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Version: 1.0.0

Validator Quick Sheet

This quick sheet provides essential commands for managing validators on ZIGChain, including setup, status checks, and reward management.

Quick Commands​

Get your node validator pub key​

zigchaind tendermint show-validator

Create a file with your validator info​

PUBKEY=$(zigchaind tendermint show-validator)
bash -c "cat > /tmp/your_validator.txt" << EOM
{
    "pubkey": $PUBKEY,
    "amount": "1000000uzig",
    "moniker": "validator's name",
    "identity": "optional identity signature (ex. UPort or Keybase)",
    "website": "validator's (optional) website",
    "security": "validator's (optional) security contact email",
    "details": "validator's (optional) details",
    "commission-rate": "0.1",
    "commission-max-rate": "0.2",
    "commission-max-change-rate": "0.01",
    "min-self-delegation": "10"
}
EOM

Create your validator​

zigchaind tx staking create-validator /tmp/your_validator.txt \
  --from=zuser1 \
  --chain-id="zig-test-2" \
  --gas="auto" \
  --gas-prices="0.00025uzig" \
  --gas-adjustment=1.5

Confirm transaction and get your validator address​

zigchaind query tx $TXHASH --chain-id="zig-test-2" | grep raw_log
VALIDATOR_OP_ADDRESS=$(zigchaind q tx $TXHASH --output json | jq -r '.tx.body.messages[0].validator_address')

Check your validator status​

zigchaind query staking validator $VALIDATOR_OP_ADDRESS --chain-id="zig-test-2"

Check if the validator is part of the active set​

zigchaind query tendermint-validator-set --chain-id="zig-test-2" | grep "$(zigchaind tendermint show-address)"

Get your validator's consensus address​

zigchaind comet show-address
VALIDATOR_CON_ADDRESS=$(zigchaind comet show-address)

Edit your validator information​

zigchaind tx staking edit-validator \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--min-self-delegation "100" \
--new-moniker "Your new moniker name" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \
--security-contact "YOUR_EMAIL" \
--chain-id="zig-test-2" \
--from=zuser1 \
--gas-adjustment=1.5 \
--gas auto \
--gas-prices="0.00025uzig"

Know when your validator will be unjailed​

zigchaind query slashing signing-info $VALIDATOR_CON_ADDRESS --chain-id="zig-test-2"
zigchaind query slashing signing-info $(zigchaind tendermint show-validator) --chain-id="zig-test-2"

Unjail your validator​

zigchaind tx slashing unjail --chain-id="zig-test-2" \
  --gas="auto" \
  --gas-prices="0.00025uzig" \
  --from=zuser1 \
  --gas-adjustment=1.5

Get your validator's operator address​

zigchaind query staking validator --chain-id="zig-test-2"

Get your slashing info and unjail period end​

zigchaind query slashing signing-info $(zigchaind tendermint show-validator) --chain-id="zig-test-2"

Get the rewards of your validator​

zigchaind query distribution commission $VALIDATOR_OP_ADDRESS --chain-id="zig-test-2"

Get the rewards of your validator and the self-bonded rewards​

zigchaind query distribution validator-distribution-info $VALIDATOR_OP_ADDRESS --chain-id="zig-test-2"

Withdraw your rewards​

zigchaind tx distribution withdraw-rewards $VALIDATOR_OP_ADDRESS \
--chain-id="zig-test-2" \
--from z \
--gas-adjustment=1.5 \
--gas auto \
--gas-prices="0.00025uzig"