LumenX is the blockchain built using the Cosmos SDK. LumenX will be interact with other sovereign blockchains using a protocol called IBC that enables Inter-Blockchain Communication.

LumenX network

Mainnet Full Node Quick Start

With each version of the LumenX, the chain is restarted from a new Genesis state.

Get mainnet config here

- Hardware requirements
CPU: 4 core or higher
RAM: 16 GB (32 GB recommended)
DISK Storage: SSD(NVME) 2 TB (minimum 1 TB)

- Software requirements
OS: Ubuntu Server 20.04
Go version: Go 1.18+

Build from code

These instructions assume you are running Linux and have installed Go 1.19+. This guide helps you:

Build, Install, and Name your Node

# Clone LumenX from the latest release found here: https://github.com/cryptonetD/lumenx/releases
git clone https://github.com/cryptonetD/lumenx
# Enter the folder LumenX was cloned into
cd lumenx
# Compile and install LumenX
make install
# Check LumenX version
lumenxd version

To join mainnet follow this steps

Genesis & Seeds

Download genesis.json

wget -O $HOME/.lumenx/config/genesis.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cryptonetD/lumenx/master/config/genesis.json

Download config.toml with predefined seeds and persistent peers

wget -O $HOME/.lumenx/config/config.toml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cryptonetD/lumenx/master/config/config.toml

Alternatively enter persistent peers to config.toml provided here

Open ~/.lumenx/config/config.toml with text editor. Alternatively you can use cli editor, like nano nano ~/.lumenx/config/config.toml
Scroll down to persistant peers in config.toml, and add the persistant peers as a comma-separated list

Setting Up a New Node

You can edit this moniker, in the ~/.lumenx/config/config.toml file:

# A custom human readable name for this node
moniker = "<your_custom_moniker>"

Moniker characters

Monikers can only contain ASCII characters; using Unicode characters will render your node unreachable by other peers in the network.

Update minimum gas prices

Open ~/.lumenx/config/app.toml.
Modify minimum-gas-prices and set the minimum price of gas a validator will accept to validate a transaction and to prevent spam.

Example:

# The minimum gas prices a validator is willing to accept for processing a
# transaction. A transaction's fees must meet the minimum of any denomination
# specified in this config (e.g. 0.25token1;0.0001token2).
minimum-gas-prices = "0.0025ulumen"

or just download app.toml

wget -O $HOME/.lumenx/config/app.toml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cryptonetD/lumenx/master/config/app.toml

Your full node has been initialized!

Run a full node

# Start LumenX
lumenxd start
# Check your node's status with LumenX cli
lumenxd status

If you want to run lumenxd as a permanent background service, see here

Your node is now syncing. This process will take a long time. Make sure you've set it up on a stable connection so you can leave while it syncs.

Sync start times

Nodes take at least an hour to start syncing. This wait is normal.
Before troubleshooting a sync, please wait an hour for the sync to start.

Starting New Node From State Sync

The Tendermint Core 0.34 release includes support for state sync, which allows a new node to join a network by fetching a snapshot of the application state at a recent height instead of fetching and replaying all historical blocks. This can reduce the time needed to sync with the network from days to minutes. If you want to reduce the sync time, see here

State Sync Example

[statesync]
enable = true
rpc_servers = "https://rpc.lumenx.chaintools.tech:443,https://rpc-lumenx.cryptonet.pl:443"
trust_height = 1686000
trust_hash = "EB0C9582F29A0BC166C8F8ECFBCE7ED129B8E15B8EF28B68772E00B282D3E97B"
trust_period = "168h"  # 2/3 of unbonding time

Create a key

Add new

lumenxd keys add <key_name>

Or import via mnemonic

lumenxd keys add <key_name> -i

As a result, you got

- name: <key_name>
  type: local
  address: <key_address>
  pubkey: <key_pubkey>
  mnemonic: ""
  threshold: 0
  pubkeys: []
**Important** write this mnemonic phrase in a safe place.
It is the only way to recover your account if you ever forget your password.
<key_mnemonic>

To become a validator follow this steps

Before setting up your validator node, make sure you've already gone through the Full Node Setup

What is a Validator?

Validators are responsible for committing new blocks to the blockchain through voting. A validator's stake is slashed if they become unavailable or sign blocks at the same height. Please read about Sentry Node Architecture to protect your node from DDOS attacks and to ensure high-availability.

