Empeiria Testnet
Minimum Hardware
| NODE | CPU | RAM | SSD | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| emped | 4 | 8 | 200 GB | Ubuntu 22.04 LTS |
Install Dependencies
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -y
Install Go
cd $HOME
VER="1.22.3"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$VER.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf "go$VER.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
rm "go$VER.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
[ ! -f ~/.bash_profile ] && touch ~/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:~/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
[ ! -d ~/go/bin ] && mkdir -p ~/go/bin
Set Var
echo "export WALLET="wallet"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export MONIKER="test"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export EMPED_CHAIN_ID="empe-testnet-2"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export EMPED_PORT="36"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
Download Binary
cd $HOME
rm -rf bin
mkdir bin
cd $HOME/bin
curl -LO https://github.com/empe-io/empe-chain-releases/raw/master/v0.4.0/emped_v0.4.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
tar -xvf emped_v0.4.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
chmod +x $HOME/bin/emped
mv $HOME/bin/emped ~/go/bin
Config and Init App
emped config node tcp://localhost:${EMPED_PORT}657
emped config keyring-backend os
emped config chain-id empe-testnet-2
emped init "test" --chain-id empe-testnet-2
Download Genesis and Addrbook
wget -O $HOME/.empe-chain/config/genesis.json https://server-5.itrocket.net/testnet/empeiria/genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.empe-chain/config/addrbook.json https://server-5.itrocket.net/testnet/empeiria/addrbook.json
Seeds and Peers
SEEDS="20ca5fc4882e6f975ad02d106da8af9c4a5ac6de@empeiria-testnet-seed.itrocket.net:28656"
PEERS="03aa072f917ed1b79a14ea2cc660bc3bac787e82@empeiria-testnet-peer.itrocket.net:28656,e058f20874c7ddf7d8dc8a6200ff6c7ee66098ba@65.109.93.124:29056,4c055c7272b26141c26c82334d07cc65558e79aa@134.255.182.245:14656,78f766310a83b6670023169b93f01d140566db79@65.109.83.40:29056,0f87465704e95ea92f6906f47a99a5d91aff0e1c@195.201.86.60:43656,e62b549646fee135cf010bc10641f728aba7fbd0@65.108.234.158:26626,2db322b41d26559476f929fda51bce06c3db8ba4@65.109.24.155:11256,080d9cc12e08fb64dd0f4528d0da4a84d5d9428e@37.27.83.234:26656,810e21adee3b8f337bab0df70ba75d38afde2348@152.53.0.11:29656,5fc98f2ec4b2a6001aa5655c9852d259e83a8e74@65.108.226.44:11256,c6710b8f443b5f4bfff109a355b12645b652962c@46.250.234.174:28656,45bdc8628385d34afc271206ac629b07675cd614@65.21.202.124:25656"
sed -i -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/}" \
-e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/}" $HOME/.empe-chain/config/config.toml
Custom Ports
sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${EMPED_PORT}317%g;
s%:8080%:${EMPED_PORT}080%g;
s%:9090%:${EMPED_PORT}090%g;
s%:9091%:${EMPED_PORT}091%g;
s%:8545%:${EMPED_PORT}545%g;
s%:8546%:${EMPED_PORT}546%g;
s%:6065%:${EMPED_PORT}065%g" $HOME/.empe-chain/config/app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${EMPED_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${EMPED_PORT}657%g;
s%:6060%:${EMPED_PORT}060%g;
s%:26656%:${EMPED_PORT}656%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${EMPED_PORT}656\"%;
s%:26660%:${EMPED_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.empe-chain/config/config.toml
Pruning, Gas and Prometheus
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.empe-chain/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.empe-chain/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"19\"/" $HOME/.empe-chain/config/app.toml
sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0.0001uempe"|g' $HOME/.empe-chain/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.empe-chain/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.empe-chain/config/config.toml
Create Service File
sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/emped.service > /dev/null << EOF
[Unit]
Description=Empeiria node
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.empe-chain
ExecStart=$(which emped) start --home $HOME/.empe-chain
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
Start
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable emped
sudo systemctl restart emped && sudo journalctl -u emped -fo cat
Snapshot
sudo systemctl stop emped
cp $HOME/.empe-chain/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.empe-chain/priv_validator_state.json.backup
rm -rf $HOME/.empe-chain/data $HOME/.empe-chain/wasm
curl https://server-5.itrocket.net/testnet/empeiria/empeiria_2025-07-02_5625942_snap.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.empe-chain
mv $HOME/.empe-chain/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.empe-chain/data/priv_validator_state.json
sudo systemctl restart emped && sudo journalctl -u emped -f
Create and Restore Address
emped keys add wallet
# Restore wallet
emped keys add wallet --recover
# List
emped keys list
Check Balance
emped q bank balances $(emped keys show wallet -a)
Create Validator
emped tx staking create-validator \
--amount 1000000uempe \
--from $WALLET \
--commission-rate 0.1 \
--commission-max-rate 0.2 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.01 \
--min-self-delegation 1 \
--pubkey $(emped tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker "test" \
--identity "" \
--website "" \
--details "catsmile" \
--chain-id empe-testnet-2 \
--gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --fees 30uempe \
-y
Delegate to own
emped tx staking delegate $(emped keys show $WALLET --bech val -a) 1000000uempe --from $WALLET --chain-id empe-testnet-2 --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --fees 30uempe -y
Unjail Validator
emped tx slashing unjail --from $WALLET --chain-id empe-testnet-2 --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --fees 30uempe -y
Vote
emped tx gov vote 1 yes --from $WALLET --chain-id empe-testnet-2 --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --fees 30uempe -y
Upgrade
cd $HOME
rm -rf bin
mkdir bin
cd $HOME/bin
curl -LO https://github.com/empe-io/empe-chain-releases/raw/master/v0.4.0/emped_v0.4.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
tar -xvf emped_v0.4.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
chmod +x $HOME/bin/emped
sudo mv $HOME/bin/emped $(which emped)
sudo systemctl restart emped && sudo journalctl -u emped -f
Delete node
sudo systemctl stop emped
sudo systemctl disable emped
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/emped.service
sudo rm $(which emped)
sudo rm -rf $HOME/.empe-chain
sed -i "/EMPED_/d" $HOME/.bash_profile