Avail Node - Basics

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to help you learn the basics of running Avail Node. Don't worry; it's not too complicated, and it won't take you longer than 5 minutes to get a good grasp of how everything works.

BEFORE YOU START
All the guides, including this one, assume that you are using a Linux or macOS-based system. If you are running Windows and want to follow this guide, make sure to install WSL and continue the guide inside an Ubuntu or Debian instance. To learn more about WSL, check the following LINK (opens in a new tab).

NOTE
Before trying anything, make sure that you fully read the chapter first before doing any actual work.

Installation & Setup

Our first step is to obtain the prebuilt binary for Avail Node. We offer a wide range of prebuilds (opens in a new tab), but in case you don't see your Linux flavor or architecture here, head to the FAQ chapter to learn how to build your own executable.

Once you have found your OS (or picked the generic one), execute the given command to obtain the needed Avail Node binary.

wget https://github.com/availproject/avail/releases/download/<version-number>/<your-machine-specific-executable>.tar.gz && tar -xf ./<your-machine-specific-executable>.tar.gz

Running Our First Network

With the binary ready in our working directory, it's time to run it and see what we get.

./avail-node

Output:

Error: Input("Please specify which chain you want to run, e.g. --chain mainnet")

Yikes, an error. This is okay; by default, our node doesn't know which chain (network) it should connect to. To fix this, we will provide one, but not the recommended one, not yet.

Instead, we are going to run a development network:

./avail-node --chain dev

Output:

2023-11-27 16:26:31 Avail Node
2023-11-27 16:26:31 ✌️  version 2.1.4-9d88dbf7b4f
2023-11-27 16:26:31 ❤️  by Avail Project <info@availproject.org>, 2017-2024
2023-11-27 16:26:31 📋 Chain specification: Avail Development Network
2023-11-27 16:26:31 🏷  Node name: cagey-owl-5997
2023-11-27 16:26:31 👤 Role: FULL
2023-11-27 16:26:31 💾 Database: RocksDb at /home/markopetrlic/.local/share/data-avail/chains/avail_development_network/db/full
2023-11-27 16:26:32 [0] 💸 generated 1 npos voters, 1 from validators and 0 nominators
2023-11-27 16:26:32 [0] 💸 generated 1 npos targets
2023-11-27 16:26:32 🔨 Initializing Genesis block/state (state: 0x11f1…3471, header-hash: 0xdb94…2e21)
2023-11-27 16:26:32 👴 Loading GRANDPA authority set from genesis on what appears to be first startup.
2023-11-27 16:26:32 👶 Creating empty BABE epoch changes on what appears to be first startup.
2023-11-27 16:26:32 🏷  Local node identity is: 12D3KooWSKgdEtRrdwWVFPoE3q6z8mzrD5nkQ14Z7ta3D7oTn99V
2023-11-27 16:26:32 Prometheus metrics extended with avail metrics
2023-11-27 16:26:32 💻 Operating system: linux
2023-11-27 16:26:32 💻 CPU architecture: x86_64
2023-11-27 16:26:32 💻 Target environment: gnu
2023-11-27 16:26:32 💻 CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700K
2023-11-27 16:26:32 💻 CPU cores: 16
2023-11-27 16:26:32 💻 Memory: 31863MB
2023-11-27 16:26:32 💻 Kernel: 6.5.12-300.fc39.x86_64
2023-11-27 16:26:32 💻 Linux distribution: Fedora Linux 39 (Workstation Edition)
2023-11-27 16:26:32 💻 Virtual machine: no
2023-11-27 16:26:32 📦 Highest known block at #0
2023-11-27 16:26:32 〽️ Prometheus exporter started at 127.0.0.1:9615
2023-11-27 16:26:32 Running JSON-RPC server: addr=127.0.0.1:9944, allowed origins=["http://localhost:*", "http://127.0.0.1:*", "https://localhost:*", "https://127.0.0.1:*", "https://polkadot.js.org"]
2023-11-27 16:26:32 🏁 CPU score: 1.65 GiBs
2023-11-27 16:26:32 🏁 Memory score: 22.64 GiBs
2023-11-27 16:26:32 🏁 Disk score (seq. writes): 2.16 GiBs
2023-11-27 16:26:32 🏁 Disk score (rand. writes): 733.69 MiBs
2023-11-27 16:26:37 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #0 (0xdb94…2e21), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0
2023-11-27 16:26:42 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #0 (0xdb94…2e21), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0
2023-11-27 16:26:47 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #0 (0xdb94…2e21), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0
2023-11-27 16:26:52 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #0 (0xdb94…2e21), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0

Okay, things are looking better now. No errors so far, but let's break it down for clarity.

