Useful commands

🔑 Key management

Add new key

Recover existing key

gaiad keys add wallet --recover

List all keys

Delete key

Export key to a file

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-testnet.service
sudo systemctl disable cosmoshub-testnet.service
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/cosmoshub-testnet.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-testnet.service

Disable service

sudo systemctl disable cosmoshub-testnet.service

Start service

sudo systemctl start cosmoshub-testnet.service

Stop service

sudo systemctl stop cosmoshub-testnet.service

Restart service

sudo systemctl restart cosmoshub-testnet.service

Check service status

sudo systemctl status cosmoshub-testnet.service

Check service logs

sudo journalctl -u cosmoshub-testnet.service -f --no-hostname -o cat