# Crescent Network test

By [coke](https://paragraph.com/@cz911) · 2022-03-29

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Crescent is a new chain created by Gravity DEX independently from cosmos hub (cosmos proposal 62)

The official said April 14 on the main network, currently in the test network testing. No incentive, interested parties can test or run the test network verifier

**Install GO 1.17**

    sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go;
    curl https://dl.google.com/go/go1.17.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -C/usr/local -zxvf - ;
    cat <<'EOF' >>$HOME/.profile
    export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
    export GOPATH=$HOME/go
    export GO111MODULE=on
    export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin
    EOF
    source $HOME/.profile
    

After the installation is complete run the following command to view the version

    go version
    

Installation of other necessary environments

    sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y;
    sudo apt-get install build-essential -y;
    

Download source code and compile

    git clone https://github.com/crescent-network/crescent
    cd crescent
    git checkout v1.0.0-rc2
    make install
    

Initial Node

    crescentd init <moniker>
    

\* is changed to the name of the authenticator you want to set Create Key crescentd keys add <your key name> Download genesis.json cd $HOME git clone https://github.com/crescent-network/launch cd launch/testnet/ rm ~/.crescent/config/genesis.json tar -zxvf genesis\_collect-gentxs.json.tar.gz cp genesis\_collect-gentxs.json ~/.crescent/config/genesis.json Add Peer and Seed persistent\_peers = 2d8e31ad11b840c5ce7f1900b4da3a3bcf0985ef@139.59.151.125:26656,09e76cfbe89357d6bb3b16c4d013f420721b6664@50.18.111.23:26656,3802abfdf8a1c0a60041e684b08b6bec92d0a325@178.62.19.161:26656,2821cee54928a0fe1db97376ae7c48c4f0a9528a@137.184.127.205:26656,b2d2685e01641264fff25f5b3be23eacbdf9b08d@3.35.211.36:26656,29b006edeb2e0ee9bbe05060ebc6550549dc656e@218.53.140.56:20406,e2f735b5ecb6f909d09f4e3ebce6a90c63d18fbe@59.13.223.197:30535,b91b8ab43d8fc161587f09a09ccbb7fda7c41beb@37.120.245.39:26656,841f1cfa0174017813e2291cfa845001391a2cee@crescent-testnet.01no.de:26656,bdce75b9a471de6d131571b0c40ce6070d7da878@80.64.208.109:26656 seeds = 1fe40daaf2643fd3857e30f86ff30ea82bf1c03b@54.169.204.99:26656 Optimize hard disk usage (optional) Create behind-the-scenes running services sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/crescentd.service > /dev/null <<EOF \[Unit\] Description=Crescent Testnet Node After=network-online.target \[Service\] User=root ExecStart=/go/bin/crescentd start Restart=always RestartSec=3 LimitNOFILE=4096 \[Install\] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF Once created, update and turn on the node service sudo -S systemctl daemon-reload sudo -S systemctl enable crescentd.service sudo -S systemctl start crescentd.service After the above command is run, your node is on Check the service with the following command. View service status systemctl status crescentd View Service Log journalctl -u crescentd -f Upgrade to v1.0.0-rc3 cd $HOME/crescent git checkout v1.0.0-rc3 make install \[[https://testnet.crescent.network/](https://testnet.crescent.network/) top right corner of Faucet to get test coins, an address can only be requested once\]([https://testnet.crescent.network/](https://testnet.crescent.network/) top right corner of Faucet to get test coins, an address can only be requested once) Faucet in the upper right corner to get test coins, an address can only be requested once Once your nodes are synced, you can run the following command to bring your verifier online: crescentd tx staking create-validator \\ --from "<your key name>" \\ --amount "1000000ucre" \\ --pubkey=$(crescentd tendermint show-validator) \\ --commission-max-change-rate 1 \\ --commission-max-rate 1 \\ --commission-rate 0.2 \\ --min-self-delegation 1 \\ --chain-id "mooncat-1-1" \\ --moniker '<moniker>' -y Welcome to join #NowhereDAO, a free information and token information sharing platform [https://discord.gg/J2VgsJTJm7](https://discord.gg/J2VgsJTJm7)

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*Originally published on [coke](https://paragraph.com/@cz911/crescent-network-test)*