⚙️Set up validator node

Full Consensus Node

Instructions relating to running a validator node on the Mainnet are mostly identical or highly similar than those for the Testnet. Here's how you can install a node on Linux.

mkdir -p mainnet/config
cd mainnet
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Taraxa-project/taraxa-ops/master/taraxa_compose_mainnet/docker-compose.yml
docker-compose up -d
docker-compose logs

Because the Taraxa network state has gotten very large, it takes quite a long time to sync. An alternative is to sync from a snapshot, which will drastically cut down on the amount of syncing time and can get your node up & running much more quickly.

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Lite Consensus Node (beta)

You could also choose to run a lite-version of the consensus nodes, with ~90% SSD savings. It operates exactly the same as a full node, but prunes most of the historical states, keeping just a few recent Periods.

Please follow the instructions on light consensus nodes.

Lite node requires pruning, and you need to restart your lite node for pruning to start. It's recommended to set up a script to periodically restart the lite node to keep disk space usage to a mininum.

Because the Taraxa network state has gotten very large, it takes quite a long time to sync. An alternative is to sync from a snapshot, which will drastically cut down on the amount of syncing time and can get your node up & running much more quickly.

>> Latest snapshots <<