kyve-1

KYVE Mainnet ^v1

Becoming a Genesis Validator

Step 1 — Install kyved.

RECOMMENDED: Building from source.

NOTE: You are required to have Go 1.19.x installed on your instance.

First, we'll want to clone the source code and check out the v1.0.0-rc0 release tag:

git clone https://github.com/KYVENetwork/chain
cd chain
git fetch --tags
git checkout v1.0.0-rc0

Now that we have checked out the correct tag, we can go ahead and run the following:

make install

If you've configured your Go paths correctly, you will now have kyved in your global path. To double-check that you're running the correct version, run the following:

kyved version
# 1.0.0-rc0

Prebuilt binaries.

darwin/amd64: https://files.kyve.network/chain/v1.0.0-rc0/kyved_darwin_amd64.tar.gz

darwin/arm64: https://files.kyve.network/chain/v1.0.0-rc0/kyved_darwin_arm64.tar.gz

linux/amd64: https://files.kyve.network/chain/v1.0.0-rc0/kyved_linux_amd64.tar.gz

linux/arm64: https://files.kyve.network/chain/v1.0.0-rc0/kyved_linux_arm64.tar.gz

Step 2 — Initialise kyved.

kyved init <moniker>

Note this will initialise your validator in the default ~/.kyve home directory.

Additionally, to make network interactions via the daemon easier, we're going to configure the Chain ID globally:

kyved config chain-id kyve-1

Step 3 — Create or import a key.

kyved keys add <name>

The above command will generate a new key for you to use. However, you can easily import a previously generated mnemonic using the --recover flag. The kyved daemon also comes with Ledger support, which you can access with the --ledger flag.

Step 4 — Register your account.

In this step, we will need to register your account in the genesis file; that way, you can generate a genesis transaction. Each genesis validator will be allocated 1 $KYVE (1_000_000 ukyve) for initial staking.

kyved add-genesis-account <address> 1000000ukyve

Please note that you can find the address above using the following command:

kyved keys show <name> --address

Step 5 — Generate a genesis transaction.

The following command will create and sign a genesis transaction, successfully creating your validator on network launch. Again, please note that as your account only has 1 $KYVE (1_000_000 ukyve) registered, you won't be able to customise the initial stake. You can also specify additional parameters for your validator, but we have included the required ones.

kyved gentx <name> 1000000ukyve \
  --moniker <moniker> \
  --identity <identity> \
  --details <description> \
  --security-contact <security-contact> \
  --website <website>

Step 6 — Submit your genesis transaction.

You will want to create a fork of this repository (KYVENetwork/networks) to submit your genesis transaction. The above step should've given you a signed genesis transaction that you will want to put into the ./kyve-1/gentxs/<moniker>.json file. Once you have completed this, please open a PR, and the KYVE core team will review your submission as soon as possible.

Please note that your address and your validator address are required when submitting your PR. This will help with the foundation delegation program. You can obtain your validator address with the following command (it will be in the Bech32 Val section):

kyved debug addr <address>