Namada Self Host

This repository helps to quickly spin up a local version of namada blockchain and some ecosystem services and tools in a matter of seconds.
Including :

• A Namada blockchain with 3 validators
• Hermes for IBC transfer (by running a second namada blockchain called chain-b)

Requirements

• Docker (or Docker Desktop on Windows/Mac)

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Important!

IF YOU ARE UPGRADING THIS PACKAGE FROM OLDER VERSIONS IT IS RECOMMENDED TO REMOVE YOUR OLD .env FILE

Initialize settings

Make an .env from sample file, and alter values as desired

cp .env.sample .env

Pull images from docker hub or build them from scratch.
To pull images do

docker compose --profile main pull

Or, build images from the dockerfile (takes more time and requires a lot of resources) :

docker compose --profile main build

Run The Network

To start the blockchain with 3 validators

docker compose --profile main up -d

for the first time launching it give it 1-2 min to download necessary files and setup the chain. then you can use it

Check logs

docker compose --profile main logs -f 

Execute commands

exec into one of the validators , e.g.

docker compose exec namada-1 bash

then you can run any commands over the blockchain. e.g. :

namada --version

there is a faucet account with huge amounts of NAM on container namada-1, you can use it to transfer funds to other accounts:

docker compose exec namada-1 bash
namadac transparent-transfer  --source faucet-1 --target namada-1-wallet --amount 200000 --token nam

for more information about commands, check the official docs

Hermes and IBC transfers

To test hermes on a Namada <> Namada channel , we need another instance of namada blockchain. this is included under hermes profile in docker compose file.
To run chain B and the hermes container

Pull images from docker hub or build them from scratch.
To pull images do

docker compose --profile hermes pull

Or, build images from the dockerfile (takes more time and requires a lot of resources) :

docker compose --profile hermes build

Then run the hermes containers

docker compose --profile hermes up -d

this will create chain-b , another namada blockchain with single validator and sets configs on the hermes and create a channel between two blockchains.
Hermes takes some time to be functional, so the check logs before start using it

docker compose logs -f hermes

now exec into chain-b and get an address wallet from there

docker compose exec namada-chain-b bash
namadaw list

in another terminal exec into namada-1 and transfer any tokens to chain-b

docker compose exec namada-1 bash
namadac ibc-transfer --amount 5 --source namada-1-wallet --receiver <ADDRESS_WALLET_ON_CHAIN_B> --token nam --channel-id channel-0

get back into chain-b terminal, after a short time query the balance of your wallet and you should see tokens have arrived

Tear Down

To remove everything

docker compose --profile main --profile hermes down -v -t 0