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Useful set of commands for node operators. From key management to chain governance.

#Daemon configuration

gaiad config node https://rpc.lavenderfive.com:443/cosmoshub
gaiad config chain-id cosmoshub-4

#🔑 Key management

#Add new key

gaiad keys add wallet

#Recover existing key

gaiad keys add wallet --recover

#List all keys

gaiad keys list

#Delete key

gaiad keys delete wallet

#Export key to the file

gaiad keys export wallet

#Import key from the file

gaiad keys import wallet wallet.backup

#Query wallet balance

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

#👷 Validator management

ⓘ Please make sure you have adjusted **moniker**, **identity**, **details** and **website** to match your values.

#Create new validator

gaiad tx staking create-validator \
--amount 0.005uatom \
--pubkey $(gaiad tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \
--chain-id cosmoshub-4 \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--commission-max-rate 0.20 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.01 \
--min-self-delegation 1 \
--from wallet \
--gas-adjustment 1.4 \
--gas auto \
--gas-prices 0.005uatom \
-y

#Edit existing validator

gaiad tx staking edit-validator \
--new-moniker "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \
--chain-id cosmoshub-4 \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--from wallet \
--gas-adjustment 1.4 \
--gas auto \
--gas-prices 0.005uatom \
-y

#Unjail validator

gaiad tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.005uatom -y

#Jail reason

gaiad query slashing signing-info $(gaiad tendermint show-validator)

#List all active validators

gaiad 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

#List all inactive validators

gaiad q staking validators -oj --limit=3000 | jq '.validators[] | select(.status=="BOND_STATUS_UNBONDED")' | jq -r '(.tokens|tonumber/pow(10; 6)|floor|tostring) + " \t " + .description.moniker' | sort -gr | nl

#View validator details

gaiad q staking validator $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val -a)

#💲 Token management

#Withdraw rewards from all validators

gaiad tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.005uatom -y

#Withdraw commission and rewards from your validator

gaiad tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) --commission --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.005uatom -y

#Delegate tokens to yourself

gaiad tx staking delegate $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) 0.005uatom --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.005uatom -y

#Delegate tokens to validator

gaiad tx staking delegate  0.005uatom --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.005uatom -y

#Redelegate tokens to another validator

gaiad tx staking redelegate $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val -a)  0.005uatom --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.005uatom -y

#Unbond tokens from your validator

gaiad tx staking unbond $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) 0.005uatom --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.005uatom -y

#Send tokens to the wallet

gaiad tx bank send wallet  0.005uatom --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.005uatom -y

#🗳 Governance

#List all proposals

gaiad query gov proposals

#View proposal by id

gaiad query gov proposal 1

#Vote 'Yes'

gaiad tx gov vote 1 yes --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.005uatom -y

#Vote 'No'

gaiad tx gov vote 1 no --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.005uatom -y

#Vote 'Abstain'

gaiad tx gov vote 1 abstain --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.005uatom -y

#Vote 'NoWithVeto'

gaiad tx gov vote 1 NoWithVeto --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.005uatom -y

#⚡️ Utility

#Update ports

CUSTOM_PORT=149
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CUSTOM_PORT}58\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CUSTOM_PORT}57\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:${CUSTOM_PORT}60\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}56\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":${CUSTOM_PORT}66\"%" $HOME/.gaiad/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}17\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":${CUSTOM_PORT}80\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}90\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}91\"%" $HOME/.gaiad/config/app.toml

#Update Indexer

Disable indexer

sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "null"|' $HOME/.gaiad/config/config.toml

Enable indexer

sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "kv"|' $HOME/.gaiad/config/config.toml

#Update pruning

sed -i \
  -e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-recent *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "107"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-keep-every *=.*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \
  -e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "13"|' \
  $HOME/.gaiad/config/app.toml

#🚨 Maintenance

#Get validator info

gaiad status 2&gt;&amp;1 | jq .ValidatorInfo

#Get sync info

gaiad status 2&gt;&amp;1 | jq .SyncInfo

#Get node peer

echo $(gaiad tendermint show-node-id)'@'$(curl -s ifconfig.me)':'$(cat $HOME/.gaiad/config/config.toml | sed -n '/Address to listen for incoming connection/{n;p;}' | sed 's/.*://; s/".*//')

#Check if validator key is correct

[[ $(gaiad q staking validator $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(gaiad status | jq -r .ValidatorInfo.PubKey.value) ]] &amp;&amp; echo -e "\n\e[1m\e[32mTrue\e[0m\n" || echo -e "\n\e[1m\e[31mFalse\e[0m\n"

#Get live peers

curl -sS http://localhost:14957/net_info | jq -r '.result.peers[] | "\(.node_info.id)@\(.remote_ip):\(.node_info.listen_addr)"' | awk -F ':' '{print $1":"$(NF)}'

#Set minimum gas price

sed -i -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.005uatom\"/" $HOME/.gaiad/config/app.toml

#Enable prometheus

sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.gaiad/config/config.toml

#Reset chain data

gaiad tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.gaiad --keep-addr-book

#Remove node

⚠ Please, before proceeding with the next step! All chain data will be lost! Make sure you have backed up your **priv_validator_key.json**!

cd $HOME
sudo systemctl stop gaiad
sudo systemctl disable gaiad
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/gaiad.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
rm -f $(which gaiad)
rm -rf $HOME/.gaiad
rm -rf $HOME/gaiad

#⚙️ Service Management

#Reload gaiad configuration

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

#Enable gaiad

sudo systemctl enable gaiad

#Disable gaiad

sudo systemctl disable gaiad

#Start gaiad

sudo systemctl start gaiad

#Stop gaiad

sudo systemctl stop gaiad

#Restart gaiad

sudo systemctl restart gaiad

#Check gaiad status

sudo systemctl status gaiad

#Check gaiad logs

sudo journalctl -u gaiad -f --no-hostname -o cat

Chain ID:

The unique identifier for the blockchain network.

cosmoshub-4

Latest Version:

The latest version of the chain software.

v21.0.0

Github:

The Github repository hosting the code for the network in question.

cosmos/gaia

Public endpoints

Public endpoints are rate limited but can be used for basic CLI usage, node syncing or testing environments. Request an API key for enhanced access limits, we offer free trial periods of 14 days and cheap shared access plans from $50 a month.

REST/LCD

REST endpoint for querying blockchain data through the REST framework. Often available for Cosmos chains but also the main framework for Aleo as an example.

rest.lavenderfive.com:443/cosmoshub

RPC

Remote Procedure Call endpoint for the consensus client of a blockchain. This is not an EVM endpoint (we call this json RPC) but the main framework for blockchain frameworks like Cosmos, Aptos, Sui and Near.

rpc.lavenderfive.com:443/cosmoshub

gRPC

High-performance RPC endpoint for blockchain communication using the Google gRPC framework. This is often standard gRPC and not the "WEB" framework which is sometimes also accesible.

cosmoshub.lavenderfive.com:443

WebSocket

WebSocket endpoint for real-time blockchain updates of the consensus client. This is not the EVM websocket integration, we name and expose that separately. WS is commonly available for Cosmos and Move networks that also expose a REST endpoint.

wss://rpc.lavenderfive.com:443/cosmoshub/ws

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