Register a validator

This document provides information on registering as the FirmaChain’s network Validator.

staking create-validator

If you join the network as a Validator, you will be signing on newly created blocks and will receive rewards as a result of such action.

firmachaind tx staking create-validator \
--pubkey $(firmachaind tendermint show-validator) \
--amount <staking-amount>ufct \
--moniker <moniker-name> \
--details <description> \
--website <website-url> \
--security-contact <email-address> \
--commission-rate 0.10 \
--commission-max-rate 0.20 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.1 \
--min-self-delegation 1 \
--identity <keybase-64bit-code> \
--chain-id colosseum-1 \
--fees 20000ufct \
--from <key_name>

Flag parameter

Name	Type	Description
amount	ufct	Amount to delegate.
moniker	string	Custom username of your node.
details	string	Brief Introduction.
website	string	Your website address. (only if you have one)
security-contact	string	Your e-mail address.
commission-rate	float	Validator's commission rate
commission-max-rate	float	Validator's maximum commission rate.
commission-max-change-rate	float	Maximum rate of change of a validator's commission rate per day.
min-self-delegation	integer	Minimum amount of tokens that the node operator promises to keep bonded.
identity	string	keybase 64bit security code.

How to get identity 64bit code

The process to retrieve this key data is relatively simple. Firstly, log in to keybase.io. Once you generate the key, copy and paste the code provided in the red box in the image below. * Do not include any space in the --identity field.