🧊Celestia

Celestia is a modular data availability network that securely scales with the number of users, making it easy for anyone to launch their own blockchain.

Delegator Dashboard

The ultimate solution for delegators to track their validators across multiple blockchain networks. Managing your investments has never been easier or more secure.

https://dashboard.validatorvn.com/

Contribution

Tutorial run Validator Celestia mocha testnet 17 Dec 2022

https://youtu.be/pikIDb5_CVM

Tutorial run Full Node Celestia mocha testnet 16 Dec 2022

https://youtu.be/9TXwtDG8fWg

Tutorial run Light Node Celestia mocha testnet 06 Dec 2022

https://youtu.be/RzAZQoXk7So

Tutorial run Full Node Celestia Mamaki testnet 2022

https://youtu.be/ZfQo7bpRV7A

Tutorial run Node Blockspace Race 27 Mar 2023

https://youtu.be/7uN0zps8SBc

Public Endpoints

RPC: https://celestia-rpc.validatorvn.com
API: https://celestia-api.validatorvn.com
gRPC: celestia-grpc.validatorvn.com:443

IBC Relayer

Celestia <> Elys Network Celestia <> Axelar Celestia <> Osmosis Celestia <> Namada

Explorer

https://tiascan.org

Snapshot

sudo systemctl stop celestia-appd
cp $HOME/.celestia-app/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.celestia-app/priv_validator_state.json.backup
rm -rf $HOME/.celestia-app/data
celestia-appd tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home ~/.celestia-app/ --keep-addr-book
curl -L https://snapshot.validatorvn.com/celestia/data.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.celestia-app
mv $HOME/.celestia-app/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.celestia-app/data/priv_validator_state.json
sudo systemctl restart celestia-appd && sudo journalctl -u celestia-appd -f -o cat

Seeds & Peers

peers="[email protected]:11656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26679,[email protected]:2400,[email protected]:21656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:11656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:11656,[email protected]:27206,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:40656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:11556"
sed -i.bak -e "s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$peers\"/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml
seeds=""
sed -i.bak -e "s/^seeds =.*/seeds = \"$seeds\"/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml

Addrbook & Genesis Files

curl -L https://snapshot.validatorvn.com/celestia/addrbook.json > $HOME/.celestia-app/config/addrbook.json
curl -L https://snapshot.validatorvn.com/celestia/genesis.json > $HOME/.celestia-app/config/genesis.json

Manual Installation

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

# install go, if needed
cd $HOME
VER="1.22.6"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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 vars
echo "export WALLET="wallet"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export MONIKER="test"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export CELESTIA_CHAIN_ID="mocha-4"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

# download binary
cd $HOME 
rm -rf celestia-app 
git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app.git 
cd celestia-app/ 
APP_VERSION=v3.2.0-mocha
git checkout tags/$APP_VERSION -b $APP_VERSION 
make install

celestia-appd config keyring-backend os
celestia-appd config chain-id mocha-4
celestia-appd init $MONIKER --chain-id mocha-4

# download genesis and addrbook
wget -O $HOME/.celestia-app/config/genesis.json https://celestia.validatorvn.com/testnet/celestia/genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.celestia-app/config/addrbook.json  https://celestia.validatorvn.com/testnet/celestia/addrbook.json

# set seeds and peers
SEEDS="[e-mail]:11656"
PEERS="[e-mail]:11656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:36656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:21656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:11656,[email protected]:11656,[email protected]:36656,[email protected]:10156,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:11656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:11656,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:40656,[email protected]:12002,[email protected]:26656,[email protected]:26656"
sed -i -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/}" \
       -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/}" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml

# config pruning
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.toml 
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"19\"/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.toml

# set minimum gas price, enable prometheus and disable indexing
sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0.002utia"|g' $HOME/.celestia-app/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.celestia-app/config/config.toml

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

# enable and start service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable celestia-appd
sudo systemctl restart celestia-appd && sudo journalctl -u celestia-appd -fo cat

Cheat Sheet

Add new keys

celestia-appd keys add wallet

Recover keys

celestia-appd keys add wallet --recover

List All keys

celestia-appd keys list

Query Wallet Balance

celestia-appd q bank balances $(celestia-appd keys show wallet -a) 

