⚙️ Installation

Chain ID: tumbler | Node Version: v2.4.14 | Custom Port: 171

Recommended Hardware:

Node Type	CPU	RAM	Storage
Mainnet	8	16GB	250GB

Install dependencies

# Update the repositories
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

# Install developer packages
sudo apt install -y curl git jq lz4 build-essential

# Install Go
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
curl -Ls https://go.dev/dl/go1.24.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzf - -C /usr/local
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/golang.sh)
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin' | tee -a $HOME/.profile)
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
go version

Automatic Installation

source <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/validexisinfra/Paloma/main/installmain.sh)

Manual Installation

# Come up with the name of your node and replace it instead <your_moniker>
MONIKER=<your_moniker>

# Download binary files
cd $HOME
rm -rf paloma
git clone https://github.com/palomachain/paloma.git
cd paloma
git checkout v2.4.14
make install

# Set node configuration
palomad config set client chain-id tumbler
palomad config set client keyring-backend file
palomad config set client node tcp://localhost:26657

# Initialize the node
palomad init $MONIKER --chain-id tumbler

# Download genesis and addrbook
wget -O genesis.json https://snapshots.polkachu.com/genesis/paloma/genesis.json --inet4-only
mv genesis.json ~/.paloma/config
wget -O addrbook.json https://snapshots.polkachu.com/addrbook/paloma/addrbook.json --inet4-only
mv addrbook.json ~/.paloma/config

Setup config

# Set seeds and peers
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"[email protected]:12156\"|" $HOME/.paloma/config/config.toml

# Set minimum gas price
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0ugrain\"|" $HOME/.paloma/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/.paloma/config/app.toml

Set custom ports

You can change value CUSTOM_PORT=171 To any other ports

CUSTOM_PORT=171

sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CUSTOM_PORT}58\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CUSTOM_PORT}57\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:${CUSTOM_PORT}60\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}56\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":${CUSTOM_PORT}66\"%" $HOME/.paloma/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://localhost:1317\"%address = \"tcp://localhost:${CUSTOM_PORT}17\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":${CUSTOM_PORT}80\"%; s%^address = \"localhost:9090\"%address = \"localhost:${CUSTOM_PORT}90\"%; s%^address = \"localhost:9091\"%address = \"localhost:${CUSTOM_PORT}91\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:8545\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}45\"%; s%^ws-address = \"0.0.0.0:8546\"%ws-address = \"0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}46\"%" $HOME/.paloma/config/app.toml

#Set config with new custom port
palomad config set client node tcp://localhost:${CUSTOM_PORT}57

# Create service file
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/palomad.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=paloma
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which palomad) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

# Download latest chain snapshot

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable palomad
sudo systemctl restart palomad && sudo journalctl -u palomad -fo cat

# Check status
palomad status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo

#"catching_up": false means that the node is synchronized, we are waiting for complete synchronization

Wallets

# Create wallet
palomad keys add wallet

The wallet has been created. In the last line there will be a phrase that must be written down

# If the wallet was already there, restore it
palomad keys add wallet --recover

# Insert the seed phrase from your wallet
# If everything is correct, you will see your wallet data

Validator

Do not forget to create a profile on https://keybase.io/ and set a profile photo there that will be imported by key and used for your validators.

palomad tx staking create-validator <(cat <<EOF
{
  "pubkey": $(palomad comet show-validator),
  "amount": "1000000ugrain",
  "moniker": "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME",
  "identity": "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID",
  "website": "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL",
  "security": "YOUR_SECURITY_EMAIL",
  "details": "YOUR_DETAILS",
  "commission-rate": "0.05",
  "commission-max-rate": "0.20",
  "commission-max-change-rate": "0.05",
  "min-self-delegation": "1"
}
EOF
) \
--chain-id tumbler \
--from wallet \
--gas-adjustment 1.4 \
--gas auto \
--gas-prices 0ugrain \
-y

!!! Save priv_validator_key.json which is located in /root/.paloma/config