Manual Installation
# install dependencies, if needed
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -y
# install go, if needed
cd $HOME
VER="1.22.3"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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/bin
# set vars
echo "export WALLET="wallet"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export MONIKER="test"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export PELL_CHAIN_ID="ignite_186-1"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export PELL_PORT="58"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
# download binary
cd $HOME
wget -O pellcored https://github.com/0xPellNetwork/network-config/releases/download/v1.3.0/pellcored-1.3.0-linux-amd64
chmod +x pellcored
mv pellcored ~/go/bin/
WASMVM_VERSION=v2.1.2
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/.pellcored/lib
mkdir -p $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
wget "https://github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/releases/download/$WASMVM_VERSION/libwasmvm.$(uname -m).so" -O "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH/libwasmvm.$(uname -m).so"
echo "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/.pellcored/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile
# config and init app
pellcored config node tcp://localhost:${PELL_PORT}657
pellcored config keyring-backend os
pellcored config chain-id ignite_186-1
pellcored init "test" --chain-id ignite_186-1
# download genesis and addrbook
wget -O $HOME/.pellcored/config/genesis.json https://server-5.itrocket.net/testnet/pell/genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.pellcored/config/addrbook.json https://server-5.itrocket.net/testnet/pell/addrbook.json
# set seeds and peers
SEEDS="5f10959cc96b5b7f9e08b9720d9a8530c3d08d19@pell-testnet-seed.itrocket.net:58656"
PEERS="d003cb808ae91bad032bb94d19c922fe094d8556@pell-testnet-peer.itrocket.net:58656,2b2932bd000204b75d2675d84e0e6e690fcc9b41@31.165.179.107:26656,739d38ce19e4d2b22eb77016f91bf468e93c22af@37.252.186.230:26656,91a02af99b3ab4fd0e7b24139d7e30b94fa117c4@65.108.0.88:12356,f487313950783ed57c5fcb9be1998b50a41bd931@37.27.127.220:57656,f1049cc2be2902053bcf5ea1a553414d8a978ef6@[2a01:4f8:110:4265::11]:26656,81caef1e38e18974813624aea310722ad68a33dd@65.109.27.148:26656,dce9d17f8c2dcc75a7946f11a2e4ac9295614b78@145.239.9.196:26656,73270186a4ed6a4136a2c02274867c0c41c304dd@46.4.91.76:30356,54e6743cb3d05fdaf71f06f2f05728c62358f802@176.9.8.81:11856,2bb156446731e08192063569fa02e783c4345141@135.181.139.249:37656"
sed -i -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/}" \
-e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/}" $HOME/.pellcored/config/config.toml
# set custom ports in app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${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" $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml
# set custom ports in config.toml file
sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${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
# 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-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"19\"/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml
# set minimum gas price, enable prometheus and disable indexing
sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0apell"|g' $HOME/.pellcored/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.pellcored/config/config.toml
# create service file
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/pellcored.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Pell node
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.pellcored
ExecStart=$(which pellcored) start --home $HOME/.pellcored
Environment=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/.pellcored/lib/
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
# reset and download snapshot
pellcored tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.pellcored
if curl -s --head curl https://server-5.itrocket.net/testnet/pell/pell_2025-05-25_2484085_snap.tar.lz4 | head -n 1 | grep "200" > /dev/null; then
curl https://server-5.itrocket.net/testnet/pell/pell_2025-05-25_2484085_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 restart pellcored && sudo journalctl -u pellcored -fo cat
Automatic Installation
pruning: custom: 100/0/19 | indexer: nullsource <(curl -s https://itrocket.net/api/testnet/pell/autoinstall/)
Create wallet
# to create a new wallet, use the following command. don’t forget to save the mnemonic
pellcored keys add $WALLET
# to restore exexuting wallet, use the following command
pellcored keys add $WALLET --recover
# save wallet and validator address
WALLET_ADDRESS=$(pellcored keys show $WALLET -a)
VALOPER_ADDRESS=$(pellcored keys show $WALLET --bech val -a)
echo "export WALLET_ADDRESS="$WALLET_ADDRESS >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export VALOPER_ADDRESS="$VALOPER_ADDRESS >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
# check sync status, once your node is fully synced, the output from above will print "false"
pellcored status 2>&1 | jq
# before creating a validator, you need to fund your wallet and check balance
pellcored query bank balances $WALLET_ADDRESS
Node Sync Status Checker
#!/bin/bash
rpc_port=$(grep -m 1 -oP '^laddr = "\K[^"]+' "$HOME/.pellcored/config/config.toml" | cut -d ':' -f 3)
while true; do
local_height=$(curl -s localhost:$rpc_port/status | jq -r '.result.sync_info.latest_block_height')
network_height=$(curl -s https://pell-testnet-rpc.itrocket.net/status | jq -r '.result.sync_info.latest_block_height')
if ! [[ "$local_height" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || ! [[ "$network_height" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
echo -e "\033[1;31mError: Invalid block height data. Retrying...\033[0m"
sleep 5
continue
fi
blocks_left=$((network_height - local_height))
echo -e "\033[1;33mNode Height:\033[1;34m $local_height\033[0m \033[1;33m| Network Height:\033[1;36m $network_height\033[0m \033[1;33m| Blocks Left:\033[1;31m $blocks_left\033[0m"
sleep 5
done
Create validator
Don't forget to replace, Moniker, Identity, Details, Amount, apell, Commission rate, Commission max rate, Commission max change rate, Websitecd $HOME
# Create validator.json file
echo "{\"pubkey\":{\"@type\":\"/cosmos.crypto.ed25519.PubKey\",\"key\":\"$(pellcored comet show-validator | grep -Po '\"key\":\s*\"\K[^"]*')\"},
\"amount\": \"1000000apell\",
\"moniker\": \"test\",
\"identity\": \"\",
\"website\": \"\",
\"security\": \"\",
\"details\": \"I love blockchain ❤️\",
\"commission-rate\": \"0.1\",
\"commission-max-rate\": \"0.2\",
\"commission-max-change-rate\": \"0.01\",
\"min-self-delegation\": \"1\"
}" > validator.json
# Create a validator using the JSON configuration
pellcored tx staking create-validator validator.json \
--from $WALLET \
--chain-id ignite_186-1 \
--fees 30apell --gas 300000
Security
To protect you keys please don`t share your privkey, mnemonic and follow basic security rules
Set up ssh keys for authentication You can use this guideto configure ssh authentication and disable password authentication on your server Firewall security Set the default to allow outgoing connections, deny all incoming, allow ssh and node p2p port
sudo ufw default allow outgoing
sudo ufw default deny incoming
sudo ufw allow ssh/tcp
sudo ufw allow ${PELL_PORT}656/tcp
sudo ufw enable
Delete Node
sudo systemctl stop pellcored
sudo systemctl disable pellcored
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/pellcored.service
sudo rm $(which pellcored)
sudo rm -rf $HOME/.pellcored
sed -i "/PELL_/d" $HOME/.bash_profile