Validator Setup

Create/restore a key pair​

  • Create Wallet

emped keys add <your-wallet-name>

  • Restore Wallet

emped keys add <your-wallet-name> --recover

Create Your Validator

Your empevalconspub consensus public key from tendermint can be used to create a new validator by staking tokens. You can find your validator pubkey by running:

emped tendermint show-validator

To create your validator use the following command:

emped tx staking create-validator \
  --amount=1000000uempe \
  --pubkey=$(emped tendermint show-validator) \
  --moniker="<YOUR_MONIKER>" \
  --identity="<KEYBASE_ID(optional)>" \
  --website="<YOUR_WEBSITE(optional)>" \
  --security-contact="<EMAIL(optional)>" \
  --details="<VALIDATOR_DESCRIPTION>" \
  --chain-id=empe-testnet-2 \
  --commission-rate="0.10" \
  --commission-max-rate="0.20" \
  --commission-max-change-rate="0.01" \
  --min-self-delegation="1000000" \
  --from=<your-wallet-name> \
  --fees=25uempe \
  --gas=auto \
  --gas-adjustment=1.3

If you don't have any testnet tokens yet, you can request some from the Empeiria Faucet. For a step-by-step guide on how to claim testnet tokens, check out the official documentation here.

Confirm Your Validator is Running

Your validator is active if the following command returns anything:

emped query tendermint-validator-set | grep "$(emped tendermint show-validator | jq .key  | tr -d \")"

You should now see your validator in one of the block explorers. You are looking for the bech32 encoded address in the ~/.emped-chain/config/priv_validator_key.json file.

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