Alignedlayer

Aligned works with EigenLayer to leverage ethereum consensus mechanism for ZK proof verification. Working outside the EVM, this allows for cheap verification of any proving system

RPC: https://aligned-test.rpc.cryptomolot.com/

Resources

Github	https://github.com/yetanotherco/aligned_layer
Docs	https://docs.alignedlayer.com/
Discord	https://discord.com/invite/alignedlayer
x.com	https://x.com/alignedlayer
Website	https://alignedlayer.com/

Hardware requirements

4-Cores

16 GB

200 GB NVME

100mbps network bandwidth

Linux (Ubuntu 22.04 x64)

Installation 💾

Update repositories

apt update && apt upgrade -y

Install dependencies

sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -y

Install GO 1.22.2

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go && \
curl -L https://go.dev/dl/go1.22.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzf - -C /usr/local && \
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin' >> $HOME/.bash_profile && \
source .bash_profile && \
go version

Set variables

change the <wallet>, <moniker>. And Alignedlayer_port # if you needed

echo "export WALLET="<WALLET>"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export MONIKER="<MONIKER>"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export ALIGNEDLAYER_CHAIN_ID="alignedlayer"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export ALIGNEDLAYER_PORT="26"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

Get binaries

cd $HOME
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y
source $HOME/.cargo/env

curl https://get.ignite.com/cli | bash
sudo mv ignite /usr/local/bin/

rm -rf $HOME/aligned_layer_tendermint
git clone https://github.com/yetanotherco/aligned_layer_tendermint.git
cd $HOME/aligned_layer_tendermint
git checkout 98643167990f8a597b331ddd879e079bafb25b08
make build-linux

Initialize

change the <moniker>

alignedlayerd init $MONIKER --chain-id alignedlayer
alignedlayerd config keyring-backend test
sed -i -e "s|^node *=.*|node = \"tcp://localhost:${ALIGNEDLAYER_PORT}657\"|" $HOME/.alignedlayer/config/client.toml

Download genesis and addrbook

wget -O $HOME/.alignedlayer/config/genesis.json https://testnet-files.itrocket.net/alignedlayer/genesis.json

wget -O $HOME/.alignedlayer/config/addrbook.json https://testnet-files.itrocket.net/alignedlayer/addrbook.json

Add seeds/bpeers/peers in config.toml

SEEDS="[e-mail]:50656"
PEERS="[e-mail]:50656,2567ea5aed4bba4e3062a1072a8f1e7fb4e4497c@65.109.85.36:26656,51ca4087558ebe93a16e3f1e84a969d30e7a91f1@95.216.245.35:26656,5f0e7fbfef5865c15be8d564f4b11f56abecc501@164.68.108.76:26656,ee5a3e96c1eda6605bd2dfd9cef9eb67a67a9e6b@109.199.97.54:26656,7292de855372480ae23dbcaf94d36ead187cf6a8@194.163.143.206:50656,c2a2bb5cf9d126b623d5ef40151cad73b5d7f4e8@37.60.248.85:26656,a1d6d9569789a7a8765f0a4899439819f07755d4@213.133.103.213:26656,9a8aa5cebc5183c2cba97252c452eab4aba3a6be@213.199.57.46:26656,029808691d64f7f03ee9ff2736858fa34d753017@46.250.235.85:24256,38bcfb4d2026b1f34f5c61d48c1905cc46096c0b@94.130.35.35:12656"
sed -i -e "s/^seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/; s/^persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/" $HOME/.alignedlayer/config/config.toml

Set minimum gas-price

sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "0.0001stake"|g' $HOME/.alignedlayer/config/app.toml

Set custom ports (if needed)

# set custom ports in app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${ALIGNEDLAYER_PORT}317%g;
s%:8080%:${ALIGNEDLAYER_PORT}080%g;
s%:9090%:${ALIGNEDLAYER_PORT}090%g;
s%:9091%:${ALIGNEDLAYER_PORT}091%g;
s%:8545%:${ALIGNEDLAYER_PORT}545%g;
s%:8546%:${ALIGNEDLAYER_PORT}546%g;
s%:6065%:${ALIGNEDLAYER_PORT}065%g" $HOME/.alignedlayer/config/app.toml

# set custom ports in config.toml file
sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${ALIGNEDLAYER_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${ALIGNEDLAYER_PORT}657%g;
s%:6060%:${ALIGNEDLAYER_PORT}060%g;
s%:26656%:${ALIGNEDLAYER_PORT}656%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${ALIGNEDLAYER_PORT}656\"%;
s%:26660%:${ALIGNEDLAYER_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.alignedlayer/config/config.toml

