Vanta

Clone the Vanta Network repository

git clone https://github.com/taoshidev/vanta-network.git && cd vanta-network

Create and activate a Python virtual environment

python3 -m venv venv && . venv/bin/activate

Install dependencies

export PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1 && pip install -r requirements.txt && python3 -m pip install -e .

Create coldkey and hotkey for your miner wallet

btcli wallet new_coldkey --wallet.name <wallet> && btcli wallet new_hotkey --wallet.name <wallet> --wallet.hotkey <miner>

Register your miner on mainnet (or add --subtensor.network test --netuid 116 for testnet)

btcli subnet register --wallet.name <wallet> --wallet.hotkey <miner> --netuid 8

Select an asset class (crypto, forex, equities, or commodities) - cannot be changed later

vanta asset select

Deposit Theta collateral (minimum 300 Theta, maximum 1000 Theta)

vanta collateral deposit --amount <theta>

Create vanta_api/api_keys.json with your API key

mkdir -p vanta_api && cat > vanta_api/api_keys.json << 'EOF'
{
  "my_api_key": {
    "key": "xxxx",
    "tier": 200
  }
}
EOF

Run your miner (add --subtensor.network test for testnet, --logging.debug for debug logs)

python neurons/miner.py --netuid 8 --wallet.name <wallet> --wallet.hotkey <miner>

Install system dependencies for Python compilation

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt install -y software-properties-common make build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev wget curl llvm libncurses5-dev xz-utils tk-dev libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev

Install Python 3.10.12

cd /usr/src && sudo wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.12/Python-3.10.12.tgz && sudo tar xzf Python-3.10.12.tgz && cd Python-3.10.12 && sudo ./configure --enable-optimizations && sudo make -j$(nproc) && sudo make altinstall && python3.10 --version

Clone repository and install dependencies

git clone https://github.com/taoshidev/vanta-network.git && cd vanta-network && python3.10 -m venv venv && . venv/bin/activate && export PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1 && pip install -r requirements.txt && python -m pip install -e .

Create coldkey and hotkey for your validator

btcli wallet new_coldkey --wallet.name validator && btcli wallet new_hotkey --wallet.name validator --wallet.hotkey default

Register your validator on mainnet (add --subtensor.network test --netuid 116 for testnet)

btcli subnet register --wallet.name validator --wallet.hotkey default --netuid 8

Create secrets.json with API keys for data providers (Massive/Polygon, Tiingo, Databento)

cat > secrets.json << 'EOF'
{
  "polygon_apikey": "YOUR_POLYGON_API_KEY",
  "tiingo_apikey": "YOUR_TIINGO_API_KEY",
  "databento_apikey": "YOUR_DATABENTO_API_KEY"
}
EOF

Install PM2 and jq (use apt install jq on Linux)

npm install -g pm2 && brew install jq

Start validator with PM2 (add --subtensor.network test for testnet)

pm2 start run.sh --name sn8 -- --wallet.name validator --wallet.hotkey default --netuid 8 --autosync