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

#Daemon configuration

babylond config node https://testnet-rpc.lavenderfive.com:443/babylon/
babylond config chain-id bbn-test-5

#🔑 Key management

#Add new key

babylond keys add wallet

#Recover existing key

babylond keys add wallet --recover

#List all keys

babylond keys list

#Delete key

babylond keys delete wallet

#Export key to the file

babylond keys export wallet

#Import key from the file

babylond keys import wallet wallet.backup

#Query wallet balance

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

#👷 Validator management

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

#Create new validator

babylond tx staking create-validator \
--amount {{ minimum_gas_price }} \
--pubkey $(babylond tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \
--chain-id bbn-test-5 \
--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 {{ minimum_gas_price }} \
-y

#Edit existing validator

babylond tx staking edit-validator \
--new-moniker "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \
--chain-id bbn-test-5 \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--from wallet \
--gas-adjustment 1.4 \
--gas auto \
--gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} \
-y

#Unjail validator

babylond tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id bbn-test-5 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#Jail reason

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

#List all active validators

babylond 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

babylond 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

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

#💲 Token management

#Withdraw rewards from all validators

babylond tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from wallet --chain-id bbn-test-5 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#Withdraw commission and rewards from your validator

babylond tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(babylond keys show wallet --bech val -a) --commission --from wallet --chain-id bbn-test-5 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#Delegate tokens to yourself

babylond tx staking delegate $(babylond keys show wallet --bech val -a) {{ minimum_gas_price }} --from wallet --chain-id bbn-test-5 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#Delegate tokens to validator

babylond tx staking delegate  {{ minimum_gas_price }} --from wallet --chain-id bbn-test-5 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#Redelegate tokens to another validator

babylond tx staking redelegate $(babylond keys show wallet --bech val -a)  {{ minimum_gas_price }} --from wallet --chain-id bbn-test-5 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#Unbond tokens from your validator

babylond tx staking unbond $(babylond keys show wallet --bech val -a) {{ minimum_gas_price }} --from wallet --chain-id bbn-test-5 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#Send tokens to the wallet

babylond tx bank send wallet  {{ minimum_gas_price }} --from wallet --chain-id bbn-test-5 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#🗳 Governance

#List all proposals

babylond query gov proposals

#View proposal by id

babylond query gov proposal 1

#Vote 'Yes'

babylond tx gov vote 1 yes --from wallet --chain-id bbn-test-5 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#Vote 'No'

babylond tx gov vote 1 no --from wallet --chain-id bbn-test-5 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#Vote 'Abstain'

babylond tx gov vote 1 abstain --from wallet --chain-id bbn-test-5 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#Vote 'NoWithVeto'

babylond tx gov vote 1 NoWithVeto --from wallet --chain-id bbn-test-5 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#⚡️ Utility

#Update ports

CUSTOM_PORT=206
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\"%" $HOME/.babylond/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${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/.babylond/config/app.toml

#Update Indexer

Disable indexer

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

Enable indexer

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

#🚨 Maintenance

#Get validator info

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

#Get sync info

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

#Get node peer

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

#Check if validator key is correct

[[ $(babylond q staking validator $(babylond keys show wallet --bech val -a) -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(babylond 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:20657/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 = \"{{ minimum_gas_price }}\"/" $HOME/.babylond/config/app.toml

#Enable prometheus

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

#Reset chain data

babylond tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.babylond --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 babylond
sudo systemctl disable babylond
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/babylond.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
rm -f $(which babylond)
rm -rf $HOME/.babylond
rm -rf $HOME/babylond

#⚙️ Service Management

#Reload babylond configuration

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

#Enable babylond

sudo systemctl enable babylond

#Disable babylond

sudo systemctl disable babylond

#Start babylond

sudo systemctl start babylond

#Stop babylond

sudo systemctl stop babylond

#Restart babylond

sudo systemctl restart babylond

#Check babylond status

sudo systemctl status babylond

#Check babylond logs

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

Chain ID:

The unique identifier for the blockchain network.

bbn-test-5

Latest Version:

The latest version of the chain software.

v1.0.0-rc.3

Github:

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

babylonlabs-io/babylon.git

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.

testnet-rest.lavenderfive.com:443/babylon

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.

testnet-rpc.lavenderfive.com:443/babylon

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.

testnet-babylon.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://testnet-rpc.lavenderfive.com:443/babylon/ws

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