Validators School testnet

Cosmos Hub binaries installation (gaiad)

For the sake of simplicity we decided to use Cosmos Hub service binary. In order to install it please follow steps from this instruction. It is based on the v12.0.0 version of gaiad binary. Please check versiob of used bianry by running this command gaiad version --long. You should get big list of text and at the beginig of it you should have following lines:

name: gaia
server_name: gaiad
version: v12.0.0
commit: 6f8067d76ce30996f83645862153ccfaf5f13dd1
build_tags: netgo ledger

GenTx generation

Init

gaiad init "<moniker-name>" --chain-id <current course chain id>

Generate keys

# To create new keypair - make sure you save the mnemonics!
gaiad keys add <key-name> 

or

# Restore existing odin wallet with mnemonic seed phrase. 
# You will be prompted to enter mnemonic seed. 
gaiad keys add <key-name> --recover

or

# Add keys using ledger
gaiad keys show <key-name> --ledger

Check your key:

# Query the keystore for your public address 
gaiad keys show <key-name> -a

Create account to genesis

gaiad add-genesis-account <key-name> 1000000000uatom --keyring-backend <os | file>

Create GenTX

# Create the gentx.
# Note, your gentx will be rejected if you use any amount greater than 1000000000uatom.
gaiad gentx <key-name> 1000000000uatom --output-document=gentx.json \
  --chain-id=<current course chain id> \
  --moniker="<moniker-name>" \
  --website=<your-node-website> \
  --details=<your-node-details> \
  --commission-rate="0.10" \
  --commission-max-rate="0.20" \
  --commission-max-change-rate="0.01" \
  --min-self-delegation="1" \
  --keyring-backend <os | file>