IRISnet Documents

Join The Mainnet

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Requirements: install iris

Run a Full Node

# initialize node configurations
iris init <moniker> --chain-id=irishub-1

# download mainnet public config.toml and genesis.json
curl -o ~/.iris/config/config.toml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/irisnet/mainnet/master/config/config.toml
curl -o ~/.iris/config/genesis.json https://raw.githubusercontent.com/irisnet/mainnet/master/config/genesis.json

# start the node (you can also use "nohup" or "systemd" to run in the background)
iris start

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You may see some connection errors, it does not matter, the P2P network is trying to find available connections

Try to add some of the Community Peers to persistent_peers in the config.toml

Upgrade to Validator Node

Create a Wallet

You can create a new wallet or import an existing one, then get some IRIS from the exchanges or anywhere else into the wallet you just created, .e.g.

# create a new wallet
iris keys add <key-name>

WARNING

Important

write the seed phrase in a safe place! It is the only way to recover your account if you ever forget your password.

Confirm your node has caught-up

# if you have not installed jq
# apt-get update && apt-get install -y jq

# if the output is false, means your node has caught-up
iris status | jq .sync_info.catching_up

Create Validator

Only if your node has caught-up, you can run the following command to upgrade your node to be a validator.

iris tx staking create-validator \
    --pubkey=$(iris tendermint show-validator) \
    --moniker=<your-validator-name> \
    --amount=<amount-to-be-delegated, e.g. 10000iris> \
    --min-self-delegation=1 \
    --commission-max-change-rate=0.1 \
    --commission-max-rate=0.1 \
    --commission-rate=0.1 \
    --gas=100000 \
    --fees=0.6iris \
    --chain-id=irishub-1 \
    --from=<key-name>

WARNING

Important

Backup the config directory located in your iris home (default ~/.iris/) carefully! It is the only way to recover your validator.

If there are no errors, then your node is now a validator or candidate (depending on whether your delegation amount is in the top 100)

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