Install

Recommended Hardware: 6 Cores, 8GB RAM, 500GB of storage (NVME)

Chain ID: celestia | Latest Version Tag: v3.0.2

Install dependencies

Update system and install build tools

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -y

Install GO

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
curl -Ls https://go.dev/dl/go1.23.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzf - -C /usr/local
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/golang.sh)
eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin' | tee -a $HOME/.profile)
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
go version

Come up with the name of your node and replace it instead <your_moniker>

MONIKER=<your_moniker>

Download binary files

cd $HOME 
rm -rf celestia-app 
git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app.git 
cd celestia-app 
git checkout v3.0.2
make install

Initialize the node

# config and init app
celestia-appd config chain-id celestia
celestia-appd config keyring-backend file
celestia-appd config node tcp://localhost:26657

celestia-appd init $MONIKER --chain-id celestia

Set node configuration

# download genesis and addrbook
curl -Ls https://snapshots.kjnodes.com/celestia/genesis.json > $HOME/.celestia-app/config/genesis.json
curl -Ls https://snapshots.kjnodes.com/celestia/addrbook.json > $HOME/.celestia-app/config/addrbook.json

# Add seeds
sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"[e-mail]:12059\"|" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml

# Set commit timeout
sed -i -e "s|^target_height_duration *=.*|timeout_commit = \"11s\"|" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml

# Set minimum gas price
sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.002utia\"|" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.toml

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

# Set configuration for v3
sed -i -e "s|^recv_rate *=.*|recv_rate = 10485760|" -e "s|^send_rate *=.*|send_rate = 10485760|" -e "s|^ttl-num-blocks *=.*|ttl-num-blocks = 12|" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml

# Enable bbr
sudo modprobe tcp_bbr
echo "net.core.default_qdisc=fq" | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo "net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control=bbr" | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

Create a service

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/celestia-appd.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Celestia node
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.celestia-app
ExecStart=$(which celestia-appd) start --home $HOME/.celestia-app
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable celestia-appd

Download latest chain snapshot

Start service and check the logs

sudo systemctl start celestia-appd && sudo journalctl -u celestia-appd -f

Create wallet

# to create a new wallet, use the following command. don’t forget to save the mnemonic
celestia-appd keys add wallet

# to restore exexuting wallet, use the following command
celestia-appd keys add wallet --recover

# list all keys
celestia-appd keys list

# before creating a validator, you need to fund your wallet and check balance
celestia-appd q bank balances $(celestia-appd keys show wallet -a)

Create validator

celestia-appd tx staking create-validator \
--amount 1000000utia \
--pubkey $(celestia-appd tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \
--chain-id celestia \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--commission-max-rate 0.20 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.05 \
--min-self-delegation 1 \
--from wallet \
--gas-adjustment 1.4 \
--gas auto \
--gas-prices 0.005utia \
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