(Optional) Pruning

sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.alignedlayer/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.alignedlayer/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"50\"/" $HOME/.alignedlayer/config/app.toml

(Optional) Disable indexer and enable prometheus

default indexer="kv" default prometheus = false

sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.alignedlayer/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.alignedlayer/config/config.toml

Create a service file

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/alignedlayerd.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Alignedlayer node
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=$USER
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.alignedlayer
ExecStart=$(which alignedlayerd) start --home $HOME/.alignedlayer
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable alignedlayerd
sudo systemctl restart alignedlayerd && sudo journalctl -u alignedlayerd -f

Run from snapshot

Wait fo full sync (output "false")

alignedlayerd status 2>&1 | jq

Create or recover wallet

!!! BACKUP YOUR SEED PHRASE !!!

alignedlayerd keys add $WALLET

OR

alignedlayerd keys add $WALLET --recover

Get tokens from faucet 🆓

faucet not yet

Set var for wallet and valoper addresses

WALLET_ADDRESS=$(alignedlayerd keys show $WALLET -a)
VALOPER_ADDRESS=$(alignedlayerd keys show $WALLET --bech val -a)
echo "export WALLET_ADDRESS="$WALLET_ADDRESS >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export VALOPER_ADDRESS="$VALOPER_ADDRESS >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

Create Validator

Create validator json file

echo "{\"pubkey\":{\"@type\":\"/cosmos.crypto.ed25519.PubKey\",\"key\":\"$(alignedlayerd comet show-validator | grep -Po '\"key\":\s*\"\K[^"]*')\"},
    \"amount\": \"1000000stake\",
    \"moniker\": \"<MONIKER>\",
    \"identity\": \"\",
    \"website\": \"\",
    \"security\": \"\",
    \"details\": \"\",
    \"commission-rate\": \"0.1\",
    \"commission-max-rate\": \"0.2\",
    \"commission-max-change-rate\": \"0.01\",
    \"min-self-delegation\": \"1\"
}" > validator.json

Create validator from json

alignedlayerd tx staking create-validator validator.json \
    --from $WALLET \
    --chain-id alignedlayer \
    --fees 50stake

!!! BACKUP YOUR priv_validator_key.json !!!

Useful commands ⚙️

node info

alignedlayerd status 2>&1 | jq

logs

sudo journalctl -u alignedlayerd -f

start service

sudo systemctl start alignedlayerd

stop service

sudo systemctl stop alignedlayerd

restart service

sudo systemctl restart alignedlayerd

enable service

sudo systemctl enable alignedlayerd

disable service

sudo systemctl disable alignedlayerd

Check wallets list

alignedlayerd keys list

Delete wallet

alignedlayerd keys delete $WALLET

Check Balance

alignedlayerd q bank balances $WALLET_ADDRESS

Withdraw all rewards

alignedlayerd tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from $WALLET --chain-id alignedlayer --fees 50stake

Withdraw rewards and commission from your validator

alignedlayerd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $VALOPER_ADDRESS --from $WALLET --commission --chain-id alignedlayer --fees 50stake -y

Check your balance

alignedlayerd query bank balances $WALLET_ADDRESS

Delegate to Yourself

alignedlayerd tx staking delegate $(alignedlayerd keys show $WALLET --bech val -a) 1000000stake --from $WALLET --chain-id alignedlayer --fees 50stake -y

Delegate

alignedlayerd tx staking delegate <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000stake --from $WALLET --chain-id alignedlayer --fees 50stake -y

Redelegate Stake to Another Validator

alignedlayerd tx staking redelegate $VALOPER_ADDRESS <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000stake --from $WALLET --chain-id alignedlayer --fees 50stake -y

Unbond

alignedlayerd tx staking unbond $(alignedlayerd keys show $WALLET --bech val -a) 1000000stake --from $WALLET --chain-id alignedlayer --fees 50stake -y

Transfer Funds

alignedlayerd tx bank send $WALLET_ADDRESS <TO_WALLET_ADDRESS> 1000000stake --fees 50stake -y

Validator Details

alignedlayerd q staking validator $(alignedlayerd keys show $WALLET --bech val -a)

Jailing info

alignedlayerd q slashing signing-info $(alignedlayerd tendermint show-validator)

Slashing parameters

alignedlayerd q slashing params

Unjail validator

alignedlayerd tx slashing unjail --from $WALLET --chain-id alignedlayer --fees 50stake -y

Delete node 🗑️

sudo systemctl stop alignedlayerd
sudo systemctl disable alignedlayerd
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/alignedlayerd.service
sudo rm $(which alignedlayerd)
sudo rm -rf $HOME/.alignedlayer
sed -i "/ALIGNEDLAYER_/d" $HOME/.bash_profile