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V6 Mainnet Node Instructions

Step-by-step guide to run a V6 Mainnet Node, brought to you by OriginTrail Club and the DKG Node Alliance.
You currently need 50k teleported TRAC to run a V6 node. Since teleporting is over, if you have not teleported any TRAC, you will have to wait for the common good Polkadot Parachain bridge, Snowbridge, built by Snowfork before you can move your ERC-20 TRAC over to Polkadot in order to run a node.

Step 1 - Create a total of 4 wallets

You must create a total of 4 wallets for the following step.
#
Wallet
Description
1
EVM Operational wallet
Hot wallet for non admin node operations Example: Metamask wallet
2
EVM Management wallet
Cold wallet for admin node operations where your TRAC is held Example: Ledger
3
Substrate Operational wallet
Hot wallet to map with wallet #1 Example: polkadot.js, Talisman wallet
4
Substrate Management wallet
Cold wallet to map with wallet #2 Example: Ledger
Mapping a hardware EVM wallet (such as Ledger) to a hot substrate wallet (such as polkadot.js or Talisman wallet) could expose your funds to the Internet since both EVM and substrate wallets can have full access to your funds on the Polkadot Ecosystem. Waiting for OTP Ledger support before mapping is advised to protect your funds. For the time being, the safest method to run a mainnet node is highlighted in the temporary safe method to run a mainnet node section. If you want to simplify the process and you are fine with using a hot substrate wallet, please proceed to step 2.

Step 2 - Add the OriginTrail Mainnet Network onto MetaMask

By using the information found here, add the OriginTrail Mainnet Network on your MetaMask client and switch to it.

Step 3 - Fund your wallets with OTP

You can also ask for some dust on OriginTrail Node Community. You need at least 1 OTP to keep your substrate wallet active and another OTP for transaction fees (total: 2 OTP). You need 2 OTP on both of your substrate wallets (wallet 3 and 4 from step 1).

Step 4 - Map your wallets

Mapping is a permanent method to link an EVM to a substrate wallet so actions on either chain will reflect on your mapped wallet.
Once the funding of both substrate wallets are completed, head to the mapping interface and select Parachain Mainnet.
Your goal here is to map wallet 1 and 3 together, and wallet 2 and 4 together from step 1.
To do so, connect to the mapping interface with the appropriate MetaMask wallet and paste the corresponding substrate wallet. 2 pop-ups will follow and sign both transactions.
If mapping doesn't prompt you with 2 transactions, make sure you have at least 2 OTP on your substrate wallet, try disabling all other extensions and restart your browser. You can also use a different browser. Choose between Chrome, Brave, Firefox.
Repeat for wallet 2 and 4 from step 1 and you would have completed the mapping process for your node.

Step 5 - Fund your management wallet with teleported TRAC

You require a minimum of 50k TRAC to run a mainnet node. You must fund your EVM Management wallet with the required amount (wallet 2). You can purchase TRAC on platforms such as Coinbase, Kucoin, Binance US, Huobi and Uniswap and once purchased, you need to teleport or bridge them to the OT Parachain. OT-RFC-16 is currently underway to determine how to bridge TRAC to the OT Parachain and back.
Reminder:
OTP is used as gas to send teleported TRAC so always have at least 2 OTP on each wallet containing teleported TRAC.
To view your TRAC balance on Metamask, first switch your network to OriginTrail Parachain Network, then add the TRAC token address using the import function
0xFfFFFFff00000000000000000000000000000001
You can also view your TRAC on polkadot.js here.

Step 6 - Install your node

In order to deploy your OriginTrail V6 node, you will need a Linux server with the following minimum recommended hardware:
  • 4GB RAM
  • 2CPUs
  • 50GB HDD space
Log in to the server as root. You cannot use sudo and run this script.
Gather the following information:
Value
Description
EVM_OPERATIONAL_WALLET
Public address of wallet #1 in step 1
EVM_OPERATIONAL_PRIVATE_KEY
Private key of wallet #1 in step 1
EVM_MANAGEMENT_WALLET
Public address of wallet #2 in step 1
SHARES_TOKEN_NAME
Your choice of token name
SHARES_TOKEN_SYMBOL
The token symbol of your token name
Run the one-liner installer script:
cd /root/ && curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OriginTrail/ot-node/v6/release/mainnet/installer/installer.sh --output installer.sh && chmod +x installer.sh && ./installer.sh
You must choose a SQL password for the installer to work. Do not leave that field empty.
Reminder:
In order to use aliases to quickly check node logs, start/stop/restart node, change node config, you must execute the following script after the installation:
source ~/.bashrc
​
Once the sourcing is done, try the following: otnode-logs
otnode-start
otnode-stop
otnode-restart
otnode-config

You have now successfully completed your node installation! You can check the logs by using the alias otnode-logs.

