# Strategies with Validator Nodes - Pryzm Zone

By [0xOuterGod](https://paragraph.com/@0xoutergod) · 2024-02-19

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There has been recent talk about [**Pryzm Zone**](https://pryzm.zone/) and its **potential airdrop** for **stakers of** **$LUNA**, **$ATOM**, **$TIA**, **$DYM**, **$INJ** and other Cosmos ecosystem coins to Pryzm nodes. There has also been talk about the validator node in testnet, yet there has been [**misinformation on the topic**](https://twitter.com/defitracer/status/1756351983970370030), especially from the most followed profiles on Twitter.

That is why I am here, to show you how to **_actually_** launch a node on Pryzm Zone in testnet. Are you ready? **Let's get started!**

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Pryzm Zone - Yield Trading
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Pryzm is a Layer 1 based on Cosmos SDK and dedicated to **tokenization** and **trading of future yields**. Indeed, it allows the fixed component of an asset to be divided by the yield it produces.

The behavior is very similar to what happens on dApps such as [Pendle Finance](https://www.pendle.finance/). Pryzm, for the veterans of DeFi, is a protocol that was created on Terra Luna chain during the last bull market with the purpose to separate staked **$LUNA** into **$yLUNA** and **$pLUNA**, the yield component from staking and the actual asset, respectively.

![Original Prism Protocol dApp on Terra Luna](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/8e013c908e3176db26854f543f7385832362d02a00891981549f69c28322f897.png)

Original Prism Protocol dApp on Terra Luna

Pryzm was born from the ashes of Prism Protocol and promises to:

*   enable **yield trading of LSDs**;
    
*   **provide liquid governance power**;
    
*   build **yield DEXes**;
    
*   **enable time-weighted trading**, and much more.
    

I recommend you visit Pryzm's [official channels](https://pryzm.zone/) to better understand the goals of this project, but now let's proceed with the validator node!

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**Pryzm Node Installation - Step-by-Step Guide**
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To begin the procedure, you need a computer with any Linux distro installed, Ubuntu 20.04 or later will do, an SSD with +200 GB and a fast Internet connection.

For those without resources capable of supporting a validator node at home, you can fall back on **VPS (Virtual Private Server)** solutions, that is, you can rent a virtual server.

There are several solutions, which I recommend below:

*   [**Contabo**](https://contabo.com/en/vps/), I recommend the **Cloud VPS M model**, with 6 vCPU Cores, 16 GB RAM, 400 GB SSD SATA3;
    
*   [**Aeza**](https://aeza.net/?ref=432182), I recommend at least the **VIEs-3** or **PARs-3** model, with 4 vCPU Cores, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB NVMe. This is a Russian VPS service and payment by credit/debit card is not possible from many Western countries, but payments in crypto (BTC, BEP20, ERC20, TRC20, DASH, LTC, XMR...) are possible.
    

After payment is made, you will receive the **IP address** to access.

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If operating from Windows, open Windows Powershell and launch the following command, entering your IP address instead of `IP_ADDRESS`:

    ssh root@IP_ADDRESS
    

Give confirmation to save ED25519 key fingerprint to the list of known hosts, available at `C:\Users\WINDOWS_USER\.ssh` and enter the password of your VPS.

If you have done everything correctly, the following screen will appear:

![After login on PuTTy or Powershell on VPS provided by Contabo](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/de3453100b6b0dd5434f1930ffb4d9e296cbff21e1dd4bf0c7cf575bff61ca02.png)

After login on PuTTy or Powershell on VPS provided by Contabo

> ⚠️ **_Disclaimer_** ⚠️: Launch every command one by one. Entering more commands together could break the installation process or bring to fatal errors.

Now enter the following commands and execute them:

    # Preparation
    sudo apt update -y
    sudo apt upgrade -y
    sudo apt -qy install curl git jq lz4 build-essential fail2ban ufw
    

Install Docker components and Golang:

    # Install docker
    curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh
    sudo docker run hello-world
    
    # Hello from Docker!
    # This message shows that your installation appears to be working correctly
    

    # Install Golang
    sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go 
    curl -Ls https://go.dev/dl/go1.21.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzf - -C /usr/local
    eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/golang.sh)
    eval $(echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/go/bin' | tee -a $HOME/.profile)
    
    go version
    # go version go1.21.5 linux/amd64
    

At this point download the binaries files and Cosmovisor

    # Download binaries
    cd $HOME
    MONIKER=0xOuterGod
    wget https://storage.googleapis.com/pryzm-zone/core/0.11.1/pryzmd-0.11.1-linux-amd64  
    sudo mv pryzmd-0.11.1-linux-amd64 pryzmd  
    sudo chmod +x pryzmd
    

