Validator Node
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Validator nodes allow you to participate in consensus in the Sunrise network.
The following hardware minimum requirements are recommended for running the validator node:
Memory: 8 GB RAM (minimum)
CPU: 6 cores
Disk: 500 GB SSD Storage
Bandwidth: 1 Gbps for Download/1 Gbps for Upload
First, follow the instructions on .
If you have already initialized a working directory for sunrised in the past, you must clean up before reinitialized a new directory. You can do so by running the following command:
Run the following command:
The last thing needed before initializing the validator is to obtain your validator public key which was created when you first initialized your node. To obtain your validator pubkey:
A minimum of 1 vRISE is required to create a validator. vRISE is non-transferable, so if you have no balance in your account, please create a position in the Liquidity Pool to earn vRISE.
First, create validator config file [~/.sunrise/config/validator.json].
Next, run the following command
There are certain files that you need to backup to be able to restore your validator if, for some reason, it is damaged or lost in some way. Please make a secure backup of the following files located in ~/.sunrise/config/
:
priv_validator_key.json
node_key.json
It is recommended that you encrypt the backup of these files.
The core team will delegate RISE to validators who serve the following services:
IBC relayer
100000000microRISE
delegation per channel
Node snapshot
10000000000microRISE
delegation
REST API endpoints
10000000000microRISE
delegation
Check to know the current chain-id.