Linux Install

This page contains instructions for installing the Zond Testnet V1 On Linux

NOTES

Tested on Ubuntu 24.04 & Fedora 41

Install prerequisites

Fedora

sudo dnf install @development-tools

Ubuntu 24.04

sudo apt install build-essential git curl screen

Install gobrew

Either Fedora, Ubuntu or Mac

curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kevincobain2000/gobrew/master/git.io.sh | bash

TIP

Be sure to add the installation path to your ~/.bashrc as instructed at the end and source ~/.bashrc or start a new terminal session.

Setup the environment

Make your Zond directory. This is where the Zond Testnet V1 repos, binaries, and data will be held.

mkdir ~/zond-testnetv1/ && cd ~/zond-testnetv1/

Clone the go-zond and qrysm GitHub repositories inside of the ~/zond-testnetv1/ directory, which we'll build from.

git clone https://github.com/theQRL/go-zond.git
git clone https://github.com/theQRL/qrysm.git

Build Zond binaries

First, make sure you're using golang 1.21.5 by running gobrew use 1.21.5.

Gzond (Execution Layer)

Gzond is the official Golang execution layer implementation of the Zond protocol.

cd go-zond/
make gzond
cp build/bin/gzond ../
cd ..

Qrysm (Consensus Engine)

Qrysm is a Golang implementation of the Zond Consensus specification, developed by The QRL and based on the Prysmatic Labs implementation of the Eth2 consensus specification.

cd qrysm
go build -o=../qrysmctl ./cmd/qrysmctl
go build -o=../beacon-chain ./cmd/beacon-chain
go build -o=../validator ./cmd/validator

Next steps

After building the binaries, you'll want to run them, so head to our Running page.

Troubleshooting

While the instructions above are tested on fresh OS installs, there will be a variety of system configurations that may cause issues.

If you encounter any other problems (or the solutions don't work for you), please open an issue.