# Nibiru Chain

Website: <https://nibiru.fi/>

Twitter: <https://twitter.com/NibiruChain>

Discord: <https://discord.gg/nibirufi>

Explorer: <https://explorer.nodesync.top/Nibiru-Mainnet/staking>

<mark style="color:red;">**Stake with us:**</mark> [**https://app.nibiru.fi/stake**](https://app.nibiru.fi/stake)

## **1. Minimum hardware requirement**

8 Cores, 16G Ram,  500G SSD, Ubuntu 22.04

## 2. Server preparation

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

## 3. Install GO

```
#Install GO
ver="1.21.5"
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$ver.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
go version
```

## 4. Download and build binaries

```
cd $HOME
rm -rf nibiru
git clone https://github.com/NibiruChain/nibiru.git
cd nibiru
git checkout v1.3.0
```

## 5. Initialize the node

```
nibid config chain-id cataclysm-1
nibid config keyring-backend file
nibid config node tcp://localhost:26657
nibid init MyNode --chain-id cataclysm-1
```

```
curl -Ls https://files.nodesync.top/Nibiru/genesis.json > $HOME/.nibid/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://files.nodesync.top/Nibiru/addrbook.json > $HOME/.nibid/config/addrbook.json
```

```
# Add seeds
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"400f3d9e30b69e78a7fb891f60d76fa3c73f0ecc@nibiru.rpc.kjnodes.com:13959\"|" $HOME/.nibid/config/config.toml

# Set minimum gas price
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.025unibi\"|" $HOME/.nibid/config/app.toml

# Set pruning
sed -i \
  -e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-recent *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "100"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-every *=.*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "19"|' \
  $HOME/.nibid/config/app.toml
```

```
# Download latest chain snapshot
curl -L https://snapshots.kjnodes.com/nibiru/snapshot_latest.tar.lz4 | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.nibid
```

## 5. Create Service and Start node

```
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/nibid.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Nibi Validator
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=root
ExecStart=$(which nibid) start
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
```

```
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable nibid
sudo systemctl restart nibid
sudo journalctl -u nibid -f --no-hostname -o cat
```

## 6. Wallet

Add New Wallet Key - **Save seed**

```
nibid keys add wallet
```

Recover existing key

```
nibid keys add wallet --recover
```

List All Keys

```
nibid keys list
```

### 6.1 Query Wallet Balance

```
nibid q bank balances $(nibid keys show wallet -a)
```

### 6.2 Check sync status

<mark style="color:red;">**False is synced**</mark>

```
nibid status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo.catching_up
```

### 6.3 Create Validator

Change your info "XXXXXX"

```
nibid tx staking create-validator \
--amount 1000000unibi \
--pubkey $(nibid tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker "XXXXXX" \
--identity "XXXXXX" \
--details "XXXXXX" \
--website "XXXXXX" \
--security-contact "XXXXXX" \
--chain-id cataclysm-1 \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--commission-max-rate 0.20 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.05 \
--min-self-delegation 1 \
--from wallet \
--fees 5000unibi \
-y
```

### 6.4 Edit Existing Validator&#x20;

Change your info&#x20;

```
nibid tx staking edit-validator \
--new-moniker "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \
--chain-id cataclysm-1 \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--from wallet \
--fees 5000unibi \
-y

```

### 6.5 Delegate Token to your own validator

```
nibid tx staking delegate $(nibid keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000unibi --from wallet --chain-id cataclysm-1 --fees 5000unibi -y
```

### 6.6 Withdraw rewards and commission from your validator

```
nibid tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(nibid keys show wallet --bech val -a) --commission --from wallet --chain-id cataclysm-1 --fees 5000unibi -y
```

### 6.7 Unjail validator

```
nibid tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id cataclysm-1 --fees 5000unibi -y
```

### 6.8 Services Management

```
# Reload Service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload

# Enable Service
sudo systemctl enable nibid

# Disable Service
sudo systemctl disable nibid

# Start Service
sudo systemctl start nibid

# Stop Service
sudo systemctl stop nibid

# Restart Service
sudo systemctl restart nibid

# Check Service Status
sudo systemctl status nibid

# Check Service Logs
sudo journalctl -u nibid -f --no-hostname -o cat
```

## 7. Backup Validator

<mark style="color:red;">**Important**</mark>

```
cat $HOME/.nibid/config/priv_validator_key.json
```

## 8. Remove node

```
cd $HOME
sudo systemctl stop nibid.service
sudo systemctl disable nibid.service
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/nibid.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
rm -f $(which nibid)
rm -rf $HOME/.nibid
rm -rf $HOME/nibiru
```