Stagenet Deployment Guide

Prior to diving into stagenet deployment, make sure to follow the Local Deployment Guide.

Below is a practical guide on how to get started deploying to THORChain’s stagenet, taking inspiration from our friends at Nami Protocol who made a similar Devnet Deployment Guide.

It covers the steps from installing and setting up the daemon to connecting to different chain environments, gettings funds on stagenet, and provides a broad overview of Rujira.JS & Rujira.UI.

Install the thornode daemon (macOS)

1. After brew install golang coreutils binutils diffutils findutils gnu-tar gnu-sed gawk grep make git protobuf you need to prioritize the GNU versions and modify your PATH. You’ll find all the commands needed in the installation log of the command before. An example:

1. Install Docker: https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/

2. Add GOBIN to your PATH.

1. Clone Repo

1. Install via make command

1. Verify the correct installation

Connect to Stagenet

Stagenet is THORChain’s permissionless testnet, allowing you to freely test your contract(s) with real money.

General connection

1. Connection Details (see details in Developer Endpoints)

   1. Chain-ID: thorchain-stagenet-2

   2. RPC: https://stagenet-rpc.ninerealms.com

   3. API: https://stagenet-thornode.ninerealms.com

2. Example commands:

// Query all tokens
thornode query bank total-supply --node https://stagenet-rpc.ninerealms.com/

// Execute a transaction
thornode tx wasm execute <contract-addr> <json-msg> --from <account> --chain-id stage-1 --node https://stagenet-rpc.ninerealms.com/

Deploy a contract using sudo entry points

To deploy a contract on stagenet, test and make sure your sudo entry points work.

1. Generate the transaction (generate-only):

First, create a basic MsgExecuteContract transaction using the --generate-only flag:

1. Generate your execute msg only:

Example: thornode tx wasm execute <contract> '<msg>' --from wallet --node https://stagenet-rpc.ninerealms.com --chain-id thorchain-stagenet-2 --generate-only > sudo_tx.json

1. Update the generated sudo_tx.json:

• Change the message type to "/cosmwasm.wasm.v1.MsgSudoContract"

• Remove the sender and funds fields

• Add the authority field

{
    "body": {
        "messages": [
            {
                "@type": "/cosmwasm.wasm.v1.MsgSudoContract",
                "authority": "your_wallet",
                "contract": "your_contract",
                "msg": your_msg
                }
            }
        ],
        "memo": "",
        "timeout_height": "0",
        "extension_options": [],
        "non_critical_extension_options": []
    },
    "auth_info": {
        "signer_infos": [],
        "fee": {
            "amount": [],
            "gas_limit": "200000",
            "payer": "",
            "granter": ""
        },
        "tip": null
    },
    "signatures": []
}

1. Sign the json:

thornode tx sign sudo_tx.json \
  --from wallet \
  --chain-id thorchain-stagenet-2 \
  --node https://stagenet-rpc.ninerealms.com \
  --output-document signed_sudo_tx.json

1. Broadcast tx:

thornode tx broadcast signed_sudo_tx.json \
  --node https://stagenet-rpc.ninerealms.com

Store & instantiate a contract

1. Build and optimize your cosmwasm contract, so you have an artifact. A good starting point is this template: https://github.com/CosmWasm/cw-template/tree/main

2. Store the contract:

1. Instantiate it

Get assets on stagenet

Assets on stagenet are “real money” so to get assets to test, you will need to deposit real money (e.g. ATOM), swap some of it to another asset (e.g. RUNE) if you need a pair of assets to test, and then send by interacting with the different apps / contracts you want to test.

The easiest way to deposit and swap assets on stagenet is to use preview.rujira.network, which is connected to stagenet:

1. Deposit: Go to preview.rujira.network/portfolio, connect your wallet (Keplr, Ctrl, Leap or whichever you prefer) and hit the Deposit button. You can find the stagenet thor address (sthor….) in the portfolio page:

1. Swap: Once you’ve made a deposit, you can swap to e.g. RUNE to get on your sthor address using preview.rujira.network/swap/GAIA.ATOM/THOR.RUNE

If above doesn't work, you can also get RUNE on THORChain via AVAX using below method:

Get RUNE on THORChain Stagenet from AVAX on Avalance

This covers a manual conversion process from AVAX on the Avalance-C chain to RUNE on THORChain Stagenet.

1. Determine the Avalanche inbound address

Go to this URL: https://stagenet-thornode.ninerealms.com/thorchain/inbound_addresses

Find the relevant section, e.g. AVAX:

Find the address field, e.g. 0xd6a6c0b3bb4150a98a379811934e440989209db6

2. Construct the correct message data

Find your deposit address, e.g.: sthor1e2r98hpf3eer8pfpcrsprmrx5vpfq8jpwt06jw

Construct a message using that address of the form: =:THOR.RUNE:sthor1egxvam70a86jafa8gcg3kqfmfax3s0m2ug8gzt

Hex encode that string, e.g.: 3d3a54484f522e52554e453a7374686f723165677876616d37306138366a61666138676367336b71666d6661783373306d32756738677a74

You can use any tool to hex encode data, for example this site: https://www.hexator.com/

And finally, prepend 0x to that string to match MetaMask expectations: 0x3d3a54484f522e52554e453a7374686f723165677876616d37306138366a61666138676367336b71666d6661783373306d32756738677a74

3. Configure MetaMask

You need to ensure that the “show data” option is enabled under advanced settings:

4. Send funds

You can use any Avalanche-compatible wallet, but in this example we're using MetaMask. You need to set message data, which can only be done in the full screen mode. Open MetaMask and choose expand view:

Initiate a send, and configure the destination address, token, and amount, plus the hex data from above:

5. Confirm funds received

Broadcast the transaction above: https://snowtrace.io/tx/0xae863bd2b4407421ec0882d7eada20ba12cffeec8e93f7e77e22b946a952641e

Take that transaction hash to: https://stagenet.thorchain.net/dashboard

Search for that transaction hash, and you’ll find: https://stagenet.thorchain.net/tx/0xae863bd2b4407421ec0882d7eada20ba12cffeec8e93f7e77e22b946a952641e