⚒️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

1. 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

1. Build the binary from source.

git clone https://github.com/cascadiafoundation/cascadia
cd cascadia
git checkout v0.1.3
make install
cascadiad version

1. Initialize your node.

cascadiad init <node_name> --chain-id=cascadia_6102-1

1. Download genesis.

curl -LO https://github.com/CascadiaFoundation/chain-configuration/raw/master/testnet/genesis.json.gz
gunzip genesis.json.gz
mv genesis.json ~/.cascadiad/config/

1. Add persistent peers to config.toml.

peers="b651ea2a0517e82c1a476e25966ab3de3159afe8@34.229.22.39:26656,3b389873f999763d3f937f63f765f0948411e296@44.192.85.92:26656"
sed -i.bak -e  "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" ~/.cascadiad/config/config.toml

1. Set up pruning (optional).

PRUNING="custom"
PRUNING_KEEP_RECENT="100"
PRUNING_INTERVAL="10"

sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$PRUNING\"/" $HOME/.cascadiad/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \
\"$PRUNING_KEEP_RECENT\"/" $HOME/.cascadiad/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \
\"$PRUNING_INTERVAL\"/" $HOME/.cascadiad/config/app.toml

1. Create service file.

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

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

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

1. Enable and start service.

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

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