Understanding the logs

2023-11-27 16:26:31 Avail Node
2023-11-27 16:26:31 ✌️  version 1.8.3-6d8aff28012
2023-11-27 16:26:31 ❤️  by Anonymous, 2017-2023
2023-11-27 16:26:31 📋 Chain specification: Avail Development Network
2023-11-27 16:26:31 🏷  Node name: cagey-owl-5997
2023-11-27 16:26:31 👤 Role: FULL

The first, second, and fourth lines indicate that we're running Avail Node v1.8.3 with the Development chain—exactly what we wanted.

The fifth line, 🏷 Node name: cagey-owl-5997, shows our node name as cagey-owl-5997, which isn't ideal. We'll change that shortly.

The last line, 👤 Role: FULL, reveals that our node is in Full mode, meaning it can't produce blocks. We'll address that too.

Changing Name

To change our node's name, use the --name flag. Before proceeding, make sure to stop your node with Ctrl-C. Now, let's rerun it with a more appealing name:

./avail-node --chain dev --name KingMagnifico

Output:

2023-11-27 16:39:37 Avail Node
2023-11-27 16:39:37 ✌️  version 1.8.3-6d8aff28012
2023-11-27 16:39:37 ❤️  by Anonymous, 2017-2023
2023-11-27 16:39:37 📋 Chain specification: Avail Development Network
2023-11-27 16:39:37 🏷  Node name: KingMagnifico
2023-11-27 16:39:37 👤 Role: FULL
...

Changing from Full to Validator mode

To run our node in validator mode, add the --validator flag along with the others. Without this mode, the node won't produce new blocks.

Stop your node again with Ctrl+C and rerun it with the --validator flag::

./avail-node --chain dev --name KingMagnifico --validator

Output:

2023-11-27 16:41:49 Avail Node
2023-11-27 16:41:49 ✌️  version 1.8.3-6d8aff28012
2023-11-27 16:41:49 ❤️  by Anonymous, 2017-2023
2023-11-27 16:41:49 📋 Chain specification: Avail Development Network
2023-11-27 16:41:49 🏷  Node name: KingMagnifico
2023-11-27 16:41:49 👤 Role: AUTHORITY
...

Now, instead of 'FULL,' it should say 'AUTHORITY,' indicating that our node is almost ready to produce blocks.

Session Keys and Peers

If we let our program run for a minute or two, we'll notice the same message being repeated:

...
2023-11-27 16:48:57 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #0 (0xdb94…2e21), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0

Our node is operating in validator mode, but the network expects validator 'Alice' to be online. To enable block production, besides using the --validator flag, the node needs session keys for signing various parts of block production. Without these keys, the network can't identify the block producer, leaving us stuck at block 0. In the next chapter, we'll address how to generate your own session keys. For this development network, we can use the --alice flag, and it will automatically insert Alice's session keys.

Let's stop our node again with Ctrl+C and rerun it with the --alice flag:

./avail-node --chain dev --name KingMagnifico --validator --alice

Output:

