Guidence for create validator
Create wallet
To create new wallet you can use command below. Don’t forget to save the mnemonic
blockxd keys add $WALLET
To recover your wallet using seed phrase
blockxd keys add $WALLET --recover
Show your wallet list
Save wallet info
Add wallet and validator address into variables
BLOCKX_WALLET_ADDRESS=$(blockxd keys show $WALLET -a)
BLOCKX_VALOPER_ADDRESS=$(blockxd keys show $WALLET --bech val -a)
echo 'export BLOCKX_WALLET_ADDRESS='${BLOCKX_WALLET_ADDRESS} >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo 'export BLOCKX_VALOPER_ADDRESS='${BLOCKX_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 discord faucet.
Go to https://faucet.blockxnet.com/ and filled blockx address
Create validator
check your wallet balance:
blockxd query bank balances $BLOCKX_WALLET_ADDRESS
To create your validator run command below
blockxd tx staking create-validator \
--amount 1000000abcx \
--from $WALLET \
--commission-max-change-rate "0.01" \
--commission-max-rate "0.2" \
--commission-rate "0.07" \
--min-self-delegation "1" \
--pubkey $(blockxd tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker $NODENAME \
--chain-id $BLOCKX_CHAIN_ID\
--gas auto \
--fees=2000abcx
Check your validator key
[[ $(blockxd q staking validator $BLOCKX_VALOPER_ADDRESS -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(blockxd 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
blockxd 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 blockxd -o cat
Start service
sudo systemctl start blockxd
Stop service
sudo systemctl stop blockxd
Restart service
sudo systemctl restart blockxd
Node info
Synchronization info
blockxd status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo
Validator info
blockxd status 2>&1 | jq .ValidatorInfo
Node info
blockxd status 2>&1 | jq .NodeInfo
Show node id
blockxd tendermint show-node-id
Wallet operations
List of wallets
Recover wallet
blockxd keys add $WALLET --recover
Delete wallet
blockxd keys delete $WALLET
Get wallet balance
blockxd query bank balances $BLOCKX_WALLET_ADDRESS
Transfer funds
blockxd tx bank send $BLOCKX_WALLET_ADDRESS <TO_BLOCKX_WALLET_ADDRESS> 1000000abcx
Voting
blockxd tx gov vote 1 yes --from $WALLET --chain-id=$BLOCKX_CHAIN_ID
Staking, Delegation and Rewards
Delegate stake
blockxd tx staking delegate $BLOCKX_VALOPER_ADDRESS 1000000abcx --from=$WALLET --chain-id=$BLOCKX_CHAIN_ID --gas=auto
Redelegate stake from validator to another validator
blockxd tx staking redelegate <srcValidatorAddress> <destValidatorAddress> 1000000abcx --from=$WALLET --chain-id=$BLOCKX_CHAIN_ID --gas=auto
Withdraw all rewards
blockxd tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from=$WALLET --chain-id=$BLOCKX_CHAIN_ID --gas=auto
Withdraw rewards with commision
blockxd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $BLOCKX_VALOPER_ADDRESS --from=$WALLET --commission --chain-id=$BLOCKX_CHAIN_ID
Validator management
Edit validator
blockxd tx staking edit-validator \
--moniker=$NODENAME \
--identity=<your_keybase_id> \
--website="<your_website>" \
--details="<your_validator_description>" \
--chain-id=$BLOCKX_CHAIN_ID \
--from=$WALLET
Unjail validator
blockxd tx slashing unjail \
--broadcast-mode=block \
--from=$WALLET \
--chain-id=$BLOCKX_CHAIN_ID \
--gas=auto
