Run A Node

Learn how to run a node for the blockchain

Running a validator node for testnet v1.0 is limited to select entities.

Running an AI model validator has a greater benefit in helping test and contribute to the Hypertensor Testnet v1.0 and is not limited to who can run one.

Use the following for contributing and testing purposes.

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Run Template Locally

Before starting a Hypertensor node, first, run a node locally and simulate a network.

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Run Hypertensor Testnet v1.0 Locally

Once you have successfully started running blocks with the substrate-node-template, instead of using the template, clone the Hypertensor blockchain repository in place of the substrate-node-template.

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Run Hypertensor Testnet v1.0

Not everyone will have the ability to participate in running a node for the blockchain.

Our primary focus is testing the peer consensus mechanism which requires users to run Petals Tensor, our AI model hosting subnet.

To run a validator node, use the substrate documentation using our repository instead of using the substrate-node-template.

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Hardware Requirements

The following is required for running a live blockchain:

cd into the repository and run the following command:

./target/release/solochain-template-node benchmark machine

Example Output

+----------+----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------------+
| Category | Function       | Score       | Minimum     | Result            |
+===========================================================================+
| CPU      | BLAKE2-256     | 783.27 MiBs | 783.27 MiBs | ✅ Pass (100.0 %) |
|----------+----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------------|
| CPU      | SR25519-Verify | 560.67 KiBs | 560.67 KiBs | ✅ Pass (100.0 %) |
|----------+----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------------|
| Memory   | Copy           | 11.49 GiBs  | 11.49 GiBs  | ✅ Fail (100.0 %) |
|----------+----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------------|
| Disk     | Seq Write      | 950.00 MiBs | 950.00 MiBs | ✅ Pass (100.0 %) |
|----------+----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------------|
| Disk     | Rnd Write      | 420.00 MiBs | 420.00 MiBs | ✅ Pass (100.0 %) |
+----------+----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------------+

All rows should show ✅ Pass. Otherwise, update your server specifications until they do.