Setting up a Validator Node¶
This guide assumes that you have successfuly installed, configured and connected your validator to the desired network.
Creating a validator¶
To create a validator on the network you will need to send a transaction to the network bonding / staking your FET tokens. This process registers you as a validator and if you are one of the chosen validators you will start to produce blocks.
fetchd tx staking create-validator \
--amount=<the amount to bond> \
--pubkey=$(fetchd tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker="choose a moniker" \
--chain-id=<chain_id> \
--commission-rate="0.10" \
--commission-max-rate="0.20" \
--commission-max-change-rate="0.01" \
--min-self-delegation="<the min self delegation>" \
--gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices "<network gas prices>" \
--from=<key_name>
Dorado Example
Before trying to create a validator you should verify that you have some tokens available beforehand. The easiest way to do this is via the CLI.
Here is an sample of a typical command line command that will register the node as running the validator.
fetchd tx staking create-validator \
--amount=1000000000000000000atestfet \
--pubkey=$(fetchd tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker="my-test-validator" \
--chain-id=dorado-1 \
--commission-rate="0.10" \
--commission-max-rate="0.20" \
--commission-max-change-rate="0.01" \
--min-self-delegation="1000000000000000000" \
--gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices 1000000000atestfet \
--from=test-key
Editing a validator¶
Over time it is possible that validators will want to adjust various settings about their nodes. This can be simple things like the associated website for a validator or more consequential actions like altering the commission rate.
In either case, should a validator choose to make this update they would send an "edit-validator" transaction to the network. These can be created in a similar way to the "create-validator" transactions as shown below:
fetchd tx staking edit-validator
--moniker="choose a moniker" \
--website="https://fetch.ai" \
--details="To infinity and beyond!" \
--chain-id=<chain_id> \
--commission-rate="0.10" \
--from=<key_name>
Unbonding a validator¶
When / if a validator wants to stop being a validator for any reason, they can unbond some or all of their staked tokens. This is done with the following command.
An example of the command is given in the following example: