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title: Setting-up NOMIC Testnet Node

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# Setting-up NOMIC Testnet Node
We will need rustup.
### Install rustup:
```
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
```
### Install dependencies:
```
sudo dnf install clang openssl-devel && sudo dnf group install "C Development Tools and Libraries"
```
### Download NOMIC repository and install:
First we will clone the repository.
Then we will scitch to testnet branch and then install.
```
git clone https://github.com/nomic-io/nomic.git nomic && cd nomic
git pull
git checkout v4d-testnet
cargo install --locked --path .
```
### Create systemd service file:
```sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/nomic.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Nomic Node
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=cosmos
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c '/home/cosmos/.cargo/bin/nomic start'
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
```
### Start the service:
```
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start nomic
journalctl -u nomic.service -f
```
### Fund the wallet:
Fund the wallet by asking in the validator testnet channel.
To find balance in nomic wallet:
```nomic balance```
### Declare the node as a validator:
First we will find out validator address using the following:
```
curl -s http://127.0.0.1:26657/status
```
validator address can be found in the ```validator_info``` section.
Now we will declare the node as validator and delegate to it:
```
nomic declare \
sCl3NhCbe415xIhFhcqQtwjPwrm5EteM9tZMY5Y/Br4= \
100000 \
0.042 \
0.1 \
0.01 \
100000 \
"Validatus" \
"https://www.validatus.com" \
DEF3590B1DCD96A4 \
"Validatus - verifying blockchain entries on purely Enterprise Linux based systems with regular security audits. Stay safe. Stake with us."
```
To claim rewards:
```
nomic claim
```
To delegate next time:
```
nomic delegate nomic1aguemq6v6lfzptvfp6z9zjd3ldsfkw2wau0yar 9790000
```



