# How to set up a DigChain Validator If you already know about Dig, then you can continue. If not, then you can visit the official Website below. > https://digchain.org Basically, DigChain is a blockchain-based governance project aimed at linking real estate to blockchain in form of Real Estate NFT and providing a new way for investors to earn doing the same things. But it is more than just real estate and aimed at the governance of small baby blockchains. You can check GitHub for more > https://github.com/notional-labs/dig --- # So, lets come back to Validator ## Prerequisites - Ubuntu 20.04 - Go installed - GCC installed (for go build tools) ### Server with **Min requirements** - 2 vCPU - 4GB RAM - 100GB+ SSD **Recommended requirements** - 4 vCPU - 8GB RAM - 100GB+SSD > Note: Recommended requirements are for long term but if you plan on keeping economics low, then minimum will work for now ## Steps to run ### 1. Install Software for Os Do upgrades before starting ```bash sudo apt-get update && sudo apt upgrade -y ``` Install compilation tools ``` sudo apt-get install make build-essential gcc git jq chrony -y ``` Install Go ``` wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.17.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.17.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz ``` Make it globally available by adding path to your profile ``` cat <> ~/.profile export GOROOT=/usr/local/go export GOPATH=$HOME/go export GO111MODULE=on export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin EOF ``` now load config and check if go works fine ``` source ~/.profile go version go version go1.17.5 linux/amd64 ``` ### 2. Install Dig go package clone repo and install package with go ``` git clone https://github.com/notional-labs/dig.git cd dig/ git checkout master go install ./... cd ~ ``` As we did already imported path in previous step, you can ignore this. But if command not works. then do export ``` export PATH=$PATH:~/go/bin export GOPATH=~/go ``` ### 3. Init moniker node and generate genesis replace nodename by your name ``` digd init --chain-id dig-1 ``` > Note: remember to add chain-id as it identify main chain now import genesis file from git to your config ``` wget -O ~/.dig/config/genesis.json https://github.com/notional-labs/dig/raw/master/networks/mainnets/dig-1/genesis.json ``` ### 4. Create a System Service to run Dig node Save the below file as dig.service under /etc/systemd/system ``` [Unit] Description=Dig Node After=network.target [Service] Type=simple User=root WorkingDirectory=/home ExecStart= /root/go/bin/digd start --p2p.seeds 37b2839da4463b22a51b1fe20d97992164270eba@62.171.157.192:26656,e2c96b96d4c3a461fb246edac3b3cdbf47768838@65.21.202.37:6969 --p2p.persistent_peers 33f4788e1c6a378b929c66f31e8d253b9fd47c47@194.163.154.251:26656,64eccffdc60a206227032d3a021fbf9dfc686a17@194.163.156.84:26656,be7598b2d56fb42a27821259ad14aff24c40f3d2@172.16.152.118:26656,f446e37e47297ce9f8951957d17a2ae9a16db0b8@137.184.67.162:26656,ab2fa2789f481e2856a5d83a2c3028c5b215421d@144.91.117.49:26656,e9e89250b40b4512237c77bd04dc76c06a3f8560@185.214.135.205:26656,1539976f4ee196f172369e6f348d60a6e3ec9e93@159.69.147.189:26656,85316823bee88f7b05d0cfc671bee861c0237154@95.217.198.243:26656,eb55b70c9fd8fc0d5530d0662336377668aab3f9@185.194.219.128:2665 Restart=on-failure StartLimitInterval=0 RestartSec=3 LimitNOFILE=65535 LimitMEMLOCK=209715200 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ``` Reload daemon ``` systemctl daemon-reload ``` Start the node ``` systemctl start dig.service ``` Check status ``` systemctl status dig.service ``` Check if Node is in Sync ``` journalctl -u dig -f ``` > Note: To create a validator you need to be in sync so check if you can see block creation. Usually, it takes around 30 mins to sync ### 5. Generate Wallet Keys Enter the command to create a key pair ``` digd keys add ``` where keyname can be any name you want > Note: By default, the key gets generated in the test backend. You can specify a different backend from os/file/test using  -- keyring-backend flag Note down the mnemonic key somewhere safe in case you want to migrate or recover your wallet. To recover the key, just issue the below command and enter the mnemonic passphrase ``` dig keys add --recover ``` ### 6. Create a Transaction to declare a Validator enter below command (you can customize params though) ``` digd tx staking create-validator --moniker="yourname" --from keyname --pubkey="$(digd tendermint show-validator)" --amount="1000000udig" --commission-max-rate="0.10" --commission-max-change-rate="0.05" --commission-rate="0.05" --fees 0udig --gas auto --min-self-delegation 1 --chain-id dig-1 ``` where yourname can be replaced by name which you want to show for your validator and keyname is the key name that we created in step 5 > Note: You need to have some dig tokens in your wallet before you can do any transaction. You can add atleast 5 DIG before continuing. Optional : You can also change your identification details ``` digd tx staking edit-validator --from --fees 0udig --gas auto --identity keybase --website="your site" --chain-id dig-1 ``` > Here the keybase value is Pgp key generated from keybase.io https://keybase.io/ --- Congrats, your validator is now up. You can check my validator here > https://look.chillvalidation.com/dig/staking/digvaloper1nyh9yfx38rtcpaudz007uz492lgue3c9x83y8n Also, you can check a list of all validators here > https://look.chillvalidation.com/dig/staking --- ## Bonus Commands ### To claim Rewards ``` digd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(digd keys show --bech=val -a ) --from --chain-id dig-1 ``` ### To claim Rewards and Commission ``` digd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(digd keys show --bech=val -a ) --from --chain-id dig-1 --commission ``` ### If the validator is jailed, try unjailing ``` digd tx slashing unjail --from=$(digd keys show -a) --chain-id dig-1 --fees 10000udig --gas 10000 ``` --- This was all for today. I will keep on posting updated articles, as soon as there is a new update to the Dig blockchain and its tools. You can follow me at Blurt Blog > https://blurt.blog@tekraze or my official Blog > https://tekraze.com