Stride's Testnet - PoolParty

This contains instructions for how to connect to Stride's testnet, PoolParty!

We've tried to keep the instructions as simple as possible, but if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us over email, on Twitter, or at our Discord.

Requirements for this testnet are quite minimal. You should have a 4 CPU 32 GB RAM machine. We've only tested this build on OSX and Linux machines, but we hope to support Windows soon.

Installation

Run the following command to install PoolParty

bash -c "$(curl -sSL install.poolparty.stridelabs.co)"

Running Stride Commands

Please add the repo with your Stride binary (defaults to $HOME/go/bin) to your .bashrc or .zshrc file. Then, you can run strided automatically.

For example, run strided q bank balances stride159atdlc3ksl50g0659w5tq42wwer334ajl7xnq to see the balance of Stride's address.

Another, practical example, if you run

strided keys list

you can see your local keys. If you wish to make a new account, please run

strided keys add <NAME>

If you already have a wallet and you want to restore it

strided keys add <NAME> --recover

If you run strided q help, you'll see a list of potential options. Some useful flows might be

strided tx stakeibc liquid-stake
strided tx stakeibc redeem-stake

Being a Validator

If you want to convert your node into a validator, please run

strided tx staking create-validator

and follow the prompts.

Block Explorer

For now, we're hosting a Ping.Pub block explorer here. We're working on integrating a more robust block explorer, stay tuned.

FAQ

Where can I get some tokens?

To get tokens, message $faucet {{ADDRESS}} on Discord. For example, I would type $faucet stride159atdlc3ksl50g0659w5tq42wwer334ajl7xnq.

Please don't spam this.

Are there any variables I should know about?

If your local strided is asking you for any of these, please know:

CHAIN_ID = STRIDE-TESTNET-2
KEYRING_BACKEND = test
HOST_ZONE = GAIA 
STRIDE_CURRENCY = ustrd (1,000,000 ustrd = 1 STRD)
GAIA_CURRENCY = uatom (1,000,000 uatom = 1 ATOM)
GAIA_CURRENCY_ON_STRIDE = ibc/27394FB092D2ECCD56123C74F36E4C1F926001CEADA9CA97EA622B25F41E5EB2

How can I relaunch my Node?

When you first install your testnet, you should have seen two sh commands printed at the end. These contain instructions for how to connect to your testnet.

If you used the presets, you should be able to run the following command to relaunch your node.

strided start or sh $HOME/.stride/poolparty/launch_poolparty.sh

Why does my node need a nickname?

Your node's nickname is how others can see it on the block explorer. For example, if you become a validator, you'll appear as your node's nickname.

I'm running into a permissions issue when building, what should I do?

If you're running into a permission error of the flavor

mkdir: {{path}}: Permission Denied

If so, you should run chmod +rw {{path}} to fix the permissions.

I'm running into an error building, what could it be?

Please DM us your logfile, located at $HOME/.stride/install.log, and we can help you debug.

One thing to check, Stride requires go version 1.18. Please install this here.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change. We also welcome all discussion in #engineering or #questions in our Discord.