How To Run A Berachain Node

Hey guys,

About a month ago, I made a post about a new project that I am keeping an eye on. Its name is Berachain, and I have high hopes for it because they have some solid backing, and they also raised a considerable amount of money. So, I used its testnet, and as you might expect, there were some problems, but it is expected at this point.

Today, though, I decided to start running a testnet node in hopes of a future airdrop. As you all know, many projects like Solana, Aptos, and Celestia rewarded the testnet node runners with six figures. The amount of money I have to invest is the server renting, which is costing me around $15 per month, and with Berachain, I am running two nodes, one in Pryzm and one for Berachain. As you can understand, the risk-reward ratio is off the charts because I am sure that mainnets will launch this year, so even if I don't get any coins as a reward, I won't have to hold the server for long. So, I believe I will not spend more than $100-150 until the launch, but if I get rewarded, I believe I can easily make a 100X return.

So, for anyone wanting to run a Berachain node, I will give you the steps I followed to do it.

First of all, you have to rent a server. I am using a server from Contabo (https://contabo.com/en/vps/), and to be more specific, I am using this one

After renting the server, you also have to download Termius and add the necessary keys in order to access the server and start becoming a validator. After you do all of this, you have to enter the server and take the necessary steps in order to run the node. Let's see the commands you have to add.

1. Step one
   Copy paste the following commands

sudo -i

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

apt-get install git make screen jq -y

wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.21.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz

tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.21.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin

go version

curl -L https://foundry.paradigm.xyz | bash

source /root/.bashrc

foundryup

cd $HOME

git clone https://github.com/berachain/polaris

cd polaris

git checkout main

After you coy paste the command this message has to appear in the end.

If you don't get that message and it seems like is not working then you have to copy paste each command separately .

1. Step two

copy paste this command
make start
This is the most important one because in that step you will get 3 wallet addresses and their private keys that you will have to save because if you get an airdrop it will be for those wallets , you can use the kelpr wallet later to import them.

1. Step 3 ( if you get an error )

• clear
• cd
• cd polaris/.tmp/polard/config
• nano app.toml

Now after this command you will have to search for port 8546 delete the number 6 and input the number 8.

• ctrl+o enter
• ctrl+x enter.
• cd
• cd polaris
• screen -S bera
• make start
• N
• control + A + D
• screen -r bera to check at times if the server is running

Now after that the node is running and all you have to do is to check if everything runs smoothly , the best thing you can do when you run a node is to join the projects discord because they have dedicated channels that can help if you have any kind of problem.

Read my post about Berachain

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