Installation

Step 1

Install Pre Requisites

sudo apt update
sudo apt install git build-essential curl jq lz4 --yes

wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.20.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.20.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz
rm go1.20.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
cat <<EOF >> ~/.profile  
export GOPATH=$HOME/go  
export GO111MODULE=on  
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin  
EOF

source ~/.profile

go version

# OUTPUT
# go version go1.20.2 linux/amd64

Step 2

Install Bitsong Node

git clone https://github.com/bitsongofficial/go-bitsong.git
cd go-bitsong
git checkout v0.15.0
make install
bitsongd version

# OUTPUT
# 0.15.0

Step 3

Create Background Service

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/bitsongd.service > /dev/null << EOF

[Unit]
Description=Bitsong Node
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=/home/$USER/go/bin/bitsongd start
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=10000

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Enable Bitsong Node In Background

sudo systemctl enable bitsongd

Step 4

Initialize Bitsong Node

bitsongd config chain-id bitsong-2b
bitsongd init "your node name" --chain-id bitsong-2b

Set Gas Price

sed -i 's|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0.0026ubtsg"|g' $HOME/.bitsongd/config/app.toml

Get Genesis

 wget https://snapshot.safeblock.space/bitsong/genesis.json -P $HOME/.bitsongd/config

Step 5

Start by StateSync or Snapshot

State Sync

Snapshot

Step 6

Start Bitsong Node

sudo systemctl start bitsongd && sudo journalctl -fu bitsongd -o cat