...
2023-11-27 16:57:10 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #0 (0xdb94…2e21), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0
2023-11-27 16:57:15 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #0 (0xdb94…2e21), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0
2023-11-27 16:57:20 🙌 Starting consensus session on top of parent 0xdb94358c6e772b68a9e23b0ecbea316e4245f4d67b140ae5ffb58709ba222e21
2023-11-27 16:57:20 🎁 Prepared block for proposing at 1 (53 ms) [hash: 0xe7562addc0f4c6a249f23c7696f1a033c8801e33b413440b7d6e45f14da24acf; parent_hash: 0xdb94…2e21; extrinsics (1): [0x5e8b…40ea]
2023-11-27 16:57:20 🔖 Pre-sealed block for proposal at 1. Hash now 0x65ff1a30292f68a8c93e59a96a769975cdeb0d18d13fed5a83f168d579190645, previously 0xe7562addc0f4c6a249f23c7696f1a033c8801e33b413440b7d6e45f14da24acf.
2023-11-27 16:57:20 👶 New epoch 0 launching at block 0x65ff…0645 (block slot 85055032 >= start slot 85055032).
2023-11-27 16:57:20 👶 Next epoch starts at slot 85055752
2023-11-27 16:57:20 ✨ Imported #1 (0x65ff…0645)
2023-11-27 16:57:20 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #1 (0x65ff…0645), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0
2023-11-27 16:57:25 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #1 (0x65ff…0645), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0
2023-11-27 16:57:25 ❌ Error while dialing /dns/telemetry.avail.tools/tcp/8001/x-parity-ws/%2Fsubmit: Custom { kind: Other, error: Timeout }
2023-11-27 16:57:30 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #1 (0x65ff…0645), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0
2023-11-27 16:57:35 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #1 (0x65ff…0645), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0
2023-11-27 16:57:40 🙌 Starting consensus session on top of parent 0x65ff1a30292f68a8c93e59a96a769975cdeb0d18d13fed5a83f168d579190645
2023-11-27 16:57:40 🎁 Prepared block for proposing at 2 (0 ms) [hash: 0xd8b30ca60b080fd49decae48c1ad291a7666f4a3c2287ad5e596565ab1331016; parent_hash: 0x65ff…0645; extrinsics (1): [0x007f…9c1a]
2023-11-27 16:57:40 🔖 Pre-sealed block for proposal at 2. Hash now 0xaa5b610cf99ea519025f4fb803c4e4d874ed8d4eae97045327d44c364bdaec4a, previously 0xd8b30ca60b080fd49decae48c1ad291a7666f4a3c2287ad5e596565ab1331016.
2023-11-27 16:57:40 ✨ Imported #2 (0xaa5b…ec4a)
2023-11-27 16:57:40 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #2 (0xaa5b…ec4a), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0
2023-11-27 16:57:45 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #2 (0xaa5b…ec4a), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0
2023-11-27 16:57:50 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #2 (0xaa5b…ec4a), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0
2023-11-27 16:57:55 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #2 (0xaa5b…ec4a), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0
2023-11-27 16:58:00 🙌 Starting consensus session on top of parent 0xaa5b610cf99ea519025f4fb803c4e4d874ed8d4eae97045327d44c364bdaec4a
2023-11-27 16:58:00 🎁 Prepared block for proposing at 3 (0 ms) [hash: 0xfae370e93725b66c3909186d9e8d37f28e3ca6ab4f42841cc811d113d98a9335; parent_hash: 0xaa5b…ec4a; extrinsics (1): [0x1e14…5a8e]
2023-11-27 16:58:00 🔖 Pre-sealed block for proposal at 3. Hash now 0x78914110e09581baf6d85c791d1bc9f66400bc6fae2db7ee6724706870689083, previously 0xfae370e93725b66c3909186d9e8d37f28e3ca6ab4f42841cc811d113d98a9335.
2023-11-27 16:58:00 ✨ Imported #3 (0x7891…9083)
2023-11-27 16:58:00 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #3 (0x7891…9083), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0
2023-11-27 16:58:05 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #3 (0x7891…9083), finalized #1 (0x65ff…0645), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0

Now, we are running our own development network and we are producing and finalizing blocks. If this doesn't work and you're still stuck at block zero, try adding --force-authoring along with the other flags.

There Must Be A Simpler Way

Although we've used several flags to run a development network, there's an easier way—use the --dev flag. This flag combines the following flags into one: --chain=dev, --force-authoring, --alice, --tmp, and --rpc-cors=all. The last two flags, --tmp and --rpc-cors=all, are new to us, and we'll discuss --tmp shortly.