     # Download Cosmovisor 
    mkdir -p $HOME/.pryzm/cosmovisor/genesis/bin   
    mv pryzmd $HOME/.pryzm/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/ 
    
    sudo ln -s $HOME/.pryzm/cosmovisor/genesis $HOME/.pryzm/cosmovisor/current -f   
    sudo ln -s $HOME/.pryzm/cosmovisor/current/bin/pryzmd /usr/local/bin/pryzmd -f 
    go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@latest
    

Launch the following block all together and create a service:

    sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/pryzm.service > /dev/null << EOF  
    [Unit]  
    Description=pryzm node service  
    After=network-online.target  
      
    [Service]  
    User=$USER  
    ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start  
    Restart=on-failure  
    RestartSec=10  
    LimitNOFILE=65535  
    Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.pryzm"  
    Environment="DAEMON_NAME=pryzmd"  
    Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true"  
      
    [Install]  
    WantedBy=multi-user.target  
    EOF
    

    # Enable service
    sudo systemctl daemon-reload  
    sudo systemctl enable pryzm
    
    # Setting node
    pryzmd config chain-id indigo-1  
    pryzmd config keyring-backend test  
    pryzmd config node tcp://localhost:23257
    pryzmd init $MONIKER --chain-id indigo-1
    

    # Download Genesis & Addrbook
    curl -Ls https://snap.nodex.one/pryzm-testnet/genesis.json > $HOME/.pryzm/config/genesis.json  
    curl -Ls https://snap.nodex.one/pryzm-testnet/addrbook.json > $HOME/.pryzm/config/addrbook.json
    

Configure seeds, gas prices, prunning settings and custom ports:

    # Configure seeds
    sed -i -e "s|^seeds *=.*|seeds = \"d1d43cc7c7aef715957289fd96a114ecaa7ba756@testnet-seeds.nodex.one:23210\"|" $HOME/.pryzm/config/config.toml
    

    # Configure gas prices
    sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.015upryzm,0.01factory/pryzm15k9s9p0ar0cx27nayrgk6vmhyec3lj7vkry7rx/uusdsim\"|" $HOME/.pryzm/config/app.toml
    

    # Configure prunning settings
    sed -i \
      -e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' \
      -e 's|^pruning-keep-recent *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "100"|' \
      -e 's|^pruning-keep-every *=.*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \
      -e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "19"|' \
      $HOME/.pryzm/config/app.toml
    

    # Configure custom ports
    sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:23258\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:23257\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:23260\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:23256\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":23266\"%" $HOME/.pryzm/config/config.toml
    
    sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:23217\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":23280\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:23290\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:23291\"%; s%:8545%:23245%; s%:8546%:23246%; s%:6065%:23265%" $HOME/.pryzm/config/app.toml
    

Download snapshots and start the service:

    # Download snapshots
    curl -L https://snap.nodex.one/pryzm-testnet/pryzm-latest.tar.lz4 | tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.pryzm  
    [[ -f $HOME/.pryzm/data/upgrade-info.json ]] && cp $HOME/.pryzm/data/upgrade-info.json $HOME/.pryzm/cosmovisor/genesis/upgrade-info.json
    
    # Start service
    sudo systemctl start pryzm
    sudo journalctl -u pryzm -f -o cat
    

Let’s check the synchronization status of the installed node with the network by running the following command:

    pryzmd status | jq .SyncInfo
    

and it’s necessary to be `false`. However, we can proceed in the meantime even if the network is not perfectly synchronized.

You can either create a new wallet or import keys you already have.

    # Create Pryzm wallet
    pryzmd keys add feeder
    
    # Recover Pryzm wallet
    pryzmd keys add feeder --recover
    

Request some tokens from this faucet: [**Link**](https://testnet.pryzm.zone/faucet)**.**

    # Configure Pryzm feeder
    cd $HOME && mkdir -p $HOME/pryzmfeeder && cd $HOME/pryzmfeeder && wget https://storage.googleapis.com/pryzm-zone/feeder/config.yaml https://storage.googleapis.com/pryzm-zone/feeder/init.sql https://storage.googleapis.com/pryzm-zone/feeder/docker-compose.yml
    
