2.new-node.md

Setup New Node

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Initializing the default genesis and validator files

Initialize the commitBlockchain validator and set the moniker. Moniker is a name that you set to your validator. It will generate genesis.json and config files.

maind init <moniker of validator>

For example, if Commit Network is the moniker to be set, the below command is to be used

maind init "Commit Network" --chain-id crust-2

Create an Account

Run the following command to create a new commit account in local database.

maincli keys add <account name>

Note: Please write the mnemonic phrase in a safe place

Add a genesis account

Run the following command to add an account as genesis account.

Note: Add only amount 100000000ucommit.

maind add-genesis-account <account name> <amount to be add>

Create an offine genesis transaction

Note: Add only amount 100000000ucommit

Create an offline genesis transaction by running the following command. The gentx-xxx.json file is generated in the directory $HOME/.maind/config/gentx/.

maind gentx --name <account name> \

--amount <amount to be stake in ucommit> \

--commission-rate 0.1 \

--commission-max-rate 0.2 \

--commission-max-change-rate 0.01

Collect genesis transactions

maind collect-gentxs

• start the chain (local)

  maind start

• It will start the local chain, if you want to connect to our testnet Crust-X