Stop the node again with Ctrl+C and rerun it with the --dev flag:

./avail-node --dev --name KingMagnifico

Output:

...
2023-11-27 17:05:11 👶 Starting BABE Authorship worker
2023-11-27 17:05:16 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #0 (0xdb94…2e21), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0
2023-11-27 17:05:20 🙌 Starting consensus session on top of parent 0xdb94358c6e772b68a9e23b0ecbea316e4245f4d67b140ae5ffb58709ba222e21
2023-11-27 17:05:20 🎁 Prepared block for proposing at 1 (53 ms) [hash: 0x14e7136f060633d6fe4c47e85deb3cc6617dd5b978ee32e504eb5c3f900808bf; parent_hash: 0xdb94…2e21; extrinsics (1): [0xf649…0401]
2023-11-27 17:05:20 🔖 Pre-sealed block for proposal at 1. Hash now 0xfb47a6c99e803ee10678440beeb9f870dfb9b807ef96f5172f1d02bf0c163e3e, previously 0x14e7136f060633d6fe4c47e85deb3cc6617dd5b978ee32e504eb5c3f900808bf.
2023-11-27 17:05:20 👶 New epoch 0 launching at block 0xfb47…3e3e (block slot 85055056 >= start slot 85055056).
2023-11-27 17:05:20 👶 Next epoch starts at slot 85055776
2023-11-27 17:05:20 ✨ Imported #1 (0xfb47…3e3e)
2023-11-27 17:05:21 💤 Idle (0 peers), best: #1 (0xfb47…3e3e), finalized #0 (0xdb94…2e21), ⬇ 0 ⬆ 0

And we get the same result.

Temporary and Persistent Storage

When our node runs a network, it needs to store network-related data. By not specifying a location, it stores the data in a default location, which is often not what we want.

Using the --tmp flag makes it use a different location each time we run our network. This is implied when using --dev and is useful when we don't care about preserving our state. To make our storage persistent through runs, we can use the -d flag.

./avail-node --dev --name KingMagnifico -d ./node-data

Output

2023-11-27 17:13:54 Avail Node
2023-11-27 17:13:54 ✌️  version 1.8.3-6d8aff28012
2023-11-27 17:13:54 ❤️  by Anonymous, 2017-2023
2023-11-27 17:13:54 📋 Chain specification: Avail Development Network
2023-11-27 17:13:54 🏷  Node name: KingMagnifico
2023-11-27 17:13:54 👤 Role: AUTHORITY
2023-11-27 17:13:54 💾 Database: RocksDb at ./node-data/chains/avail_development_network/db/full

In the logs (output), you'll notice our database is now located at ./node-data/chains/avail_development_network/db/full instead of the tmp folder.

Once the node is running, a new folder named node-data will be created in the working directory. If you take a look, you will see that it consists of subdirectories like chains and avail_development_network. Inside the last directory, you should find our network data.

After running the node for a minute or two, stop it by pressing Ctrl+C and rerun it. It should use the same storage (database) location and continue from the last produced block.

Now stop the node with Ctrl+C and let's remove our storage: rm ./node-data -r.

Connecting Our Node to Turing

With all this preliminary knowledge ready to be used, we can now finally take the last step and connect our node to the Turing network. I will use the same name as before, KingMagnifico, but I suggest you choose one that you like.

Before running our node, ensure that our storage folder is removed or empty, and that we don't have any previous nodes already running. With that said, let's finally do what we've been waiting for since the beginning:

./avail-node --chain mainnet --name KingMagnifico --validator -d ./node-data

Output:

2023-11-27 17:24:41 Avail Node
2023-11-27 17:24:41 ✌️  version 1.8.3-6d8aff28012
2023-11-27 17:24:41 ❤️  by Anonymous, 2017-2023
2023-11-27 17:24:41 📋 Chain specification: Avail Turing Testnet
2023-11-27 17:24:41 🏷  Node name: KingMagnifico
2023-11-27 17:24:41 👤 Role: AUTHORITY
2023-11-27 17:24:41 💾 Database: RocksDb at ./node-data/chains/avail_turing_testnet/db/full

Okay, so far so good. Our role is AUTHORITY, which means that we are running in validator mode. Our name is clearly the correct one, KingMagnifico, and our database location is correct. Let's see the next few log lines:

2023-11-27 17:24:43 🔨 Initializing Genesis block/state (state: 0x6bc7…ec83, header-hash: 0x6f09…a7ae)
2023-11-27 17:24:43 👴 Loading GRANDPA authority set from genesis on what appears to be first startup.
2023-11-27 17:24:43 👶 Creating empty BABE epoch changes on what appears to be first startup.
2023-11-27 17:24:43 🏷  Local node identity is: 12D3KooWH5bTMnPJXnUqmGcVTX1fmG5ervReMTBFpFZdJNc9WW4u
2023-11-27 17:24:43 Prometheus metrics extended with avail metrics
2023-11-27 17:24:43 💻 Operating system: linux
2023-11-27 17:24:43 💻 CPU architecture: x86_64
2023-11-27 17:24:43 💻 Target environment: gnu
2023-11-27 17:24:43 💻 CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700K
2023-11-27 17:24:43 💻 CPU cores: 16
2023-11-27 17:24:43 💻 Memory: 31863MB
2023-11-27 17:24:43 💻 Kernel: 6.5.12-300.fc39.x86_64
2023-11-27 17:24:43 💻 Linux distribution: Fedora Linux 39 (Workstation Edition)
2023-11-27 17:24:43 💻 Virtual machine: no
2023-11-27 17:24:43 📦 Highest known block at #0
2023-11-27 17:24:43 〽️ Prometheus exporter started at 127.0.0.1:9615
2023-11-27 17:24:43 Running JSON-RPC server: addr=127.0.0.1:9944, allowed origins=["http://localhost:*", "http://127.0.0.1:*", "https://localhost:*", "https://127.0.0.1:*", "https://polkadot.js.org"]
2023-11-27 17:24:43 🏁 CPU score: 1.61 GiBs
2023-11-27 17:24:43 🏁 Memory score: 22.37 GiBs
2023-11-27 17:24:43 🏁 Disk score (seq. writes): 2.06 GiBs
2023-11-27 17:24:43 🏁 Disk score (rand. writes): 749.80 MiBs
2023-11-27 17:24:43 👶 Starting BABE Authorship worker
2023-11-27 17:24:44 🔍 Discovered new external address for our node: /ip4/176.61.156.176/tcp/30333/p2p/12D3KooWH5bTMnPJXnUqmGcVTX1fmG5ervReMTBFpFZdJNc9WW4u
2023-11-27 17:24:48 ⚙️  Syncing, target=#85251 (8 peers), best: #2685 (0x6fd4…975f), finalized #2560 (0x1282…a791), ⬇ 2.9MiB/s ⬆ 62.5kiB/s
2023-11-27 17:24:53 ⚙️  Syncing 63.0 bps, target=#85251 (8 peers), best: #3000 (0x8189…6cc7), finalized #2560 (0x1282…a791), ⬇ 108.2kiB/s ⬆ 5.5kiB/s

Nothing that we haven't seen before, except for the last two lines. ⚙️ Syncing means that we are syncing all the blocks that were already built, which is exactly what we wanted to see. Let's check the next few lines:

2023-11-27 17:24:57 [3241] 💸 generated 13 npos targets
2023-11-27 17:24:57 [3241] 💸 generated 22 npos voters, 13 from validators and 9 nominators
2023-11-27 17:24:57 [#3241] 🗳  creating a snapshot with metadata SolutionOrSnapshotSize { voters: 22, targets: 13 }
2023-11-27 17:24:57 [#3241] 🗳  Starting phase Signed, round 1.
2023-11-27 17:24:58 ⚙️  Syncing 61.0 bps, target=#85251 (8 peers), best: #3305 (0xc752…f70e), finalized #3072 (0x1231…8aad), ⬇ 113.8kiB/s ⬆ 0.9kiB/s
2023-11-27 17:25:00 [#3421] 🗳  Starting phase Unsigned((true, 3421)), round 1.
2023-11-27 17:25:00 [#3422] 🗳  queued unsigned solution with score ElectionScore { minimal_stake: 56800545104270, sum_stake: 284279432410424, sum_stake_squared: 16163020265485588884279726278 }
2023-11-27 17:25:02 [#3601] 🗳  Starting phase Off, round 2.
2023-11-27 17:25:02 [3601] 💸 new validator set of size 5 has been processed for era 1
2023-11-27 17:25:03 ⚙️  Syncing 174.0 bps, target=#85252 (8 peers), best: #4175 (0x4e80…5022), finalized #4096 (0xa3c0…c108), ⬇ 218.9kiB/s ⬆ 3.1kiB/s
2023-11-27 17:25:08 ⚙️  Syncing 86.6 bps, target=#85252 (8 peers), best: #4608 (0x1783…e94d), finalized #4321 (0xc708…7dc1), ⬇ 60.8kiB/s ⬆ 0.3kiB/s
2023-11-27 17:25:13 ⚙️  Syncing 194.6 bps, target=#85252 (8 peers), best: #5581 (0x5349…c169), finalized #5120 (0x065c…2a2f), ⬇ 94.7kiB/s ⬆ 0.6kiB/s
2023-11-27 17:25:17 [7561] 💸 generated 35 npos targets
2023-11-27 17:25:17 [7561] 💸 generated 64 npos voters, 35 from validators and 29 nominators
2023-11-27 17:25:17 [#7561] 🗳  creating a snapshot with metadata SolutionOrSnapshotSize { voters: 64, targets: 35 }
2023-11-27 17:25:17 [#7561] 🗳  Starting phase Signed, round 2.
2023-11-27 17:25:18 [#7741] 🗳  Starting phase Unsigned((true, 7741)), round 2.
2023-11-27 17:25:18 [#7742] 🗳  queued unsigned solution with score ElectionScore { minimal_stake: 55937820931230, sum_stake: 581366796392448, sum_stake_squared: 33804612421896598810633033648 }
2023-11-27 17:25:18 [#7921] 🗳  Finalized election round with compute Unsigned.
2023-11-27 17:25:18 [#7921] 🗳  Starting phase Off, round 3.
2023-11-27 17:25:18 [7921] 💸 new validator set of size 10 has been processed for era 2
2023-11-27 17:25:18 ⚙️  Syncing 479.4 bps, target=#85252 (8 peers), best: #7978 (0x01f5…a562), finalized #7680 (0x0ba7…c3f5), ⬇ 302.9kiB/s ⬆ 3.8kiB/s
2023-11-27 17:25:23 ⚙️  Syncing 453.4 bps, target=#85253 (8 peers), best: #10245 (0xad17…4ded), finalized #10240 (0x13da…a4be), ⬇ 591.2kiB/s ⬆ 1.0kiB/s
2023-11-27 17:25:25 [11613] 💸 generated 35 npos targets
2023-11-27 17:25:25 [11613] 💸 generated 74 npos voters, 35 from validators and 39 nominators

It's syncing around 450 blocks per second—quite fast! If we leave it for 5 or 10 minutes, it should be done syncing, and this is what we are going to see:

2023-11-27 17:31:30 [84993] 💸 new validator set of size 185 has been processed for era 21
2023-11-27 17:31:33 ⚙️  Preparing 104.2 bps, target=#85271 (8 peers), best: #85232 (0x234e…a535), finalized #84992 (0x62c0…772a), ⬇ 54.7kiB/s ⬆ 0.9kiB/s
2023-11-27 17:31:38 💤 Idle (8 peers), best: #85271 (0xa69a…7366), finalized #85269 (0xe83c…64ba), ⬇ 46.8kiB/s ⬆ 1.6kiB/s
2023-11-27 17:31:40 ✨ Imported #85272 (0x0410…df45)
2023-11-27 17:31:43 💤 Idle (8 peers), best: #85272 (0x0410…df45), finalized #85270 (0x7604…006b), ⬇ 43.8kiB/s ⬆ 159.2kiB/s
2023-11-27 17:31:48 💤 Idle (8 peers), best: #85272 (0x0410…df45), finalized #85270 (0x7604…006b), ⬇ 87.2kiB/s ⬆ 209.8kiB/s

Once we see 💤 Idle, we are done syncing, and our node has now fully caught up.

What's Next

This is where our story ends. We have a working node connected to the Turing chain. It doesn't do much right now, certainly doesn't produce any blocks, but this is something that we will fix. Before that, let's discuss in the next chapter how to do a simple but effective deployment.

Become a Validator Simple deployment