Technical Requirements

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Minimum Hardware Configuration

This is the minimum hardware configuration required to setup a full node:

RAM: 16-32 GB
CPU: 4-8 core CPU (For AWS: t3.2xlarge)
Storage: 250GB to 1TB SSD (make sure it is extendable)

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The minimum storage requirements will change over time as the network grows. It is recommended to use more than the minimum requirements to run a robust full node.

Setting up Validator on SECRYPT Testnet

Ensure you have access to the remote machine or VM on which the full node is being set up.

# How to setup a Validator on SECRYPT Testnet

## Part 1 – Build from Source (Ubuntu 20.04)

Follow [this guide](https://github.com/SECRYPT-2022/SECRYPT/blob/main/README.md#build-from-source-ubuntu-2004) to download and compile the binaries.

## Part 2 – Generate Validator Keys

Create a directory to store your keys and testnet blockchain data

mkdir ~/.testsxc

cd ~/SECRYPT

Run this to generate your keys

./secrypt secrets init –data-dir ~/.testsxc

You should see something like this:

[SECRETS INIT]

Public key (address) = 0xXXXXXXXXXX…

BLS Public key = 0xXXXXXXXXXX…

Node ID = 16UXXXXXXXXX…

Save that somewhere and continue to the next step.

## Part 3 – Stake Your Coins

### Setup staking contracts

Download staking contracts:

git clone https://github.com/SECRYPT-2022/staking-contracts.git

cd staking-contracts

npm i

cp .env.example .env

Now open up the .env file and fill out the missing parts. Fill out the variables like so:

JSONRPC_URL=http://ttv-wkqbnkghpr.dynamic-m.com:8544

PRIVATE_KEYS=YOUR_VALIDATOR_PRIVATE_KEY_HERE

STAKING_CONTRACT_ADDRESS=0x0000000000000000000000000000000000001001

The `YOUR_VALIDATOR_PRIVATE_KEY_HERE` variable can be found in this file:

Save the `.env` file and continue on

### Fund your wallet

Send at least 8.1 SXC to the wallet address that you generated in Part 2:

Public key (address) = 0xXXXXX…

### Stake to become a validator

Once you have completed the steps above, run the following:

npm run stake

It run run a few seconds until the transaction confirms. Once the script is done running, you can run this script to confirm that your validator was added as well as the total staked amount and list of validators.

npm run info

When you are done staking and want to un-stake, run this command:

npm run info

## Part 4 – Start Your Validator

./secrypt server –data-dir ~/.testsxc –chain testnet-genesis.json –seal –max-slots 40960 –grpc 0.0.0.0:9632 –libp2p 0.0.0.0:1478 –jsonrpc 0.0.0.0:8545 –max-inbound-peers 128 –max-outbound-peers 16

Once you run that, your validator will start syncing with the testnet blockchain and begin validating.

You have successfully set up a full node with Ansible.