⚒️Installation

1. Update packages and install useful tools.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade --yes && \
sudo apt install git build-essential ufw curl jq snapd screen ncdu nano fuse ufw --yes

2. Install go using snap.

sudo snap install go --classic && \
echo 'export GOPATH="$HOME/go"' >> ~/.profile && \
echo 'export GOBIN="$GOPATH/bin"' >> ~/.profile && \
echo 'export PATH="$GOBIN:$PATH"' >> ~/.profile && \
source ~/.profile && \
go version

3. Build the binary from source.

git clone https://github.com/FirmaChain/firmachain
cd firmachain
git checkout v0.3.5-patch
make install
firmachaind version
sudo mv ~/go/bin/firmachaind /usr/local/bin/firmachaind

4. Initialize your node.

firmachaind init <node_name> --chain-id colosseum-1

5. Download genesis.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FirmaChain/mainnet/main/colosseum-1/genesis.json -O $HOME/.firmachain/config/genesis.json

6. Add seeds to config.toml.

SEEDS="[e-mail]:26656,[e-mail]:26656,[e-mail]:26656"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/" $HOME/.firmachain/config/config.toml

7. Set up minimum gas price.

sed -i 's|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0.1ufct"|g' $HOME/.firmachain/config/app.toml

8. Set up pruning (optional).

pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="100"
pruning_keep_every="0"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.firmachain/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.firmachain/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.firmachain/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.firmachain/config/app.toml

9. Create service file.

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/firmachaind.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=FirmaChain Daemon
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which firmachaind) start
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

10. Enable and start service.

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable firmachaind
systemctl restart firmachaind
journalctl -u firmachaind -f -o cat

If you would like to speed up the sync process, you may try using State Sync.