Validator

Create a validator

If you want to create a validator in the testnet, follow the instructions in the Creating a validator section.

Create Wallet

wardend keys add wallet

Faucet token: replace < your-address> by your warden address

curl -XPOST -d '{"address": "<your-address>"}' https://faucet.buenavista.wardenprotocol.org

Check Banlance

wardend q bank balances $(wardend keys show wallet -a)

Create a new validator

Once the node is synced and you have the required WARD, you can become a validator.

To create a validator and initialize it with a self-delegation, you need to create a validator.json file and submit a create-validator transaction.

Obtain your validator public key by running the following command:

wardend comet show-validator

The output will be similar to this (with a different key):

{"@type":"/cosmos.crypto.ed25519.PubKey","key":"lR1d7YBVK5jYijOfWVKRFoWCsS4dg3kagT7LB9GnG8I="}

Create validator.json file

nano validator.json

The validator.json file has the following format: Change your personal information accordingly

{    
"pubkey": {"@type":"/cosmos.crypto.ed25519.PubKey","key":"lR1d7YBVK5jYijOfWVKRFoWCsS4dg3kagT7LB9GnG8I="},
"amount": "1000000uward",
"moniker": "your-node-moniker",
"identity": "keybase",
"website": "optional website for your validator",
"security": "optional security contact for your validator",
"details": "optional details for your validator",
"commission-rate": "0.1",
"commission-max-rate": "0.2",
"commission-max-change-rate": "0.01",
"min-self-delegation": "1"
}

Finally, we're ready to submit the transaction to create the validator:

wardend tx staking create-validator $HOME/validator.json \
--from=wallet \
--chain-id=buenavista-1 \
--fees=500uward

Delegate Token to your own validator

    wardend tx staking delegate $(wardend keys show wallet --bech val -a)  1000000uward \
    --from=wallet \
    --chain-id=buenavista-1 \
    --fees=500uward

Withdraw rewards and commission from your validator

    wardend tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(wardend keys show wallet --bech val -a) \
    --from wallet \
    --commission \
    --chain-id=buenavista-1 \
    --fees=500uward

Unjail validator

    wardend tx slashing unjail \
    --from wallet \
    --commission \
    --chain-id=buenavista-1 \
    --fees=500uward

Backup Validator

     cat $HOME/.warden/config/priv_validator_key.json

Remove node

    sudo systemctl stop wardend && sudo systemctl disable wardend && \
    sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/wardend.service && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && \
    rm -rf $HOME/.warden && \
    rm -rf $HOME/wardenprotocol && \
    rm -rf $HOME/warden_auto && \
    rm -f $(which wardend) && \
    rm -rf $HOME/warden