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

Chain ID: core-1 | Latest Version Tag: v11.15.0
🔑 Key management
Add new key
persistenceCore keys add wallet
Recover existing key
persistenceCore keys add wallet --recover
List all keys
persistenceCore keys list
Delete key
persistenceCore keys delete wallet
Export key to the file
persistenceCore keys export wallet
Import key from the file
persistenceCore keys import wallet wallet.backup
Query wallet balance
persistenceCore q bank balances $(persistenceCore keys show wallet -a)
👷 Validator management
Create new validator
persistenceCore tx staking create-validator \
--amount=1000000uxprt \
--pubkey=$(persistenceCore tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker="YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity="YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details="YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website="YOUR_WEBSITE_URL"
--chain-id=core-1 \
--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
persistenceCore tx staking edit-validator \
--moniker="YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity="YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details="YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website="YOUR_WEBSITE_URL"
--chain-id=core-1 \
--commission-rate=0.05 \
--from=wallet \
--gas-adjustment=1.4 \
--gas=auto \
-y
Unjail validator
persistenceCore tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id core-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Jail reason
persistenceCore query slashing signing-info $(persistenceCore tendermint show-validator)
List all active validators
persistenceCore 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
persistenceCore 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
persistenceCore q staking validator $(persistenceCore keys show wallet --bech val
💲 Token management
Withdraw rewards from all validators
persistenceCore tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from wallet --chain-id core-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Withdraw commission and rewards from your validator
persistenceCore tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(persistenceCore keys show wallet --bech val -a) --commission --from wallet --chain-id core-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --y
Delegate tokens to yourself
persistenceCore tx staking delegate $(persistenceCore keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000uxprt --from wallet --chain-id core-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Delegate tokens to validator
persistenceCore tx staking delegate <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000.persistenceCore --from wallet --chain-id core-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Redelegate tokens to another validator
persistenceCore tx staking redelegate $(persistenceCore keys show wallet --bech val <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000uxprt --from wallet --chain-id core-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Unbond tokens from your validator
persistenceCore tx staking unbond $(persistenceCore keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000uxprt --from wallet --chain-id core-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Send tokens to the wallet
persistenceCore tx bank send wallet <TO_WALLET_ADDRESS> 1000000uxprt --from wallet --chain-id core-1
🗳 Governance
List all proposals
persistenceCore query gov proposals
View proposal by id
persistenceCore query gov proposal 1
Vote 'Yes'
persistenceCore tx gov vote 1 yes --from wallet --chain-id core-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Vote 'No'
persistenceCore tx gov vote 1 no --from wallet --chain-id core-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Vote 'Abstain'
persistenceCore tx gov vote 1 abstain --from wallet --chain-id core-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
Vote 'NoWithVeto'
persistenceCore tx gov vote 1 nowithveto --from wallet --chain-id core-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto -y
⚡️ Utility
Update ports
CUSTOM_PORT=154
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${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\"%" $HOME/.persistenceCore/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${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/.persistenceCore/config/app.toml
Update Indexer
Disable indexer
sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "null"|' $HOME/.persistenceCore/config/config.toml
Enable indexer
sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "kv"|' $HOME/.persistenceCore/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/.persistenceCore/config/app.toml
🚨 Maintenance
Get validator info
persistenceCore status 2>&1 | jq .ValidatorInfo
Get sync info
persistenceCore status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo
Get node peer
echo $(persistenceCore tendermint show-node-id)'@'$(curl -s ifconfig.me)':'$(cat $HOME/.persistenceCore/config/config.toml | sed -n '/Address to listen for incoming connection/{n;p;}' | sed 's/.*://; s/".*//')
Check if validator key is correct
[[ $(persistenceCore q staking validator $(persistenceCore keys show wallet --bech val -a) -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(persistenceCore 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.persistenceCore\"/" $HOME/.persistenceCore/config/app.toml
Enable prometheus
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.persistenceCore/config/config.toml
Reset chain data
persistenceCore tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.persistenceCore --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 persistenceCore
sudo systemctl disable persistenceCore
sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/persistenceCore.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
rm -f $(which persistenceCore)
rm -rf $HOME/.persistenceCore
rm -rf $HOME/persistence
⚙️ Service Management
Reload service configuration
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Enable service
sudo systemctl enable persistenceCore
Disable service
sudo systemctl disable persistenceCore
Start service
sudo systemctl start persistenceCore
Stop service
sudo systemctl stop persistenceCore
Restart service
sudo systemctl restart persistenceCore
Check service status
sudo systemctl status persistenceCore
Check service logs
sudo journalctl -u persistenceCore -f --no-hostname -o cat
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