Even though your node is online, your node does not have any stake nor ask price, which will be covered on Step 7. However, before you continue, please read the following:

After successfully installing your V6 node, make sure you visit the Node Alliance to register your node to the DKG Node Alliance.

The benefits of joining the DKG Node Alliance include special access to a private Telegram channel, exclusive node support by top community members, node monitoring and maintenance scripts, collaboration to maintain a healthy DKG network, voting and governance and more to come.
The Node Alliance will leverage the DKG for voting purposes and currently occupies over 50% of the DKG V6 Node network.
DKG Node Alliance members include Amos, LuKu, CosmiCloud, Calvin and BRX just to name a few.

You can either do Step 7A or 7B for the following section. 7A requires uses the Houston UI to set your stake and ask, while 7B uses your node command line interface.

Step 7A - Houston

​Houston V6 Node Command Center is an interface to help manage your node and view network statistics.
First, log in with your management and operational EVM wallets;
Go to tab "Service Tokenomics";
Input your ask price and sign the transaction. The Node Alliance current minimum ask is 0.24 TRAC/(epoch * KB);
Input the amount of stake you want. Minimum stake is 50,000 TRAC;
Restart your node:
systemctl restart otnode

Step 7B - Set-stake and set-ask

The installer above will only set up all the prerequisites and node files. You must run 2 scripts to create the node profile and set your service ask price.
First, stop the node:
systemctl stop otnode
Gather the following information:
Value
Description
EVM Operational wallet private key
private key from wallet 1 in step 1
EVM Management wallet private key
private key from wallet 2 in step 1
Hub Contract Address
0x5fA7916c48Fe6D5F1738d12Ad234b78c90B4cAdA Check the official link to make sure it is the correct one.
Ask price
Your price as a node runner to host assets. Alliance: 0.24 TRAC/(epoch * KB)
rpcEndpoint
Stake
Your initial stake for your node (minimum: 50000)
Navigate to the current ot-node version folder:
cd /root/ot-node/current
Once you have all the information above, run the following command by replacing the values in <> with the correct information (you can also change the other options if needed):
Set the stake of your node:
npm run set-stake -- --rpcEndpoint=https://astrosat-parachain-rpc.origin-trail.network/ --stake=50000 --operationalWalletPrivateKey=<private_key> --managementWalletPrivateKey=<private_key> --hubContractAddress=0x5fA7916c48Fe6D5F1738d12Ad234b78c90B4cAdA
Set the service ask of your node:
npm run set-ask -- --rpcEndpoint=https://astrosat-parachain-rpc.origin-trail.network/ --ask=0.24 --privateKey=<operational_wallet_private_key> --hubContractAddress=0x5fA7916c48Fe6D5F1738d12Ad234b78c90B4cAdA
Once you are done, restart the node:
systemctl restart otnode
This is when your initial stake of 50k TRAC or above is sent from your initial wallet to your node profile contract.
Check the logs, everything should be completed!
journalctl -u otnode --output cat -fn 100
Reminder:
You can now use aliases such as otnode-logs to quickly view logs without having to type the entire string above!

Temporary Safe Mainnet Node Instructions

  1. 1.
    Use the instructions here to pair 3 wallets.
    1. 1.
      1 main wallet pair to receive your teleported TRAC and OTP bounty
    2. 2.
      1 operational wallet pair for your node
    3. 3.
      1 management wallet pair for your node
    ​
  2. 2.
    Receive your teleported TRAC and OTP bounty on main mapped wallet (wallet #1 above)
  3. 3.
    Send some teleported TRAC to management evm wallet (wallet #3 above), and some OTP to op / management wallets
  4. 4.
    Set up your node following the instructions above
  5. 5.
    When OTP is supported by ledger, change your management and operational wallet addresses to a brand new ledger evm + ledger otp mapped wallet
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