Run Binance Smart Chain Validator node on Linux
Binance Smart Chain (BSC) is a blockchain that runs in parallel to the Binance Chain. Binance Smart Chain boasts smart contract functionality and compatibility with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). BSC and BNB both are ran side by side.
Following set of instructions are taken from Binance.org
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BSC validator node Requirements
- VPS running recent versions of Mac OS X or Linux.
- IMPORTANT 2T GB of free disk space, solid-state drive(SSD), gp3, 8k IOPS, 250MB/S throughput, read latency <1ms
- 16 cores of CPU and 64 gigabytes of memory (RAM)
- Suggest m5zn.3xlarge instance type on AWS, or c2-standard-16 on Google cloud.
- A broadband Internet connection with upload/download speeds of 10 megabyte per second
Run a BSC Validator Node
Chaindata Snapshot
Please download the chain data snapshot and extract to your home folder to speed up.
## Extract the data
unzip geth.zip -d /NAME_OF_YOUR_HOME/node &Run a BSC Full-node with Sync From Snapshot
Sync From Snapshot
Download the pre-build binaries from release page or follow the instructions below:
# Linuxwget $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/bnb-chain/bsc/releases/latest |grep browser_ |grep geth_linux |cut -d\" -f4)# MacOSwget $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/bnb-chain/bsc/releases/latest |grep browser_ |grep geth_mac |cut -d\" -f4)
Download the config files
Download genesis.json and config.toml by:
wget $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/bnb-chain/bsc/releases/latest |grep browser_ |grep mainnet |cut -d\" -f4)unzip mainnet.zip
Download snapshot
Download latest snapshot from Download site Follow the guide to structure the files.
Start BSC validator
# generate the consensus key and input the password
geth account new --datadir ./node
echo {your-password} > password.txt
geth --config ./config.toml --datadir ./node --syncmode snap -unlock {your-validator-address} --password password.txt --mine --allow-insecure-unlock --cache 8000
