# validator Guidence for create validator #### Create wallet To create new wallet you can use command below. Don’t forget to save the mnemonic ``` bcnad keys add $WALLET ``` To recover your wallet using seed phrase ``` bcnad keys add $WALLET --recover ``` Show your wallet list ``` bcnad keys list ``` #### Save wallet info Add wallet and validator address into variables ``` BITCANNA_WALLET_ADDRESS=$(bcnad keys show $WALLET -a) BITCANNA_VALOPER_ADDRESS=$(bcnad keys show $WALLET --bech val -a) echo 'export BITCANNA_WALLET_ADDRESS='${BITCANNA_WALLET_ADDRESS} >> $HOME/.bash_profile echo 'export BITCANNA_VALOPER_ADDRESS='${BITCANNA_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 bcna token. ``` Go to Discord channel #devnet-faucet ``` #### Create validator check your wallet balance: ``` bcnad query bank balances $BITCANNA_WALLET_ADDRESS ``` To create your validator run command below ``` bcnad tx staking create-validator \ --amount 1000000ubcna \ --from $WALLET \ --commission-max-change-rate "0.01" \ --commission-max-rate "0.2" \ --commission-rate "0.1" \ --min-self-delegation "1" \ --pubkey $(bcnad tendermint show-validator) \ --moniker $NODENAME \ --chain-id $BITCANNA_CHAIN_ID --gas-prices=0.1ubcna \ --gas-adjustment=1.5 \ --gas=auto \ ``` #### Check your validator key ``` [[ $(bcnad q staking validator $BITCANNA_VALOPER_ADDRESS -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(bcnad 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 ``` bcnad 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 bcnad -o cat ``` Start service ``` sudo systemctl start bcnad ``` Stop service ``` sudo systemctl stop bcnad ``` Restart service ``` sudo systemctl restart bcnad ``` #### Node info Synchronization info ``` bcnad status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo ``` Validator info ``` bcnad status 2>&1 | jq .ValidatorInfo ``` Node info ``` bcnad status 2>&1 | jq .NodeInfo ``` Show node id ``` bcnad tendermint show-node-id ``` #### Wallet operations List of wallets ``` bcnad keys list ``` Recover wallet ``` bcnad keys add $WALLET --recover ``` Delete wallet ``` bcnad keys delete $WALLET ``` Get wallet balance ``` bcnad query bank balances $BITCANNA_WALLET_ADDRESS ``` Transfer funds ``` bcnad tx bank send $BITCANNA_WALLET_ADDRESS 10000000ubcna ``` #### Voting ``` bcnad tx gov vote 1 yes --from $WALLET --chain-id=$BITCANNA_CHAIN_ID ``` #### Staking, Delegation and Rewards Delegate stake ``` bcnad tx staking delegate $BITCANNA_VALOPER_ADDRESS 10000000ubcna --from=$WALLET --chain-id=$BITCANNA_CHAIN_ID --gas=auto ``` Redelegate stake from validator to another validator ``` bcnad tx staking redelegate 10000000ubcna --from=$WALLET --chain-id=$BITCANNA_CHAIN_ID --gas=auto ``` Withdraw all rewards ``` bcnad tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from=$WALLET --chain-id=$BITCANNA_CHAIN_ID --gas=auto ``` Withdraw rewards with commision ``` bcnad tx distribution withdraw-rewards $BITCANNA_VALOPER_ADDRESS --from=$WALLET --commission --chain-id=$BITCANNA_CHAIN_ID ``` #### Validator management Edit validator ``` bcnad tx staking edit-validator \ --moniker=$NODENAME \ --identity= \ --website="" \ --details="" \ --chain-id=$BITCANNA_CHAIN_ID \ --from=$WALLET ``` Unjail validator ``` bcnad tx slashing unjail \ --broadcast-mode=block \ --from=$WALLET \ --chain-id=$BITCANNA_CHAIN_ID \ --gas=auto ``` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.konsortech.xyz/node/testnet/bitcanna/validator.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.