# validator ### Guidance for Validator #### Create wallet To create new wallet you can use command below. Don’t forget to save the mnemonic ``` sided keys add $WALLET ``` To recover your wallet using seed phrase ``` sided keys add $WALLET --recover ``` Show your wallet list ``` sided keys list ``` #### Save wallet info Add wallet and validator address into variables ``` SIDE_WALLET_ADDRESS=$(sided keys show $WALLET -a) SIDE_VALOPER_ADDRESS=$(sided keys show $WALLET --bech val -a) echo 'export SIDE_WALLET_ADDRESS='${SIDE_WALLET_ADDRESS} >> $HOME/.bash_profile echo 'export SIDE_VALOPER_ADDRESS='${SIDE_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 discord channel and #testnet-faucet channel type $request side-testnet-3 bcxxxxxxxxx ``` #### Create validator check your wallet balance: ``` sided query bank balances $SIDE_WALLET_ADDRESS ``` To create your validator run command below ``` sided tx staking create-validator \ --amount 1000000uside \ --pubkey $(sided tendermint show-validator) \ --moniker "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \ --identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \ --details "YOUR_DETAILS" \ --website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \ --chain-id side-testnet-3 \ --commission-rate 0.05 \ --commission-max-rate 0.20 \ --commission-max-change-rate 0.05 \ --min-self-delegation 1 \ --from wallet \ --gas-adjustment 1.4 \ --gas auto \ --gas-prices 0.005uside \ -y ``` #### Check your validator key ``` [[ $(sided q staking validator $SIDE_VALOPER_ADDRESS -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(sided 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 ``` sided 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 sided -o cat ``` Start service ``` sudo systemctl start sided ``` Stop service ``` sudo systemctl stop sided ``` Restart service ``` sudo systemctl restart sided ``` #### Node info Synchronization info ``` sided status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo ``` Validator info ``` sided status 2>&1 | jq .ValidatorInfo ``` Node info ``` sided status 2>&1 | jq .NodeInfo ``` Show node id ``` sided tendermint show-node-id ``` #### Wallet operations List of wallets ``` sided keys list ``` Recover wallet ``` sided keys add $WALLET --recover ``` Delete wallet ``` sided keys delete $WALLET ``` Get wallet balance ``` sided query bank balances $SIDE_WALLET_ADDRESS ``` Transfer funds ``` sided tx bank send $SIDE_WALLET_ADDRESS 1000000uside ``` #### Voting ``` sided tx gov vote 1 yes --from $WALLET --chain-id=$SIDE_CHAIN_ID ``` #### Staking, Delegation and Rewards Delegate stake ``` sided tx staking delegate $SIDE_VALOPER_ADDRESS 1000000uside --from=$WALLET --chain-id=$SIDE_CHAIN_ID --gas=auto ``` Redelegate stake from validator to another validator ``` sided tx staking redelegate 1000000uside --from=$WALLET --chain-id=$SIDE_CHAIN_ID --gas=auto ``` Withdraw all rewards ``` sided tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from=$WALLET --chain-id=$SIDE_CHAIN_ID --gas=auto ``` Withdraw rewards with commision ``` sided tx distribution withdraw-rewards $SIDE_VALOPER_ADDRESS --from=$WALLET --commission --chain-id=$SIDE_CHAIN_ID ``` #### Validator management Edit validator ``` sided tx staking edit-validator \ --moniker=$NODENAME \ --identity= \ --website="" \ --details="" \ --chain-id=$SIDE_CHAIN_ID \ --from=$WALLET ``` Unjail validator ``` sided tx slashing unjail \ --broadcast-mode=block \ --from=$WALLET \ --chain-id=$SIDE_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/side/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.