🔑 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 a file
gaiad keys export wallet
Import key from a 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 1000000uatom \
--pubkey $(gaiad tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \
--chain-id provider \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--commission-max-rate 0.20 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.05 \
--min-self-delegation 1 \
--from wallet \
--gas-adjustment 1.4 \
--gas auto \
--gas-prices 0uatom \
-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 provider \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--from wallet \
--gas-adjustment 1.4 \
--gas auto \
--gas-prices 0uatom \
-y
Unjail validator
gaiad tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id provider --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0uatom -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 provider --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0uatom -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 provider --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0uatom -y
Delegate tokens to yourself
gaiad tx staking delegate $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000uatom --from wallet --chain-id provider --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0uatom -y
Delegate tokens to validator
gaiad tx staking delegate <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000uatom --from wallet --chain-id provider --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0uatom -y
Redelegate tokens to another validator
gaiad tx staking redelegate $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000uatom --from wallet --chain-id provider --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0uatom -y
Unbond tokens from your validator
gaiad tx staking unbond $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000uatom --from wallet --chain-id provider --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0uatom -y
Send tokens to the wallet
gaiad tx bank send wallet <TO_WALLET_ADDRESS> 1000000uatom --from wallet --chain-id provider --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0uatom -y
🗳 Governance
List all proposals
gaiad query gov proposals
View proposal by id
gaiad query gov proposal 1
Vote ‘Yes’
gaiad tx gov vote 1 yes --from wallet --chain-id provider --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0uatom -y
Vote ‘No’
gaiad tx gov vote 1 no --from wallet --chain-id provider --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0uatom -y
Vote ‘Abstain’
gaiad tx gov vote 1 abstain --from wallet --chain-id provider --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0uatom -y
Vote ‘NoWithVeto’
gaiad tx gov vote 1 NoWithVeto --from wallet --chain-id provider --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0uatom -y
⚡️ Utility
Update ports
CUSTOM_PORT=110
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${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\"%" $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${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/.gaia/config/app.toml
Update Indexer
Disable indexer
sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "null"|' $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml
Enable indexer
sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "kv"|' $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml
Update pruning
sed -i \
-e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' \
-e 's|^pruning-keep-recent *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "100"|' \
-e 's|^pruning-keep-every *=.*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \
-e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "19"|' \
$HOME/.gaia/config/app.toml
🚨 Maintenance
Get validator info
gaiad status 2>&1 | jq .ValidatorInfo
Get sync info
gaiad status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo
Get node peer
echo $(gaiad tendermint show-node-id)'@'$(curl -s ifconfig.me)':'$(cat $HOME/.gaia/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) ]] && 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:13457/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 = \"0uatom\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/app.toml
Enable prometheus
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml
Reset chain data
gaiad tendermint unsafe-reset-all --keep-addr-book --home $HOME/.gaia --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 cosmoshub.service
sudo systemctl disable cosmoshub.service
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/cosmoshub.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
rm -f $(which gaiad)
rm -rf $HOME/.gaia
rm -rf $HOME/gaia
⚙️ Service Management
Reload service configuration
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Enable service
sudo systemctl enable cosmoshub.service
Disable service
sudo systemctl disable cosmoshub.service
Start service
sudo systemctl start cosmoshub.service
Stop service
sudo systemctl stop cosmoshub.service
Restart service
sudo systemctl restart cosmoshub.service
Check service status
sudo systemctl status cosmoshub.service
Check service logs
sudo journalctl -u cosmoshub.service -f --no-hostname -o cat