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Validator System Requirements

  • Hardware Requirements:

    • Minimum: 8GB RAM, 2 Core CPU (2.90GHz per core), 250GB Hard Disk

    • Recommended: 16GB RAM, 4 Core CPU (2.90Ghz per core), 350GB Hard Disk

  • Software Requirements:

    • Ubuntu 20.04LTS or 22.04LTS Operating System or MacOS

    • Firewall ports opened: 22, 8545, 8667-8669, 26657

    • User account with root access

Example cloud providers & nodes meeting recommended specs:

  • Contabo: Cloud VPS L w/ 400GB NVMe

  • AWS: T3 t3.2xlarge

  • AliCloud: g6 g6.2xlarge

  • GCP: n2 n2-standard-8

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