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+#!/bin/bash
+# microtick and bitcanna contributed significantly here.
+set -uxe
+
+# set environment variables
+export GOPATH=~/go
+export PATH=$PATH:~/go/bin
+export RPC=http://node1.konstellation.tech:26657
+export RPCN=http://node1.konstellation.tech:26657
+export APPNAME=KNSTLD
+
+# Install Gaia
+go install ./...
+
+# MAKE HOME FOLDER AND GET GENESIS
+knstld init notional-konstellation-relays
+wget -O ~/.knstld/config/genesis.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Konstellation/konstellation/master/config/genesis.json
+
+
+INTERVAL=1000
+
+# GET TRUST HASH AND TRUST HEIGHT
+
+LATEST_HEIGHT=$(curl -s $RPC/block | jq -r .result.block.header.height);
+BLOCK_HEIGHT=$(($LATEST_HEIGHT-INTERVAL))
+TRUST_HASH=$(curl -s "$RPC/block?height=$BLOCK_HEIGHT" | jq -r .result.block_id.hash)
+
+
+# TELL USER WHAT WE ARE DOING
+echo "TRUST HEIGHT: $BLOCK_HEIGHT"
+echo "TRUST HASH: $TRUST_HASH"
+
+
+# export state sync vars
+export $(echo $APPNAME)_STATESYNC_ENABLE=true
+export $(echo $APPNAME)_P2P_MAX_NUM_OUTBOUND_PEERS=500
+export $(echo $APPNAME)_STATESYNC_RPC_SERVERS="$RPC,$RPCN"
+export $(echo $APPNAME)_STATESYNC_TRUST_HEIGHT=$BLOCK_HEIGHT
+export $(echo $APPNAME)_STATESYNC_TRUST_HASH=$TRUST_HASH
+export $(echo $APPNAME)_P2P_SEEDS="1bd4b89e05e5d7ea5d2dba89c799c2e624cb35d7@node1.konstellation.tech:26656"
+
+
+knstld start