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

#Daemon configuration

{{ daemon }} config node https://testnet-rpc.lavenderfive.com:443/portal/
{{ daemon }} config chain-id {{ chain_id }}

#🔑 Key management

#Add new key

{{ daemon }} keys add wallet

#Recover existing key

{{ daemon }} keys add wallet --recover

#List all keys

{{ daemon }} keys list

#Delete key

{{ daemon }} keys delete wallet

#Export key to the file

{{ daemon }} keys export wallet

#Import key from the file

{{ daemon }} keys import wallet wallet.backup

#Query wallet balance

{{ daemon }} q bank balances $({{ daemon }} keys show wallet -a)

#👷 Validator management

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

#Create new validator

{{ daemon }} tx staking create-validator \
--amount {{ minimum_gas_price }} \
--pubkey $({{ daemon }} tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \
--chain-id {{ chain_id }} \
--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

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

#Unjail validator

{{ daemon }} tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id {{ chain_id }} --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#Jail reason

{{ daemon }} query slashing signing-info $({{ daemon }} tendermint show-validator)

#List all active validators

{{ daemon }} 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

{{ daemon }} 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

{{ daemon }} q staking validator $({{ daemon }} keys show wallet --bech val -a)

#💲 Token management

#Withdraw rewards from all validators

{{ daemon }} tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from wallet --chain-id {{ chain_id }} --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#Withdraw commission and rewards from your validator

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

#Delegate tokens to yourself

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

#Delegate tokens to validator

{{ daemon }} tx staking delegate  {{ minimum_gas_price }} --from wallet --chain-id {{ chain_id }} --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#Redelegate tokens to another validator

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

#Unbond tokens from your validator

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

#Send tokens to the wallet

{{ daemon }} tx bank send wallet  {{ minimum_gas_price }} --from wallet --chain-id {{ chain_id }} --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#🗳 Governance

#List all proposals

{{ daemon }} query gov proposals

#View proposal by id

{{ daemon }} query gov proposal 1

#Vote 'Yes'

{{ daemon }} tx gov vote 1 yes --from wallet --chain-id {{ chain_id }} --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#Vote 'No'

{{ daemon }} tx gov vote 1 no --from wallet --chain-id {{ chain_id }} --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#Vote 'Abstain'

{{ daemon }} tx gov vote 1 abstain --from wallet --chain-id {{ chain_id }} --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#Vote 'NoWithVeto'

{{ daemon }} tx gov vote 1 NoWithVeto --from wallet --chain-id {{ chain_id }} --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices {{ minimum_gas_price }} -y

#⚡️ Utility

#Update ports

CUSTOM_PORT=266
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\"%" $HOME/.{{ daemon }}/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${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/.{{ daemon }}/config/app.toml

#Update Indexer

Disable indexer

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

Enable indexer

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

#🚨 Maintenance

#Get validator info

{{ daemon }} status 2&gt;&amp;1 | jq .ValidatorInfo

#Get sync info

{{ daemon }} status 2&gt;&amp;1 | jq .SyncInfo

#Get node peer

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

#Check if validator key is correct

[[ $({{ daemon }} q staking validator $({{ daemon }} keys show wallet --bech val -a) -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $({{ daemon }} 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:26657/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/.{{ daemon }}/config/app.toml

#Enable prometheus

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

#Reset chain data

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

#⚙️ Service Management

#Reload {{ daemon }} configuration

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

#Enable {{ daemon }}

sudo systemctl enable {{ daemon }}

#Disable {{ daemon }}

sudo systemctl disable {{ daemon }}

#Start {{ daemon }}

sudo systemctl start {{ daemon }}

#Stop {{ daemon }}

sudo systemctl stop {{ daemon }}

#Restart {{ daemon }}

sudo systemctl restart {{ daemon }}

#Check {{ daemon }} status

sudo systemctl status {{ daemon }}

#Check {{ daemon }} logs

sudo journalctl -u {{ daemon }} -f --no-hostname -o cat

Chain ID:

The unique identifier for the blockchain network.

Latest Version:

The latest version of the chain software.

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/portal

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/portal

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-portal.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/portal/ws

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