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

Chain ID: cosmoshub-4 | Latest Version Tag: v20.0.0
🔑 Key management
Add new key
gaiad keys add wallet
Recover existing key
gaiad keys add wallet --recover
List all keys
gaiad keys list
Delete key
gaiad keys delete wallet
Export key to the file
gaiad keys export wallet
Import key from the file
gaiad keys import wallet wallet.backup
Query wallet balance
gaiad q bank balances $(gaiad keys show wallet -a)
👷 Validator management
Create new validator
gaiad tx staking create-validator \
--amount=1000000 \
--pubkey=$(gaiad tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker="YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity="YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details="YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website="YOUR_WEBSITE_URL"
--chain-id=cosmoshub-4 \
--commission-rate=0.05 \
--commission-max-rate=0.20 \
--commission-max-change-rate=0.01 \
--min-self-delegation=1 \
--from=wallet \
--gas-adjustment=1.4 \
--gas=auto \
-y
Edit existing validator
gaiad tx staking edit-validator \
--moniker="YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity="YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details="YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website="YOUR_WEBSITE_URL"
--chain-id=cosmoshub-4 \
--commission-rate=0.05 \
--from=wallet \
--gas-adjustment=1.4 \
--gas=auto \
-y
Unjail validator
gaiad tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Jail reason
gaiad query slashing signing-info $(gaiad tendermint show-validator)
List all active validators
gaiad 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
gaiad 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
gaiad q staking validator $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val
💲 Token management
Withdraw rewards from all validators
gaiad tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Withdraw commission and rewards from your validator
gaiad tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) --commission --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --y
Delegate tokens to yourself
gaiad tx staking delegate $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000 --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Delegate tokens to validator
gaiad tx staking delegate <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000.gaia --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Redelegate tokens to another validator
gaiad tx staking redelegate $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000 --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Unbond tokens from your validator
gaiad tx staking unbond $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000 --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Send tokens to the wallet
gaiad tx bank send wallet <TO_WALLET_ADDRESS> 1000000 --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4
🗳 Governance
List all proposals
gaiad query gov proposals
View proposal by id
gaiad query gov proposal 1
Vote 'Yes'
gaiad tx gov vote 1 yes --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Vote 'No'
gaiad tx gov vote 1 no --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Vote 'Abstain'
gaiad tx gov vote 1 abstain --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Vote 'NoWithVeto'
gaiad tx gov vote 1 nowithveto --from wallet --chain-id cosmoshub-4 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
⚡️ Utility
Update ports
CUSTOM_PORT=149
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CUSTOM_PORT}58\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CUSTOM_PORT}57\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:${CUSTOM_PORT}60\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}56\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":${CUSTOM_PORT}60\"%" $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}17\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":${CUSTOM_PORT}80\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}90\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}91\"%" $HOME/.gaia/config/app.toml
Update Indexer
Disable indexer
sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "null"|' $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml
Enable indexer
sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "kv"|' $HOME/.gaia/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/.gaia/config/app.toml
🚨 Maintenance
Get validator info
gaiad status 2>&1 | jq .ValidatorInfo
Get sync info
gaiad status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo
Get node peer
echo $(gaiad tendermint show-node-id)'@'$(curl -s ifconfig.me)':'$(cat $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml | sed -n '/Address to listen for incoming connection/{n;p;}' | sed 's/.*://; s/".*//')
Check if validator key is correct
[[ $(gaiad q staking validator $(gaiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(gaiad 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:26657/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.gaia\"/" $HOME/.gaia/config/app.toml
Enable prometheus
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.gaia/config/config.toml
Reset chain data
gaiad tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.gaia --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 gaiad
sudo systemctl disable gaiad
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/gaiad.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
rm -f $(which gaiad)
rm -rf $HOME/.gaia
rm -rf $HOME/cosmos
⚙️ Service Management
Reload service configuration
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Enable service
sudo systemctl enable gaiad
Disable service
sudo systemctl disable gaiad
Start service
sudo systemctl start gaiad
Stop service
sudo systemctl stop gaiad
Restart service
sudo systemctl restart gaiad
Check service status
sudo systemctl status gaiad
Check service logs
sudo journalctl -u gaiad -f --no-hostname -o cat
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