Namada node installation
Validator Requirements
Minimum Hardware Requirements to run Validator // 8GB RAM / 1TB SSD / 4 Cores //
Recommended Hardware Requirements to run Validator // 16GB RAM / 1TB SSD / 8 Cores
OS : Linux OS Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
18.12.2023 Upgrade to v0.28.1:
cd $HOME rm -rf namada git clone https://github.com/anoma/namada cd namada wget https://github.com/anoma/namada/releases/download/v0.28.1/namada-v0.28.1-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz tar -xvf namada-v0.28.1-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz rm namada-v0.28.1-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz cd namada-v0.28.1-Linux-x86_64 sudo mv namada namadan namadac namadaw /usr/local/bin/ sudo systemctl restart namadad && sudo journalctl -u namadad -f
Update packages and Install dependencies:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y sudo apt-get install -y make curl zip git-core libssl-dev pkg-config libclang-12-dev build-essential protobuf-compiler
cd $HOME
! [ -x "$(command -v go)" ] && {
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$VER.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
[ ! -f ~/.bash_profile ] && touch ~/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:~/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
}
[ ! -d ~/go/bin ] && mkdir -p ~/go/bincurl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y source $HOME/.cargo/env
Replace your Validator and Wallet name, save and import variables into system. Change default port if needed.
NAMADA_PORT=26 echo "export NAMADA_PORT="$NAMADA_PORT"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile echo "export ALIAS="CHOOSE_A_NAME_FOR_YOUR_VALIDATOR"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile echo "export WALLET="CHOOSE_A_WALLET_NAME"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile echo "export PUBLIC_IP=$(wget -qO- eth0.me)" >> $HOME/.bash_profile echo "export TM_HASH="v0.1.4-abciplus"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile echo "export CHAIN_ID="public-testnet-15.0dacadb8d663"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile echo "export BASE_DIR="$HOME/.local/share/namada"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile source $HOME/.bash_profile
cd $HOME curl -L -o protobuf.zip https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v24.4/protoc-24.4-linux-x86_64.zip mkdir protobuf_temp && unzip protobuf.zip -d protobuf_temp/ sudo cp protobuf_temp/bin/protoc /usr/local/bin/ sudo cp -r protobuf_temp/include/* /usr/local/include/ rm -rf protobuf_temp protobuf.zip
cd $HOME rm -rf cometbft git clone https://github.com/cometbft/cometbft.git cd cometbft git checkout v0.37.2 make build sudo cp $HOME/cometbft/build/cometbft /usr/local/bin/ cometbft version
Download and build Namada binaries:
cd $HOME
rm -rf $HOME/namada
git clone https://github.com/anoma/namada
cd $HOME/namada
wget https://github.com/anoma/namada/releases/download/v0.28.1/namada-v0.28.1-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
tar -xvf namada-v0.28.1-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
rm namada-v0.28.1-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz
cd namada-v0.28.1-Linux-x86_64
sudo mv namada namadan namadac namadaw /usr/local/bin/
if [ ! -d "$HOME/.local/share/namada" ]; then
mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/share/namada"
finamada --version
Option 1
Join-network as Pre-Genesis Validator:
Move your pre-genesis folder to $BASE_DIR and join the network:
cd $HOME cp -r ~/.namada/pre-genesis $BASE_DIR/
namada client utils join-network --chain-id $CHAIN_ID --genesis-validator $ALIAS
Option 2
Join-network as Full Nodes or Post-Genesis Validator:
namada client utils join-network --chain-id $CHAIN_ID
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/namadad.service > /dev/null <<EOF [Unit] Description=namada After=network-online.target [Service] User=$USER WorkingDirectory=$BASE_DIR Environment=TM_LOG_LEVEL=p2p:none,pex:error Environment=NAMADA_CMT_STDOUT=true Environment=NAMADA_LOG=info ExecStart=$(which namada) node ledger run StandardOutput=syslog StandardError=syslog Restart=always RestartSec=10 LimitNOFILE=65535 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF
Set custom ports in config.toml:
sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${NAMADA_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${NAMADA_PORT}657%g;
s%:26656%:${NAMADA_PORT}656%g;
s%:26545%:${NAMADA_PORT}545%g;
s%:8545%:${NAMADA_PORT}545%g;
s%:26660%:${NAMADA_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.local/share/namada/public-testnet-15.0dacadb8d663/config.tomlsudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl enable namadad sudo systemctl restart namadad && sudo journalctl -u namadad -f
Create Post-Genesis Validator (skip this if you are a pre-genesis validator) (Option 2)
namada wallet address gen --alias $WALLET
namada wallet key derive --alias $WALLET --hd-path default
namada wallet key list
Fund your wallet from faucet
Create validator:(!) before creating a validator, you need to check the balance and make sure that the node is synchedCheck Sync status, once your node is fully synced, the output from above will sayfalse
