Step 2) Setup a Validator Account

Before creating a validator account, make sure you are running a Sentry node with the chain synced to the latest block as specified in this step.

Setup validator

Create validator account

export VALIDATOR_KEY_NAME="my-validator-name"
routerd keys add $VALIDATOR_KEY_NAME --chain-id router_9600-1 --keyring-backend file

Copy routerd address

routerd keys show $VALIDATOR_KEY_NAME -a --keyring-backend file
export VALIDATOR_ADDRESS=<routerd-address>

Fund routerd address with some $ROUTE tokens and check balance

routerd q bank balances $VALIDATOR_ADDRESS --chain-id router_9600-1 --keyring-backend file

Create validator: Initialize new validator with self delegation of $ROUTE tokens.

   export VALIDATOR_MONIKER="my-validator-moniker"

   routerd tx staking create-validator \
   --amount=1000000000000000000route \
   --pubkey=$(routerd tendermint show-validator) \
   --moniker=$VALIDATOR_MONIKER \
   --chain-id=router_9600-1 \
   --commission-rate="0.10" \
   --commission-max-rate="0.20" \
   --commission-max-change-rate="0.01" \
   --min-self-delegation="1000000" \
   --gas="auto" \
   --fees="100000000000000route" \
   --from=$VALIDATOR_KEY_NAME \
   --gas-adjustment=1.5 \
   --keyring-backend=file

amount flag is the initial amount of ROUTE you're willing to bond
pubkey is the validator public key created earlier
moniker is the human readable name you choose for your validator
chain-id is the network id of the chain you are working with (in the case of Router mainnet: router_9600-1)
commission-rate is the initial commission rate you will charge your delegates
commission-max-rate is the highest rate you are allowed to charge your delegates
commission-max-change-rate is how much you can increase your commission rate in a 24 hour period
min-self-delegation is the lowest amount of personal funds the validator is required to have in their validator to stay bonded
from flag is the KEY_NAME you created while initializing the key on your keyring

Verify validator status

routerd q staking validator $VALIDATOR_ADDRESS --chain-id router_9600-1 --keyring-backend file

If you see your validator in the list of validators, then congratulations, you have officially joined the Router mainnet as a staking validator! 🎉

Setup validator​

Setup validator