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Testnet Networks
Story Protocol
API & Sync

RPC, API,gRPC

Cosmos:

RPC: https://story-testnet-rpc.itrocket.net (opens in a new tab)

Websocket: wss://story-testnet-rpc.itrocket.net/websocket

API: https://story-testnet-api.itrocket.net (opens in a new tab)

Custom REST API (20 req/s max): https://api-story-testnet.itrocket.net (opens in a new tab)

Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM):

JSON-RPC: https://story-testnet-evm.itrocket.net:443 (opens in a new tab)

Websocket: wss://story-testnet-wss.itrocket.net

Peers, Seeds, Live Peers, Addebook

peers:

01f8a2148a94f0267af919d2eab78452c90d9864@story-testnet-peer.itrocket.net:52656

seeds:

46b7995b0b77515380000b7601e6fc21f783e16f@story-testnet-seed.itrocket.net:52656

live peers:

PEERS="01f8a2148a94f0267af919d2eab78452c90d9864@story-testnet-peer.itrocket.net:52656,521f141a1ea0e9f23029428b41d3d3cc41862feb@34.76.242.140:26656,eb99dd98a2236fed658134ef9e78b86b58cb16ed@213.239.198.181:52656,84f26098dc3736c501de372c85bb8794a1bd50e5@65.109.69.188:26656,f86435bc0377a9b4dc64b6794f9e6fca3c8dad7a@65.109.71.80:52656,9d34ab3819aa8baa75589f99138318acfa0045f5@95.217.119.251:30900,32a52b2fd7a512c1a4803ebe0ba25ca53fad434f@88.99.216.51:26656,311cd3903e25ab85e5a26c44510fbc747ab61760@152.53.87.97:36656,db6791a8e35dee076de75aebae3c89df8bba3374@65.109.50.22:56656,9308260b6cb4ca1faa9f3025bac0bc2636c4b020@185.232.68.94:26656,36b4dc63121ecde21a7e1f884768d456fc059e0e@152.53.240.138:62656,40bafe5bf4c0c8913be7299b97b93fd8daecb138@188.68.38.127:20656"
sed -i -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/}" $HOME/.story/story/config/config.toml

peers scanner:

PEERS="01f8a2148a94f0267af919d2eab78452c90d9864@207.120.52.220:52656,dfb96be7e47cd76762c1dd45a5f76e536be47faa@65.108.45.34:32655,39b7dc4b8a061ca4456799598c31db911a795d06@91.72.69.47:26686,7ad0197fc47f2093d418573410c70ae15dd8bd17@74.208.94.42:26646,85e39bd2820f16f023289ff7f2a3e57b60d03dcb@198.244.176.206:22136,fbf163ec501eb2acdfe90317dd06c3bad7acaf26@65.21.192.60:62656"
sed -i -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/}" $HOME/.story/story/config/config.toml

addrbook:

wget -O $HOME/.story/story/config/addrbook.json https://server-3.itrocket.net/testnet/story/addrbook.json

genesis:

wget -O $HOME/.story/story/config/genesis.json https://server-3.itrocket.net/testnet/story/genesis.json

enode:

geth --exec 'admin.addPeer("enode://e612cc32e85928b9311927f5682d0154fa41a22a7be8e2be68a4d1b2c64db363efbcae2dfa9b98ee3acb91341abf70d8683bcd80faf11f063ff0afb2a0655058@story-testnet-enode.itrocket.net:30301")' attach ~/.story/geth/aeneid/geth.ipc
sudo systemctl restart story-geth && sudo journalctl -u story-geth -f

Snapshot (pruned)

updated every 4h available 24/7 (every server stores last 2 snapshots)

height: 4456933 | 2h ago | 3841 blocks ago | size 2.72 GB: story 17MB db: goleveldb

# install dependencies, and disable statesync to avoid sync issues
sudo apt install curl tmux jq lz4 unzip -y
sed -i.bak -E "s|^(enable[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1false|" $HOME/.story/story/config/config.toml
 