Create New Validator

celestia-appd tx staking create-validator \
--amount=1000000utia \
--pubkey=$(celestia-appd tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker="ValidatorVN" \
--identity=6CB6AC3E672AAB9D \
--details="Trusted Proof-of-Stake validator across Cosmos universe. Active ecosystem contributor, IBC relayer and chain service provider." \
--chain-id=mocha-4 \
--commission-rate=0.05 \
--commission-max-rate=0.20 \
--commission-max-change-rate=0.01 \
--min-self-delegation=1 \
--from=wallet \
--gas-prices=0.01utia \
--gas-adjustment=1.5 \
--gas=auto \
-y 

Unjail Validator

celestia-appd tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id mocha-4 --gas-prices 0.01utia --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto -y 

Withdraw commission & rewards

celestia-appd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(celestia-appd keys show wallet --bech val -a) --commission --from wallet --chain-id mocha-4 --gas-prices 0.01utia --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto -y 

Delegate

celestia-appd tx staking delegate YOUR_TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS 1000000utia --from wallet --chain-id mocha-4 --gas-prices 0.01utia --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto -y 

Re-delegate

celestia-appd tx staking redelegate $(celestia-appd keys show wallet --bech val -a) YOUR_TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS 1000000utia --from wallet --chain-id mocha-4 --gas-prices 0.01utia --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto -y 

Service Management

Reload Service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Enable Service

sudo systemctl enable celestia

Run Service

sudo systemctl start celestia

Check Service Status

sudo systemctl status celestia

Check Services logs

sudo journalctl -u celestia -f --no-hostname -o cat

Setting Bridge-Node

Install GO

cd ~
! [ -x "$(command -v go)" ] && {
VER="1.23.1"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$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 ~/.bash_profile
}
[ ! -d ~/go/bin ] && mkdir -p ~/go/bin
go version

Install Celestia node

cd $HOME
rm -rf celestia-node
git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node.git
cd celestia-node/
git checkout tags/v0.20.4-mocha 
make build 
sudo make install 
make cel-key

Config & init app

celestia bridge init --core.ip --core.grpc.port --p2p.network mocha

cd $HOME/celestia-node
./cel-key list --node.type bridge --keyring-backend test --p2p.network mocha

Create service file

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/celestia-bridge.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=celestia Bridge
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
ExecStart=$(which celestia) bridge start \
--p2p.network mocha --archival \
--metrics.tls=true --metrics --metrics.endpoint otel.mocha.celestia.observer
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Enable & start service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable celestia-bridge
sudo systemctl restart celestia-bridge && sudo journalctl -u celestia-bridge -fo cat

Bridge node Snapshot

sudo systemctl stop celestia-bridge
rm -rf ~/.celestia-bridge-mocha-4/{blocks,data,index,inverted_index,transients,.lock}
curl -L https://snapshot.validatorvn.com/celestia/celestia-bridge.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.celestia-bridge-mocha-4
sudo systemctl restart celestia-bridge

Cheat sheet

celestia state balance --node.store ~/.celestia-bridge-mocha-4/

Get wallet addresses

cd $HOME/celestia-node
./cel-key list --node.type bridge --keyring-backend test  --p2p.network mocha

Restore wallet

KEY_NAME="my_celes_key"
cd ~/celestia-node
./cel-key add $KEY_NAME --keyring-backend test --node.type bridge  --recover --p2p.network mocha

Check node status

celestia header sync-state --node.store  ~/.celestia-bridge-mocha-4/

Get Node ID

celestia p2p info --node.store ~/.celestia-bridge-mocha-4/

Reset node

celestia bridge unsafe-reset-store --p2p.network mocha

Upgrade Bridge node

sudo systemctl stop celestia-bridge
cd $HOME
rm -rf celestia-node
git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-node.git
cd celestia-node/
git checkout tags/v0.20.4-mocha 
make build 
sudo make install 
make cel-key

celestia bridge config-update --p2p.network mocha
sudo systemctl restart celestia-bridge && sudo journalctl -u celestia-bridge -fo cat

Delete Bridge node

sudo systemctl stop celestia-bridge
sudo systemctl disable celestia-bridge
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/celestia-bridge*
rm -rf $HOME/celestia-node $HOME/.celestia-bridge-mocha-4