Installation

Setup validator name

MONIKER="YOUR_MONIKER_GOES_HERE"

Install dependencies

sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install git curl build-essential make jq gcc snapd chrony lz4 tmux unzip bc -y

INSTALL GO

rm -rf $HOME/go
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
cd $HOME
curl https://dl.google.com/go/go1.23.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -C/usr/local -zxvf -
cat <<'EOF' >>$HOME/.profile
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export GO111MODULE=on
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin
EOF
source $HOME/.profile
go version

Install Node

cd $HOME
rm -rf side
git clone https://github.com/sideprotocol/side.git
cd side
git checkout v0.7.0
make install

Initialize Node

sided init "MONIKER" --chain-id side-testnet-3

Download genesis and addrbook

curl -Ls https://snapshots.aknodes.net/snapshots/side/genesis.json > $HOME/.side/config/genesis.json

curl -Ls https://snapshots.aknodes.net/snapshots/side/addrbook.json > $HOME/.side/config/addrbook.json

Create Service

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/sided.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Side node
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.side
ExecStart=$(which sided) start --home $HOME/.side
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Download Snapshot

sided tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.side --keep-addr-book 
curl https://snapshots.aknodes.net/snapshots/side/snapshot-side.AKNodes.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.side

Start the node

sudo systemctl restart sided
journalctl -u sided -f