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Installation

Install Dependencies:​

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt-get install git curl build-essential make jq gcc snapd chrony lz4 tmux unzip make bc -y

Install GO: (amd64 - x86)​

sudo rm -rf $HOME/go
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
cd $HOME
curl https://dl.google.com/go/go1.24.6.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -C /usr/local -zxvf -
cat <<'EOF' >> $HOME/.bashrc
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin
export GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org,direct
EOF
source $HOME/.bashrc
go version

Set variables:​

echo "export COSMOS_PORT="38"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

Install binary:​

cd $HOME
rm -rf cosmos
git clone https://github.com/cosmos/gaia cosmos
cd cosmos
git checkout v27.0.0
make install

Set min gas & cosmoshub-4:​

gaiad init Node39-Guide --chain-id cosmoshub-4
sed -i "s/chain-id = .*/chain-id = \"cosmoshub-4\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/client.toml
sed -i "s/keyring-backend = .*/keyring-backend = \"os\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/client.toml
sed -i "s/node = .*/node = \"tcp:\/\/localhost:${COSMOS_PORT}657\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/client.toml

Custom ports:​

sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${COSMOS_PORT}317%g;
s%:8080%:${COSMOS_PORT}080%g;
s%:9090%:${COSMOS_PORT}090%g;
s%:9091%:${COSMOS_PORT}091%g;
s%:8545%:${COSMOS_PORT}545%g;
s%:8546%:${COSMOS_PORT}546%g;
s%:6065%:${COSMOS_PORT}065%g" $HOME/.gaia/config/app.toml

sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${COSMOS_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${COSMOS_PORT}657%g;
s%:6060%:${COSMOS_PORT}060%g;
s%:26656%:${COSMOS_PORT}656%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${COSMOS_PORT}656\"%;
s%:26660%:${COSMOS_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml

Set min gas:​

sed -i "s/minimum-gas-prices = .*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.0025uatom\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/app.toml

Set indexer:​

sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml

Pruning:​

sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/app.toml 
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"50\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/app.toml

Download Genesis & addressbook:​

curl -Ls https://file3.node39.top/Mainnet/Cosmos/genesis.json > $HOME/.gaia/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://file3.node39.top/Mainnet/Cosmos/addrbook.json > $HOME/.gaia/config/addrbook.json

Peers:​

peers="a87a406c31a3cc6a240c594277039011272ab67c@bitbadges-peers.node39.top:21656"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml

Create Service:​

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/gaiad.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=CosmosHub Node
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$HOME
ExecStart=$(which gaiad) start
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable gaiad

Download snapshot: Here.​

Check sync:​

(False -> Done)

gaiad status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo