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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 ZETA_PORT="38"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

Install binary:​

cd $HOME
wget -O $HOME/zetacored https://github.com/zeta-chain/node/releases/download/v36.0.0/zetacored-linux-amd64
chmod +x $HOME/zetacored
mv $HOME/zetacored $HOME/go/bin
zetacored version

Set min gas & zetachain_7000-1:​

zetacored init Node39-Guide --chain-id zetachain_7000-1
sed -i "s/chain-id = .*/chain-id = \"zetachain_7000-1\"/" $HOME/.zetacored/config/client.toml
sed -i "s/keyring-backend = .*/keyring-backend = \"os\"/" $HOME/.zetacored/config/client.toml
sed -i "s/node = .*/node = \"tcp:\/\/localhost:${ZETA_PORT}657\"/" $HOME/.zetacored/config/client.toml

Custom ports:​

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

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

Set min gas:​

sed -i "s/minimum-gas-prices = .*/minimum-gas-prices = \"1azeta\"/" $HOME/.zetacored/config/app.toml

Set indexer:​

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

Pruning:​

sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.zetacored/config/app.toml 
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.zetacored/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"19\"/" $HOME/.zetacored/config/app.toml

Download Genesis & addressbook:​

curl -Ls https://file2.node39.top/Mainnet/Zetachain/genesis.json > $HOME/.zetacored/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://file2.node39.top/Mainnet/Zetachain/addrbook.json > $HOME/.zetacored/config/addrbook.json

Live Peers:​

Fetching live peers...

Create Service:​

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

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

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

Download snapshot: Here.​

Check sync:​

(False -> Done)

zetacored status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo