Useful commands

Please note that the values in <> must be changed to your own values

Keys

Add new key

gaiad keys add <key_name>

Recover keys from seed

gaiad keys add <key_name> --recover

Show all keys

gaiad keys list

Delete key

gaiad keys delete <key_name>

Node configuration

Set custom port

port 56 was taken as an example, you can use numbers from 1 to 64 to set custom node port

COSMOSHUB_PORT=56

sed -i.bak -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${COSMOSHUB_PORT}658\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${COSMOSHUB_PORT}657\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:${COSMOSHUB_PORT}060\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${COSMOSHUB_PORT}656\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":${COSMOSHUB_PORT}660\"%" /$HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${COSMOSHUB_PORT}317\"%; s%^address = \"tcp://localhost:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${COSMOSHUB_PORT}317\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":${COSMOSHUB_PORT}080\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${COSMOSHUB_PORT}090\"%; s%^address = \"localhost:9090\"%address = \"localhost:${COSMOSHUB_PORT}090\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${COSMOSHUB_PORT}091\"%; s%^address = \"localhost:9091\"%address = \"localhost:${COSMOSHUB_PORT}091\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:8545\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${COSMOSHUB_PORT}545\"%; s%^ws-address = \"0.0.0.0:8546\"%ws-address = \"0.0.0.0:${COSMOSHUB_PORT}546\"%" /$HOME/.gaia/config/app.toml

Config pruning

pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="100"
pruning_keep_every="0"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/app.toml

Disable indexing

sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml

Set minimum gas prices

sed -i -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0uatom\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/app.toml

Validator configuration

Create validator

gaiad tx staking create-validator \
--amount 1000000uatom \
--commission-max-change-rate "0.01" \
--commission-max-rate "0.20" \
--commission-rate "0.1" \
--min-self-delegation "1" \
--pubkey $(gaiad tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker <COSMOSHUB_NODENAME> \
--chain-id cosmoshub-4 \
--from <COSMOSHUB_WALLET> \
--identity <KEYBASE_ID> \
--details <YOUR_TEXT> \
--website <YOUR_WEBSITE> \
--gas-prices 0uatom \
--gas-adjustment 1.5 \
--gas auto \
--yes

Edit validator

gaiad tx staking edit-validator \
--new-moniker <COSMOSHUB_NODENAME> \
--identity <KEYBASE_ID> \
--details <YOUR_TEXT> \
--website <YOUR_WEBSITE> \
--chain-id cosmoshub-4 \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--from <COSMOSHUB_WALLET> \
--gas-prices 0uatom \
--gas-adjustment 1.5 \
--gas auto \
--yes

View validator info

gaiad q staking validator $(gaiad keys show <COSMOSHUB_WALLET> --bech val -a)

Unjail validator

gaiad tx slashing unjail --from <COSMOSHUB_WALLET> --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-prices 0uatom --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes 

Signing info

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

Token operations

Send tokens

gaiad tx bank send wallet <DEST_WALLET_ADDRESS> 100uatom --from <COSMOSHUB_WALLET> --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-prices 0uatom --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes

Delegate token to your validator

gaiad tx staking delegate $(gaiad keys show <COSMOSHUB_WALLET> --bech val -a) 100uatom --from <COSMOSHUB_WALLET> --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-prices 0uatom --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes

Delegate token to another validator

gaiad tx staking delegate <VALOPER_ADDRESS> 100uatom --from <COSMOSHUB_WALLET> --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-prices 0uatom --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes

Redelegate tokens to another validator

gaiad tx staking redelegate $(gaiad keys show <COSMOSHUB_WALLET> --bech val -a) <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 100uatom --from <COSMOSHUB_WALLET> --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-prices 0uatom --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes

Unbond tokens from staking

gaiad tx staking unbond $(gaiad keys show <COSMOSHUB_WALLET> --bech val -a) 100uatom --from <COSMOSHUB_WALLET> --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-prices 0uatom --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes

Withdraw all rewards from staking

gaiad tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from <COSMOSHUB_WALLET> --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-prices 0uatom --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes

Withdraw validator rewards and comission

gaiad tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(gaiad keys show <COSMOSHUB_WALLET> --bech val -a) --commission --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --gas-prices 0uatom -y

Governance

Vote "YES"

gaiad tx gov vote <proposal_id> yes --from <COSMOSHUB_WALLET> --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-prices 0uatom --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes

Vote "NO"

gaiad tx gov vote <proposal_id> no --from <COSMOSHUB_WALLET> --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-prices 0uatom --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes

Abstain from voting

gaiad tx gov vote <proposal_id> abstain --from <COSMOSHUB_WALLET> --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --gas-prices 0uatom -y

General commands

Check node status

gaiad status | jq

Check service status

sudo systemctl status gaiad

Check logs

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

Restart service

sudo systemctl restart gaiad

Stop service

sudo systemctl stop gaiad

Start service

sudo systemctl start gaiad

Disable service

sudo systemctl disable gaiad

Enable service

sudo systemctl enable gaiad

Reload service after changes

sudo systemctl daemon-reload