Tycho Testnet

A collection of resources for the Tycho Testnet.

Links

• Tycho Node
• Explorer
• Monitoring
• Validator Guide
• Global Config

Recommended Hardware Requirements

• 16 cores \ 32 threads CPU
• 128 GB RAM
• 1TB Fast NVMe SSD
• 1 Gbit/s network connectivity
• Public IP address

Prerequisites

Before building from source, make sure to install the following prerequisites:

Install Rust

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

Install build dependencies:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential git libssl-dev zlib1g-dev pkg-config clang jq

How To Install

Clone and build the node:

git clone https://github.com/broxus/tycho
cd tycho
git checkout tags/v0.1.2 -b mynode
cargo install --path ./cli --locked

Note

Use the latest tag for git checkout

Generate node keys and configs

# --global-config: file path or URL to the network global config
# --stake: stake value per round
tycho init --systemd --global-config https://testnet.tychoprotocol.com/global-config.json \
    --validator --stake 500000

Output

{
 "node_keys": {
   "public": "18794f07dfdca1e4a2ffa655bbe5da4d396852d7ea8e55e4f92e60d209d3ae1f",
   "path": "/home/my/.tycho/node_keys.json",
   "updated": true
 },
 "elections": {
   "wallet": "-1:eb1c97aa93dbb01ac6000ace8e7f08a8b8f0078ee53d861f2e924abcd7ca2c4c",
   "public": "344659d1171701530b61f475c0795657bfacaf5a7e850050c5be2c8235d3689d",
   "stake": "500000",
   "path": "/home/my/.tycho/elections.json",
   "updated": true
 },
 "node_config": {
   "path": "/home/my/.tycho/config.json",
   "updated": true
 },
 "global_config": {
   "path": "/home/my/.tycho/global-config.json",
   "updated": true
 },
 "systemd": {
   "tycho-elect": {
     "path": "/home/my/.config/systemd/my/tycho-elect.service",
     "updated": true
   },
   "tycho": {
     "path": "/home/my/.config/systemd/my/tycho.service",
     "updated": true
   }
 }
}

Backup keys

• ~/.tycho/node_keys.json - node keys which are used for the network and validation stuff;
• ~/.tycho/elections.json - keys and settings of the validator wallet;

Configure ~/.tycho/config.json

• port - node will listen on this UDP port;
• storage.root_dir - DB path, you might want to move it to a separate disk partition;
• metrics.listen_addr - Prometheus exporter will listen on this address;
• rpc - set it to null to disable an RPC endpoint if you want to save some disk space;

How To Run

• Enable tycho services:

  systemctl enable tycho --user --now
  systemctl enable tycho-elect --user --now
  
  # Extend services lifetime
  sudo loginctl enable-linger

• Wait until the node is synced:

  # Check the current status
  tycho node status

  Output

  {
    "init_mc_seqno": 0,
    "init_mc_block_id": "-1:8000000000000000:0:795ea223590f5ffa6a687ba090d37c5db6481b9d55b4bce375b0b48568413bf7:5e409bc128e785d56965294c99db2f8918005054d72c2d6a8c4080ee47ecf203",
    "latest_mc_seqno": 1341,
    "latest_mc_block_id": "-1:8000000000000000:1341:b88104daf5f7d6cdb3457722a0928463b671d2ab4a08c2e81603497b64f0e080:9ffc67faa8bdab9ffac05c4bbcdbb65323f193f60689e5bf668261cdfa526dd6",
    "time_diff": 1,
    "is_synced": true,
    "in_current_vset": false,
    "in_next_vset": false,
    "is_elected": false
  }

• Send testnet tokens to the validator wallet. The required amount is 10 + 2 * stake.

Note

You can find the wallet address in ~/.tycho/elections.json.

How To Reset

In case of major updates or fatal failures.

• Stop node services:

  systemctl stop tycho --user
  systemctl stop tycho-elect --user

• Delete node database:

  # Default db path, can be changed in ~/.tycho/config.json
  rm -rf ~/.tycho/db

• Start services:

  systemctl start tycho --user
  systemctl start tycho-elect --user