Subnet 70

Create and activate Python virtual environment

cd nexisgen && python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate

Install nexisgen package with dependencies

pip install -e ".[dev]"

Copy environment template

cp .env.example .env

Configure BT_WALLET_NAME, BT_WALLET_HOTKEY, BT_WALLET_PATH, R2_ACCOUNT_ID, R2_REGION, R2_READ_ACCESS_KEY, R2_READ_SECRET_KEY, R2_WRITE_ACCESS_KEY, R2_WRITE_SECRET_KEY, NEXIS_SOURCES_FILE, and optionally NEXIS_BLOCK_POLL_SEC, NEXIS_DATASET_CATEGORY, TARGET_RESOLUTION, NEXIS_DATASET_SPEC_DEFAULT, NEXIS_MINER_ENABLED_SPECS

# Edit .env with required values

Commit miner read credentials on-chain so validators can discover and access miner bucket

nexis commit-credentials

Start miner continuous loop; builds and uploads one interval package per 50-block interval

nexis mine

Copy Docker validator configuration templates

cd nexisgen/docker && cp validator.env.example validator.env && cp compose.env.example compose.env

Set restrictive permissions on environment files

chmod 600 validator.env compose.env

Configure compose environment variables, particularly wallet host path for Docker mount

# Edit compose.env: set BT_WALLET_HOST_PATH to host wallet directory

Configure required and recommended validator environment variables

# Edit validator.env: set NEXIS_NETUID, BT_NETWORK, BT_WALLET_NAME, BT_WALLET_HOTKEY, BT_WALLET_PATH, R2_ACCOUNT_ID, R2_REGION, NEXIS_BLOCK_POLL_SEC, NEXIS_WORKDIR, NEXIS_RECORD_INFO_BUCKET, NEXIS_RECORD_INFO_ACCOUNT_ID, NEXIS_RECORD_INFO_READ_ACCESS_KEY, NEXIS_RECORD_INFO_READ_SECRET_KEY, and optional OPENAI_API_KEY or GEMINI_API_KEY

Start Docker validator and watchtower services in background

docker compose --env-file compose.env -f docker-compose.validator.yml up -d

Monitor validator logs to verify startup and operation(optional)

docker logs -f nexis-validator