Create Your Validator

Your lumenvalconspub can be used to create a new validator by staking tokens. You can find your validator pubkey by running:

lumenxd tendermint show-validator

To create your validator, just use the following command:

Check if your key(address) has enough balance:

lumenxd query bank balances <key address>

For the main node, chain-id is LumenX.
You need transction fee 2000000ulumen(2lumen) to make your transaction for creating validator.
Don't use more ulumen than you have!

lumenxd tx staking create-validator \
  --amount=10000000ulumen \
  --pubkey=$(lumenxd tendermint show-validator) \
  --moniker=<choose a moniker> \
  --chain-id=<chain_id> \
  --commission-rate="0.10" \
  --commission-max-rate="0.20" \
  --commission-max-change-rate="0.01" \
  --min-self-delegation="1" \
  --from=<key_name> \
  --fees=2000000ulumen

NOTE: If you have troubles with '\' symbol, run the command in a single line like lumenxd tx staking create-validator --amount=1000000ulumen --pubkey=$(lumenxd tendermint show-validator) ...

When specifying commission parameters, the commission-max-change-rate is used to measure % point change over the commission-rate. E.g. 1% to 2% is a 100% rate increase, but only 1 percentage point.

Min-self-delegation is a strictly positive integer that represents the minimum amount of self-delegated voting power your validator must always have. A min-self-delegation of 1 means your validator will never have a self-delegation lower than 1000000ulumen

You can check that you are in the validator set by using a third party explorer or using cli tool

lumenxd query staking validators --chain-id=<chain_id>

Note: You can edit the params after, by running command lumenxd tx staking edit-validator ... —from <key_name> --chain-id=<chain_id> --fees=2ulumen with the necessary options

Edit Validator Description

You can edit your validator's public description. This info is to identify your validator, and will be relied on by delegators to decide which validators to stake to. Make sure to provide input for every flag below. If a flag is not included in the command the field will default to empty (--moniker defaults to the machine name) if the field has never been set or remain the same if it has been set in the past.

lumenxd tx staking edit-validator
  --moniker=<choose a moniker> \
  --website=<your website url> \
  --identity=<keybase identity> \
  --details=<description> \
  --chain-id=<chain_id> \
  --from=<key_name> \
  --commission-rate=<commission rate>

Unique Flags

Name, shorthand	type	Required	Default	Description
--commission-rate	string	float	0.0	Commission rate percentage
--moniker	string	false	""	Validator name
--identity	string	false	""	Optional identity signature (ex. UPort or Keybase)
--website	string	false	""	Optional website
--details	string	false	""	Optional details

Examples

lumenxd tx staking edit-validator --commission-rate 0.10 --chain-id=LumenX --from <key_name>

Put a thumbnail

Create a Keybase Account follow the Keybase instructions to set up a PGP key, and upload a profile picture. And link your Keybase profile to your validator.

lumenxd tx staking edit-validator --identity="4659E8D3FE1FCBB5" --chain-id=LumenX --from <key_name>

Unjail a validator

The unjail command allows users to unjail a validator previously jailed for downtime.
You need transction fee 500ulumen to make your transaction.

lumenxd tx slashing unjail --chain-id=LumenX --fees=500ulumen --from <key_name>

How to init chain

Add key to your keyring lumenxd keys add <key_name>

Initialize genesis and config files. lumenxd init <moniker> --chain-id <chain_id>

Replace all denoms stake to ulumen in genesis.json

Add genesis account lumenxd add-genesis-account <key_name> 200000000000ulumen - 200000lumen

Create genesis transaction lumenxd gentx <key_name> 100000000000ulumen --chain-id <chain_id> - create CreateValidator transaction

Collect all of gentxs lumenxd collect-gentxs

Run network lumenxd start

Run a node as a background service

Create some necessary files

sudo mkdir -p /var/log/lumenxd
sudo touch /var/log/lumenxd/digitaloceand.log
sudo touch /var/log/lumenxd/lumenxd_error.log
sudo touch /etc/systemd/system/lumenxd.service

Edit systemd service file for myblockchaind. sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/lumenxd.service

Add following configuration to it:

Description=lumenxd daemon
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=ubuntu
ExecStart=/home/ubuntu/go/bin/lumenxd start --home=/home/ubuntu/.lumenx
WorkingDirectory=/home/ubuntu/go/bin
StandardOutput=file:/var/log/lumenxd/digitaloceand.log
StandardError=file:/var/log/lumenxd/digitaloceand_error.log
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=4096
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enabled it to run all the time even after it reboots.

#enable service
sudo systemctl enable lumenxd.service
#Start process
sudo systemctl start lumenxd.service
#Stop process
sudo systemctl stop lumenxd.service
#View logs
sudo journalctl -u lumenxd -f