Running a Node

Run a Specter full node or validator using the specterd binary.

Build from source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Specter-Foundation/specterchain.git
cd specterchain/chain

# Build the binary
go build -o specterd ./cmd/specterd

# Verify
./specterd version

Initialize

./specterd init my-node --chain-id specter-testnet-1

This creates the node's home directory at ~/.specter with default configuration files.

Start

./specterd start

Systemd service

For production nodes, run as a systemd service:

# /etc/systemd/system/specterd.service
[Unit]
Description=Specter Node
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=specter
ExecStart=/opt/specter/bin/specterd start
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
Environment=GHOSTMINT_AUTHORIZED_CALLERS=0x35cdaE691037fcBb3ff9D0518725F1ae98d502b7

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl enable specterd
sudo systemctl start specterd
sudo journalctl -u specterd -f  # view logs

Data directory structure

~/.specter/
├── config/
│   ├── config.toml        # CometBFT configuration
│   ├── app.toml           # Application configuration
│   ├── genesis.json       # Chain genesis
│   └── node_key.json      # Node identity
├── data/                  # Chain data
└── keyring-*             # Key storage

Ports

Port	Service
26656	CometBFT P2P
26657	CometBFT RPC
8545	EVM JSON-RPC
8546	EVM WebSocket
1317	Cosmos REST API
9090	gRPC

Hardware requirements

Component	Minimum	Recommended
CPU	4 cores	8 cores
RAM	8 GB	16 GB
Disk	100 GB SSD	500 GB NVMe
Network	100 Mbps	1 Gbps