Become a Validator

Step by step guide to participate in Oraichain as a full node:
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It is necessary to install Oraichain before going further.
Remove files and directories from the previously configured node (if has):
rm -rf .oraid/
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rm -rf .oraicli/
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rm -rf .oraifiles/
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# rm -rf .images/
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rm -rf .websocket/
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rm go.sum
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go get ./...
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make install
3. Initiate your full node with your moniker and the chain id of the Oraichain network:
oraid init <moniker-name> --chain-id Oraichain
oraid init ducpl --chain-id Oraichain
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4. Configure your CLI to eliminate the need to declare them as flags
oraicli config chain-id Oraichain
oraicli config output json
oraicli config indent true
oraicli config trust-node true
5. We'll use the "test" keyring backend which saves keys unencrypted in the configuration directory of your project (defaults to ~/.oraid). You should never use the "test" keyring backend when you run your validator node on mainnet. About other options for keyring-backend, please check out https://docs.cosmos.network/master/interfaces/keyring.html for more information
oraicli config keyring-backend test
6. Copy the genesis file of the network to .oraid/config/genesis.json
7. Add at least one persistent peer to retrieve all the blocks that have been committed from that peer.
persistent_peers = "<node-id>@<node-ip>:<node-port>"
persistent_peers = "[email protected]:26656"
In order to collect node-id: oraid tendermint show-node-id
8. Run the full node:
oraid start
9. Create a local account to interact with the network:
oraicli keys add <account-name>
oraicli keys add duc
10. Use a genesis account to send some ORAI to the newly created account. This step must be done in order to broadcast the account onto the network
oraicli tx send <sender address> <receiver address> amount --from <account-name> --fees <orai>
oraicli tx send orai1xrmqwy0ssk7uxz4p5egkvj3lct958qjyfn5raq orai1mmj588ap4z948gz5mxuwwju3nwsn9hkhep7fz7 100000000000orai --from ducbean --fees 5000orai
11. Create a new validator for your full node to receive ORAI tokens when committing a block:
oraicli tx staking create-validator --amount <orai> --pubkey <validator-pubkey> --moniker <your-moniker> --chain-id <network chain-id> --commission-rate <decimal> --commission-max-rate <decimal> --commission-max-change-rate <decimal> --min-self-delegation <integer> --gas <auto, integer> --gas-adjustment <decimal> --gas-prices <orai> --from duc
oraicli tx staking create-validator --amount 10000orai --pubkey oraivalconspub1addwnpepqvydmv22mkzc9rc92g43unew08cmj4q46dhk7vz0a9fj2xjsjn2lvqj0dfr --moniker ducphamle --chain-id Oraichain --commission-rate 0.10 --commission-max-rate 0.20 --commission-max-change-rate 0.01 --min-self-delegation 100 --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.15 --gas-prices 0.025orai --from duc
12. Start a Nodejs server (optional) to enable "Try it" feature for users
cd ./cosmosjs/
add a .env file for the server to run with a test account on Oraichain (the format should be similar to the env_example)
node index.js to start the server
13. Start your websocket to include a reporter to report back to Oraichain
./websocket.sh <acc-name> <reporter-name>
14. Install jq to process responses from the data sources (optional in case the data sources )
sudo apt install jq
15. Install curl to call APIs provided by the providers (optional in case the data sources)
sudo apt install curl
16. Happy validating !!
Note:
If Oraichain is still in the genesis phase, you can submit your genesis transaction to be a genesis validator as well as a genesis account. How to do:
oraid add-genesis-account $(oraicli keys show <acc-name> -a) 10000000000000orai
oraid gentx --amount 100000000orai --name duc --keyring-backend test --min-self-delegation 100
 put the validators into the genesis file so the chain is aware of the validators oraid collect-gentxs
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