fetchd

README

Fetch.ai fetchd repository

This repository contains the source code for validators on the Fetch network. The source is based on the wasmd variant of the Cosmos-SDK, which includes a virtual machine that compiles to WebAssembly. It contains Fetch.ai-specific updates required for the test networks and future mainnet, including a decentralized random beacon (DRB) and a novel, compact multi-signatures scheme. Versions of this repository are not currently synchronised with either wasmd or the Cosmos-SDK. Please refer to the releases section for the compatibility with upstream versions.

Note: Requires Go 1.18+

Supported Systems

The supported systems are limited by the dlls created in go-cosmwasm. In particular, we only support MacOS and Linux.

Quick Start

Building and testing the project

First, install golang >= v1.18 (follow the guide from https://golang.org/dl/) and execute the following commands:

# make sure you have the following packages:
apt-get update && apt-get install -y make gcc

# install fetchd. This will output the binary in ~/go/bin/ folder by default.
make install

You should now have fetchd successfully installed in your path. You can check this with the following command:

which fetchd

This should return a path such as ~/go/bin/fetchd (might be different depending on your actual go installation).

If you get no output, or an error such as which: no fetchd in ..., possible cause can either be that make install failed with some errors or that your go binary folder (default: ~/go/bin) is not in your PATH.

To add the ~/go/bin folder to your PATH, add this line at the end of your ~/.bashrc:

export PATH=$PATH:~/go/bin

and reload it with:

source ~/.bashrc

You can also verify that you are running the correct version

fetchd version

This should print a version number that must be compatible with the network you're connecting to (see the network page for the list of supported versions per network).

Alternatively, you can also build without installing the binary with:

make build

The fetchd binary will be available under ./build/fetchd.

Run a simple local test network

The easiest way to get started with a simple network is to run the docker-compose. The details of this can be found here. By default it will launch a small 3 validator nodes network.

Resources

1. Website
2. Documentation
3. Discord Server
4. Blog
5. Community Telegram Group