    # Pull Pryzm feeder image
    docker pull europe-docker.pkg.dev/pryzm-zone/core/pryzm-feeder:0.3.4
    
    # Install Postgres
    sudo apt install postgresql
    mv init.sql /tmp
    
    # Create feeder folder
    cd $HOME && mkdir ~/feeder
    cd feeder
    mv -v ~/pryzmfeeder/config.yaml ~/feeder
    

    # Save the following validator address for later 
    pryzmd keys show feeder --bech val -a
    

Save the validator address showed and configure the `config.yaml` file by editing the following elements:

*   `feeder` address: your feeder wallet address
    
*   `validator`: the validator address the last command showed
    
*   `feederMnemonic`: bip39 mnemonic used for your wallet, generated or imported
    
*   `rpcURL`: `"http://localhost:23657"`
    
*   `gasPrice`: `"0.015upryzm"`
    

Try launching again:

    pryzmd status | jq .SyncInfo
    

and if it’s still giving back `true`, then proceed as followed:

    # Stop the servie & Reset the data
    cd $HOME && sudo systemctl stop pryzm
    cp $HOME/.pryzm/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.pryzm/priv_validator_state.json.backup  
    rm -rf $HOME/.pryzm/data
    
    # Download latest snapshot
    curl -L https://snap.skynodejs.net/pryzm/pryzm.tar.lz4| tar -Ilz4 -xf - -C $HOME/.pryzm  
    mv $HOME/.pryzm/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.pryzm/data/priv_validator_state.json
    
    # Restart the service
    sudo systemctl restart pryzm && sudo journalctl -u pryzm -f -o cat
    
    # Check the logs after 3-4 hours
    pryzmd status | jq .SyncInfo
    

After 3-4 hours the validator node should have finished synchronizing with the chain. At this point we are ready to create the validator node and connect it to our feeder wallet.

Run the following commands, modifying them appropriately in the fields for `--moniker`, `--details`, `--website`, `--security-contact` and the `address` in the second command:

    # Create validator
    pryzmd tx staking create-validator --pubkey $(pryzmd tendermint show-validator) --from feeder --amount 1000000upryzm --moniker "0xOuterGod" --chain-id indigo-1 --details "Dune Analytics | Degen DeFi" --website "https://mirror.xyz/0xb6f7E524D55672C10634D0dA7AED9cB738022274" --security-contact "https://twitter.com/0xOuterGod" --commission-rate "0.05" --commission-max-rate "0.20" --commission-max-change-rate "0.01" --min-self-delegation "1" --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.015upryzm
    
    # Link validator to feeder, edit the address using your feeder address
    pryzmd tx oracle delegate-feed-consent pryzm1rsf0vjuw5e9q7e2q7z8q7595ncgzuwv32cv8l2 --fees 2000factory/pryzm15k9s9p0ar0cx27nayrgk6vmhyec3lj7vkry7rx/uusdsim,3000upryzm --from feeder
    

Now you can check your validator node here: [**Link**](https://testnet.chainsco.pe/pryzm/validators)

**Congratulations, you have successfully completed the installation of your node!**

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/fcc5df0e87b68543802e5e469bf5104837bae736bb046dd1ce0cbc81f751158b.png)

I now leave you with a set of useful commands for monitoring your validator node.

    # Query validator details
    pryzmd q staking validator $(pryzmd keys show feeder --bech val -a)
    
    # Edit validator data
    pryzmd tx staking edit-validator --new-moniker "0xOuterGod" --from feeder --chain-id indigo-1 --fees 2000factory/pryzm15k9s9p0ar0cx27nayrgk6vmhyec3lj7vkry7rx/uusdsim,3000upryzm -y
    
    # Query wallet balance
    pryzmd q bank balances $(pryzmd keys show feeder -a)
    
    # Delegate to your validator
    pryzmd tx staking delegate $(pryzmd keys show feeder --bech val -a) 1980000upryzm --from feeder --chain-id indigo-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --fees 2500factory/pryzm15k9s9p0ar0cx27nayrgk6vmhyec3lj7vkry7rx/uusdsim,3500upryzm -y
    

_The guide you read is for educational purposes. Pryzm has not released any information about an airdrop for its testnet node validators, so this is an educational content. If you like my work, I suggest you to subscribe and mint the entry in order to support my work._

[**_Here_**](https://testnet.chainsco.pe/pryzm/validator/pryzmvaloper1rsf0vjuw5e9q7e2q7z8q7595ncgzuwv35d0fs3) _you can find my node validator on the Pryzm testnet. You can also support me by delegating your testnet tokens to my node._

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