3d622f9cb7a0e6cfecd719985@34.87.47.193:26656"
PEERS="d52c32a6a8510bdf0d33909008041b96d95c8408@34.87.39.12:26656,9b955d07f05b02b3d622f9cb7a0e6cfecd719985@34.87.47.193:26656"
sed -i -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/config.toml
```
**9. Config Pruning**
```
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"50\"/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml
```
**10. Create service file**
```
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/pellcored.service > /dev/null < /dev/null; then
curl https://server-5.itrocket.net/testnet/pell/pell_2025-01-05_425797_snap.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.pellcored
else
echo "no snapshot found"
fi
```
Enable and start service
```
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable pellcored
sudo systemctl start pellcored && sudo journalctl -fu pellcored -o cat
```
**# Check status**
```
pellcored query status | jq
```
**12. Create validator**
```
// Add new wallet
pellcored keys add "wallet_name"
```
**Check Balance**
```
pellcored q bank balances $(pellcored keys show "wallet_name" -a)
```
**Create validator**
* Create validator.json file
```
cd $HOME
echo "{
\"pubkey\":{
\"@type\":\"/cosmos.crypto.ed25519.PubKey\",
\"key\":\"$(pellcored query status | jq -r '.validator_info.pub_key.value')\"
},
\"amount\": \"1pell\",
\"moniker\": \"YOUR_NODE_NAME\",
\"identity\": \"YOUR_KEY_BASE\",
\"website\": \"YOUR_WEBSITE\",
\"security\": \"YOUR_CONTACT\",
\"details\": \"I love blockchain 🚀\",
\"commission-rate\": \"0.05\",
\"commission-max-rate\": \"0.2\",
\"commission-max-change-rate\": \"0.01\",
\"min-self-delegation\": \"1\"
}" > validator.json
```
* Create a validator with .json file
```
pellcored tx staking create-validator validator.json \
--from "wallet_name" \
--chain-id ignite_186-1 \
--gas auto \
--gas-adjustment 1.5 \
--gas-prices 33apell \
-y
```
[**Pell explorer**](https://testnet.pell.explorers.guru/validators)