curl http://127.0.0.1:26657/status | jq .result.sync_info.catching_up
namada client balance --owner $WALLET
namada client init-validator \ --alias $ALIAS \ --account-keys $WALLET \ --signing-keys $WALLET \ --commission-rate 0.1 \ --max-commission-rate-change 0.1 \ --email $EMAIL
namada client bond \ --source $WALLET --validator $ALIAS --amount 1000
Waiting more than 2 epoch and check your status:
namada client bonds --owner $ALIAS
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Delete node
sudo systemctl stop namadad sudo systemctl disable namadad sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/namadad.service sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo rm $(which namada) sudo rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/namada/public-testnet-15.0dacadb8d663
Addition info
Wallet operations
KEY_ALIAS="ptzruslan"; namada wallet key gen --alias $KEY_ALIAS
namada wallet key restore --alias $KEY_ALIAS --hd-path default
namada wallet address find --alias $KEY_ALIAS
https://faucet.heliax.click/
namada client balance --owner $KEY_ALIAS
namada wallet key list
send payment from your address to validator-1:
namada client transfer --source <SENDER_ADDRESS> --target <RECEIVER_ADDRESS> --token NAM --amount 10 --signing-keys $KEY_ALIAS
Multisign
namadaw key gen --alias my-key1
namadaw key gen --alias my-key2
an implicit address can also be generated:
namadaw address gen --alias my-address
init non-multisig account (single signer):
namadac init-account --alias my-multisig-alias --public-keys my-key1 --signing-keys my-key1
init multisig account (at least 2 signers):
namadac init-account --alias my-multisig-alias --public-keys my-key1,my-key2 --signing-keys my-key1,my-key2 --threshold 2
submitting a multisignature transaction:
mkdir tx_dumps
namadac transfer --source my-multisig-alias --target some-established-account-alias --token NAM --amount 100 --signing-keys my-key1 --dump-tx --output-folder-path tx_dumps
namadac sign-tx --tx-path "<path-to-file>" --signing-keys my-key1 --owner my-multisig-alias
save as a variable offline_signature:
export SIGNATURE_ONE="offline_signature_FB7246E3FC43F59D8AEEC234EBFDB9DF1AC9BB7B14E536D05A7E2617CA41D4CD_0.tx"
namadac tx --tx-path "tx_dumps/a45ef98a817290d6fc0efbd480bf66647ea8061aee1628ce09b4af4f4eeed1c2.tx" --signatures $SIGNATURE_ONE --signatures $SIGNATURE_TWO --owner my-multisig-alias --gas-payer my-key1
changing the multisig threshold:
namadac update-account --address my-multisig-address --threshold 1 --signing-keys my-key1,my-key2
one can check that the threshold has been updated correctly by running:
namadac query-account --owner my-multisig-address
changing the public keys of a multisig account:
namadac update-account --address my-multisig-address --public-keys my-key3,my-key4,my-key5 --signing-keys my-key1,my-key2
initialize an established account:
namada client init-account --alias establishment --public-keys ptzruslan --signing-keys ptzruslan --threshold 1
MASP
randomly generate a new spending key:
namadaw masp gen-key --alias <your-spending-key-alias>
namadaw masp gen-addr --key <your-spending-key-alias> --alias <your-payment-address-alias>
namadac transfer --source <your-established-account-alias> --target <your-payment-address-alias> --token btc --amount <amount-to-shield>
namadac balance --owner <your-spending-key-alias>
shielded transfers (once the user has a shielded balance, it can be transferred to another shielded address):
namadac transfer --source <your-spending-key-alias> --target <destination-payment-address> --token btc --amount <amount-to-transfer> --signing-keys <your-implicit-account-alias>
unshielding transfers (it is also possible to transfer the balance to a transparent account):
namadac transfer --source <your-spending-key-alias> --target <some-transparent-address-alias> --token btc --amount <amount-to-unshield> --signing-keys <your-implicit-account-alias>
Validator operations
check sync status and node info:
curl http://127.0.0.1:26657/status | jq
namada client balance --owner $ALIAS
namada wallet key list
namadac bond --source $ALIAS --validator $ALIAS --amount 1000
check your validator bond status:
namada client bonds --owner $ALIAS
namada client bonded-stake
namada client slashes
namada client unbond --source aliace --validator $ALIAS --amount 1.2
namada client unbond --validator $ALIAS --amount 0.3
namada client withdraw --source aliace --validator $ALIAS
namadac find-validator --tm-address=$(curl -s localhost:26657/status | jq -r .result.validator_info.address) --node localhost:26657
namada client epoch
Sync and Consensus
sudo journalctl -u namadad -f
check sync status and node info:
curl http://127.0.0.1:26657/status | jq
curl -s localhost:26657/consensus_state | jq .result.round_state.height_vote_set[0].prevotes_bit_array
curl -s localhost:12657/dump_consensus_state
your validator votes (prevote):
curl -s http://localhost:26657/dump_consensus_state | jq '.result.round_state.votes[0].prevotes' | grep $(curl -s http://localhost:26657/status | jq -r '.result.validator_info.address[:12]')