Set up a Paloma LightNode

A Paloma LightNode is a ligthweight server that provides GRAIN stakers with a convenient automation that automatically restakes their staking rewards so that compounding interest is generated for their investment.

The software is fully Open Source and is available under a license that grants anyone the right to use, modify, and distribute it, modified or not, to everyone free of charge. However, in order to run a LightNode on the Paloma chain a token holder is required to purchase a license and assign it to the node.

Hardware Reuirements

The software is delivered as a Docker container. The recommended requirements follow:

• At least 4GB of memory.
• Ay least 500MB of storage,

Software Requirements

Docker (opens new window) or Podman (opens new window) are required for the execution of the LightNode software.

How to run a LightNode

DANGER

It's required to activate your license (opens new window) before running the LightNode on Paloma mainnet. The following instructions won't work otherwise.

Open a terminal and type the following command:

docker run --pull=always -ti \
   -v ./password-store/.gnupg:/root/.gnupg \
   -v ./password-store/.password-store:/root/.password-store \
   palomachain/lightnode-client:v1