🖥️Installation (Andes)

Guide on Light Validator for Dill by Ravenode

Currently, to become a Dill Light Validator you need the andes-validator role on the Dill discord server.

Hardware Specifications

Add Andes Testnet Network

Request Faucet

  1. Requires andes-validator Role

  2. Go to private [🌋｜andes] channel on Dill discord server

  3. Copy your EVM (0x) address

  4. Type $request address

Please double check your address as one user can only request on time

Update System

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Download and run the setup script

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DillLabs/launch-dill-node/main/launch_dill_node.sh  && chmod +x launch_dill_node.sh && ./launch_dill_node.sh

  • Wait for the files to download.

  • Create a strong password for your keystore (At least 8 characters long) and confirm Keystore Password.

  • Press enter to confirm after validator keys generated.

If you completed all the steps correctly, you will get an output like this:

node running, congratulations 😄
validator pubkey: xxxxxx
Please backup this directory $YOUR_SCRIPT_PATH/dill/validator_keys. Required for recovery and migration. Important ！！！

Please backup the validator_keys folder on this directory /root/dill/validator_keys

Check your node health

cd dill
./health_check.sh -v

If you receive an output like this, it means your node is synced:

2024-07-26 15:13:13 +08 > node running
2024-07-26 15:13:13 +08 > node peers count 81
2024-07-26 15:13:13 +08 > node's network connectivity check passed
2024-07-26 15:13:13 +08 > Synchronization done, current slot is 121826
2024-07-26 15:13:13 +08 > Node health check passed.

Validator Staking

Please ensure your address have at least >2500 DILL requested from the faucet channel.

Upload Deposit Data

  1. Visit https://staking.dill.xyz/

  2. Upload the deposit_data-xxxx.json file

  1. After uploading the deposit_data-xxxx.json file to the site, click Connect to MetaMask, make sure you have enough funds (>2500 DILL)

  1. Send deposit, using MetaMask to send a deposit transaction

  1. After completing these operations, you can check your node using your public key (prefixed with 0x) on the last pages of the validators section in the Explorer at https://andes.dill.xyz/validators. Please note that it may take up to an hour for your node to appear.

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