validator

Guidence for create validator

Create wallet

To create new wallet you can use command below. Don’t forget to save the mnemonic

planqd keys add $WALLET

To recover your wallet using seed phrase

planqd keys add $WALLET --recover

Show your wallet list

planqd keys list

Save wallet info

Add wallet and validator address into variables

PLANQ_WALLET_ADDRESS=$(planqd keys show $WALLET -a)
PLANQ_VALOPER_ADDRESS=$(planqd keys show $WALLET --bech val -a)
echo 'export PLANQ_WALLET_ADDRESS='${PLANQ_WALLET_ADDRESS} >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo 'export PLANQ_VALOPER_ADDRESS='${PLANQ_VALOPER_ADDRESS} >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

Fund your wallet

In order to create validator first you need to fund your wallet with buy planq token.

https://docs.planq.network/about/airdrop.html

Create validator

check your wallet balance:

planqd query bank balances $PLANQ_WALLET_ADDRESS

To create your validator run command below

planqd tx staking create-validator \
  --amount 1000000000000aplanq \
  --from $WALLET \
  --commission-max-change-rate "0.1" \
  --commission-max-rate "0.2" \
  --commission-rate "0.1" \
  --min-self-delegation "1" \
  --pubkey  $(planqd tendermint show-validator) \
  --moniker $NODENAME \
  --chain-id $PLANQ_CHAIN_ID \
  --gas="1000000" \
  --gas-prices="30000000000aplanq" \
  --gas-adjustment="1.15"

Check your validator key

[[ $(planqd q staking validator $PLANQ_VALOPER_ADDRESS -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(planqd status | jq -r .ValidatorInfo.PubKey.value) ]] && echo -e "\n\e[1m\e[32mTrue\e[0m\n" || echo -e "\n\e[1m\e[31mFalse\e[0m\n"

Get list of validators

planqd q staking validators -oj --limit=3000 | jq '.validators[] | select(.status=="BOND_STATUS_BONDED")' | jq -r '(.tokens|tonumber/pow(10; 6)|floor|tostring) + " \t " + .description.moniker' | sort -gr | nl

Usefull commands

Service management

Check logs

journalctl -fu planqd -o cat

Start service

sudo systemctl start planqd

Stop service

sudo systemctl stop planqd

Restart service

sudo systemctl restart planqd

Node info

Synchronization info

planqd status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo

Validator info

planqd status 2>&1 | jq .ValidatorInfo

Node info

planqd status 2>&1 | jq .NodeInfo

Show node id

planqd tendermint show-node-id

Wallet operations

List of wallets

planqd keys list

Recover wallet

planqd keys add $WALLET --recover

Delete wallet

planqd keys delete $WALLET

Get wallet balance

planqd query bank balances $PLANQ_WALLET_ADDRESS

Transfer funds

planqd tx bank send $PLANQ_WALLET_ADDRESS <TO_PLANQ_WALLET_ADDRESS> 10000aplanq

Voting

planqd tx gov vote 1 yes --from $WALLET --chain-id=$PLANQ_CHAIN_ID

Staking, Delegation and Rewards

Delegate stake

planqd tx staking delegate $PLANQ_VALOPER_ADDRESS 1000000000000aplanq --from=$WALLET --chain-id=$PLANQ_CHAIN_ID --gas=auto

Redelegate stake from validator to another validator

planqd tx staking redelegate <srcValidatorAddress> <destValidatorAddress> 1000000000000aplanq --from=$WALLET --chain-id=$PLANQ_CHAIN_ID --gas=auto

Withdraw all rewards

planqd tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from=$WALLET --chain-id=$PLANQ_CHAIN_ID --gas=auto

Withdraw rewards with commision

planqd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $PLANQ_VALOPER_ADDRESS --from=$WALLET --commission --chain-id=$PLANQ_CHAIN_ID

Validator management

Edit validator

planqd tx staking edit-validator \
  --moniker=$NODENAME \
  --identity=<your_keybase_id> \
  --website="<your_website>" \
  --details="<your_validator_description>" \
  --chain-id=$PLANQ_CHAIN_ID \
  --from=$WALLET

Unjail validator

bcnad tx slashing unjail \
  --broadcast-mode=block \
  --from=$WALLET \
  --chain-id=$PLANQ_CHAIN_ID \
  --gas=auto