# stop node and backup priv_validator_state.json
sudo systemctl stop story story-geth
cp $HOME/.story/story/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.story/story/priv_validator_state.json.backup
 
# remove old data and unpack Story snapshot
rm -rf $HOME/.story/story/data
curl https://server-3.itrocket.net/testnet/story/story_2025-05-17_4456933_snap.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.story/story
 
# restore priv_validator_state.json
mv $HOME/.story/story/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.story/story/data/priv_validator_state.json
 
# delete geth data and unpack Geth snapshot
rm -rf $HOME/.story/geth/aeneid/geth/chaindata
curl https://server-3.itrocket.net/testnet/story/geth_story_2025-05-17_4456933_snap.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.story/geth/aeneid/geth
 
# restart node and check logs
sudo systemctl restart story story-geth
sudo journalctl -u story-geth -u story -f

State sync

if you don't want to wait for a long synchronization you can use:

cd $HOME
sudo systemctl stop story story-geth
 
cp $HOME/.story/story/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.story/story/priv_validator_state.json.backup
rm -rf $HOME/.story/story/data
mkdir $HOME/.story/story/data
mv $HOME/.story/story/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.story/story/data/priv_validator_state.json
 
peers="01f8a2148a94f0267af919d2eab78452c90d9864@story-testnet-peer.itrocket.net:52656,521f141a1ea0e9f23029428b41d3d3cc41862feb@34.76.242.140:26656,eb99dd98a2236fed658134ef9e78b86b58cb16ed@213.239.198.181:52656,84f26098dc3736c501de372c85bb8794a1bd50e5@65.109.69.188:26656,f86435bc0377a9b4dc64b6794f9e6fca3c8dad7a@65.109.71.80:52656,9d34ab3819aa8baa75589f99138318acfa0045f5@95.217.119.251:30900,32a52b2fd7a512c1a4803ebe0ba25ca53fad434f@88.99.216.51:26656,311cd3903e25ab85e5a26c44510fbc747ab61760@152.53.87.97:36656,db6791a8e35dee076de75aebae3c89df8bba3374@65.109.50.22:56656,9308260b6cb4ca1faa9f3025bac0bc2636c4b020@185.232.68.94:26656,36b4dc63121ecde21a7e1f884768d456fc059e0e@152.53.240.138:62656,40bafe5bf4c0c8913be7299b97b93fd8daecb138@188.68.38.127:20656"  
SNAP_RPC="https://story-testnet-rpc.itrocket.net:443"
 
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" $HOME/.story/story/config/config.toml
 
LATEST_HEIGHT=$(curl -s $SNAP_RPC/block | jq -r .result.block.header.height);
BLOCK_HEIGHT=$((LATEST_HEIGHT - 1000));
TRUST_HASH=$(curl -s "$SNAP_RPC/block?height=$BLOCK_HEIGHT" | jq -r .result.block_id.hash)
 
echo $LATEST_HEIGHT $BLOCK_HEIGHT $TRUST_HASH && sleep 2
 
sed -i.bak -E "s|^(enable[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1true| ;
s|^(rpc_servers[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$SNAP_RPC,$SNAP_RPC\"| ;
s|^(trust_height[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1$BLOCK_HEIGHT| ;
s|^(trust_hash[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"$TRUST_HASH\"| ;
s|^(seeds[[:space:]]+=[[:space:]]+).*$|\1\"\"|" $HOME/.story/story/config/config.toml
 
sudo systemctl restart story story-geth && sudo journalctl -u story -f

Node Sync Status Checker

#!/bin/bash
rpc_port=$(grep -m 1 -oP '^laddr = "\K[^"]+' "$HOME/.story/story/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=$(curl -s https://story-testnet-rpc.itrocket.net/status | jq -r '.result.sync_info.latest_block_height')
  blocks_left=$((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
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