🖥️Installation

Incentivized Testnet by DUSK Network (ITN Node Running)

Hardware Specifications

CPU	RAM	Storage	Network Connection
2 cores; 2 GHz	4 GB	50 GB	10 Mbps

Prerequisites

Rust 1.71 nightly or higher
GCC 13 or higher
Clang 16 or higher

Setting up the Environment

Open a terminal and run the following command to check if Rust is available:

rustc --version

If this returns a command not found error, we’ll need to install and activate Rust. Run the following command to download and install Rust:

# Download and Install

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs/ | sh

# Activate rust

source $HOME/.cargo/env

Install Clang

sudo apt-get install clang

Install Git

sudo apt-get install git

We’ve created an easy to use ITN installer. This installer will set up Rusk as a service on your droplet, preconfigure parts of the node, and provide a couple of helper scripts.

Install Rusk by pasting the following command in your droplet terminal:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSfL https://github.com/dusk-network/itn-installer/releases/download/v0.1.0/itn-installer.sh | sudo sh

Configure Rusk

Once everything has been set up, you will be asked to add your consensus keys. These keys are used to sign and vote for blocks.

If you haven’t made a wallet yet, go to Dusk Web Wallet and create a new wallet. You can request funds from their faucet here. The faucet will give you 1100 tDUSK. The minimum to stake is 1000 tDUSK.

Once you have access to a Dusk mnemonic, run the following command:

rusk-wallet restore

You will be asked to provide your recovery phrase/mnemonic, in lower caps, and to enter a password for the wallet.

Once you’ve done so, run the following command to export a consensus key for the given wallet:

rusk-wallet export -d /opt/dusk/conf -n consensus.keys

You will be asked to set an encryption password for the consensus key. Remember it and run the following script to set it as an environment variable:

sh /opt/dusk/bin/setup_consensus_pwd.sh

If you’ve configured everything correctly, you can now start rusk:

service rusk start

Your node will now start syncing. You can check if it indeed is by running:

grep "block accepted" /var/log/rusk.log

Wait until your node is synced up. You can find the latest block height on explorer.

Stake tDUSK

The final step is to stake. Once you received the faucet, you can stake by running:

rusk-wallet stake --amt 1000 # Or however much you want to stake

Once the transaction has gone through, you can view your staking information by running:

rusk-wallet stake-info

To see if your node is participating in consensus and creating blocks:

tail -F /var/log/rusk.log

Link to official docs: https://docs.dusk.network/itn/node-running-guide/