/elixir-validator

Elixir-Validator

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Elixir is a modular DPoS network built to power liquidity on orderbook exchanges.

​Elixir is cross-chain and composable: enabling orderbook DEXs to natively integrate Elixir Protocol - a decentralized protocol - into their core infrastructure to unlock retail liquidity for pairs, among other exciting use cases. The decentralized network serves as crucial underlying infrastructure allowing for exchanges and protocols to easily bootstrap liquidity to their books.

​Elixir has 30+ native integrations into the core infrastructure of leading DEXs.

System Requirements (Minimum-Recommended)

Ram cpu disk
4 GB 8 Core 30 GB SSD

1- Install Dependecies

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y 
sudo apt install curl iptables build-essential git wget lz4 jq make gcc nano automake autoconf tmux htop nvme-cli pkg-config libssl-dev libleveldb-dev tar clang bsdmainutils ncdu unzip libleveldb-dev  -y

2- Install docker

sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y
for pkg in docker.io docker-doc docker-compose podman-docker containerd runc; do sudo apt-get remove $pkg; done

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg

echo \
  "deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
  "$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

# Docker version check
docker --version

3- Validator Private Key Generation

Create an EVM metamask wallet and write its private and public keys

In Metamask, this can be done by clicking the "My Accounts" icon in the top right, and clicking "+ Create Account." You can obtain the private key by clicking Account Details from the ellipsis menu, and then clicking "Export private key".

4- Delegate MOCK Tokens To Your Validator

  1. Enter the dashboard
  2. Connect the wallet you created in step 3
  3. Mint MOCK tokens
  4. Stake them
  5. Click CUSTOM VALIDATOR and enter your wallet public address and sign the tx

5- Running Your Validator

1- Download validator.env:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/0xmoei/elixir-validator/main/validator.env?token=GHSAT0AAAAAACVWEIZOVZJKZTBXY4ITUZUKZW4XSIA -O validator.env

2- Config validator.env:

nano validator.env
  • STRATEGY_EXECUTOR_DISPLAY_NAME: Your Validator Name
  • STRATEGY_EXECUTOR_BENEFICIARY: Your Wallet Public Key
  • SIGNER_PRIVATE_KEY: Your Wallet Private Key

Ctrl+X+Y+ENTER to save and exit

  1. Pull the docker images
docker pull elixirprotocol/validator:v3
  1. Run Validator
docker run -d \
  --env-file ./validator.env \
  --name elixir \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  -p 17690:17690 \
  elixirprotocol/validator:v3

6- Check Validator Status

  1. Validator Logs:
docker logs -f elixir

Verify connectivity in the logs. It may take a minute or so for the first authorization to complete and for messages to start coming in.

  1. Validator Health Status:
curl 127.0.0.1:17690/health | jq

Response: "OK"

Upgrading your validator

Team updates the validators frequently (always check discord), so you need to upgrade it using following commands

docker kill elixir
docker rm elixir
docker pull elixirprotocol/validator:v3 --platform linux/amd64
docker run -d \
  --env-file ./validator.env \
  --name elixir \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  -p 17690:17690 \
  elixirprotocol/validator:v3