Useful Commands

Useful set of commands for node operators. From key management to chain governance.

🔑 Key management

Add new key

blockxd keys add wallet

Recover existing key

blockxd keys add wallet --recover

List all keys

blockxd keys list

Delete key

blockxd keys delete wallet

Export key to the file

blockxd keys export wallet

Import key from the file

blockxd keys import wallet wallet.backup

Query wallet balance

blockxd q bank balances $(blockxd keys show wallet -a)

👷 Validator management

Please make sure you have adjusted moniker, identity, details and website to match your values.

Create new validator

blockxd tx staking create-validator \
--amount 1000000abcx \
--pubkey $(blockxd tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \
--chain-id blockx_12345-2 \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--commission-max-rate 0.20 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.01 \
--min-self-delegation 1 \
--from wallet \
--gas-prices 0.025abcx \
-y

Edit existing validator

blockxd tx staking edit-validator \
--moniker "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL"
--chain-id blockx_12345-2 \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--from wallet \
--gas-prices 0.025abcx \
-y

Unjail validator

blockxd tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id blockx_12345-2 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas-prices 0.025abcx -y

Jail reason

blockxd query slashing signing-info $(blockxd tendermint show-validator)

List all active validators

blockxd 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

blockxd 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

blockxd q staking validator $(blockxd keys show wallet --bech val -a)

💲 Token management

Withdraw rewards from all validators

blockxd tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from wallet --chain-id blockx_12345-2 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --fees 500abcx -y

Withdraw commission and rewards from your validator

blockxd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(blockxd keys show wallet --bech val -a) --commission --from wallet --chain-id blockx_12345-2 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --fees 500abcx -y

Delegate tokens to yourself

blockxd tx staking delegate $(blockxd keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000abcx --from wallet --chain-id blockx_12345-2 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --fees 500abcx -y

Delegate tokens to validator

blockxd tx staking delegate <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000abcx --from wallet --chain-id blockx_12345-2 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --fees 500abcx -y

Redelegate tokens to another validator

blockxd tx staking redelegate $(blockxd keys show wallet --bech val -a) <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000abcx --from wallet --chain-id blockx_12345-2 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --fees 500abcx -y

Unbond tokens from your validator

blockxd tx staking unbond $(blockxd keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000abcx --from wallet --chain-id blockx_12345-2 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --fees 500abcx -y

Send tokens to the wallet

blockxd tx bank send wallet <TO_WALLET_ADDRESS> 1000000abcx --from wallet --chain-id blockx_12345-2

🗳 Governance

List all proposals

blockxd  query gov proposals

View proposal by id

blockxd query gov proposal 1

Vote 'Yes'

blockxd tx gov vote 1 yes --from wallet --chain-id blockx_12345-2 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --fees 500abcx -y

Vote 'No'

blockxd tx gov vote 1 no --from wallet --chain-id blockx_12345-2 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --fees 500abcx -y

Vote 'Abstain'

blockxd tx gov vote 1 abstain --from wallet --chain-id blockx_12345-2 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --fees 500abcx -y

Vote 'NoWithVeto'

blockxd tx gov vote 1 nowithveto --from wallet --chain-id blockx_12345-2 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --fees 500abcx -y

⚡️ Utility

Update ports

CUSTOM_PORT=28
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CUSTOM_PORT}658\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CUSTOM_PORT}657\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:${CUSTOM_PORT}060\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}656\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":${CUSTOM_PORT}660\"%" $HOME/.blockxd/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}317\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":${CUSTOM_PORT}080\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}090\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}091\"%" $HOME/.nolus/config/app.toml

Update Indexer

Disable indexer

sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "null"|' $HOME/.blockxd/config/config.toml

Enable indexer

sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "kv"|' $HOME/.blockxd/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/.blockxd/config/app.toml

🚨 Maintenance

Get validator info

blockxd status 2>&1 | jq .ValidatorInfo

Get sync info

blockxd status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo

Get node peer

echo $(blockxd tendermint show-node-id)'@'$(curl -s ifconfig.me)':'$(cat $HOME/.blockxd/config/config.toml | sed -n '/Address to listen for incoming connection/{n;p;}' | sed 's/.*://; s/".*//')

Check if validator key is correct

[[ $(blockxd q staking validator $(blockxd keys show wallet --bech val -a) -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(blockxd 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:25657/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 = \"0.0025unls\"/" $HOME/.blockxd/config/app.toml

Enable prometheus

sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.blockxd/config/config.toml

Reset chain data

blockxd tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.blockxd --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 blockxd 
sudo systemctl disable blockxd 
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/blockxd.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
rm -f $(which blockxd)
rm -rf $HOME/.blockxd
rm -rf $HOME/blockx-node-public-compiled

⚙️ Service Management

Reload service configuration

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Enable service

sudo systemctl enable blockx

Disable service

sudo systemctl disable blockx

Start service

sudo systemctl start blockx

Stop service

sudo systemctl stop blockx

Restart service

sudo systemctl restart blockx

Check service status

sudo systemctl status blockx

Check service logs

sudo journalctl -u blockx -f --no-hostname -o cat