Install

Use our script for a quick installation:

wget -q -O cascadia.sh https://api.nodes.guru/cascadia.sh && chmod +x cascadia.sh && /bin/bash cascadia.sh

Set a name for your node and wait for the installation to complete. After that execute the following command:

source $HOME/.bash_profile

Create a wallet, don’t forget to save the mnemonic.

cascadiad keys add wallet

Convert your Cascadia address to an EVM address.

cascadiad address-converter $(cascadiad keys show wallet -a)

Get tokens in the faucet.
Alternatively, use the following commands in #faucet on Cascadia’s Discord

$request your_evm_address

After full synchronization, check the balance, if everything is okay go to the next step.

cascadiad q bank balances $(cascadiad keys show wallet -a)

Create a validator:
Don’t change anything if you don’t understand what you’re doing.

cascadiad tx staking create-validator \
--from wallet \
--chain-id $CASCADIA_CHAIN_ID \
--moniker="$VALIDATOR" \
--commission-max-change-rate=0.01 \
--commission-max-rate=1.0 \
--commission-rate=0.10 \
--pubkey $(cascadiad tendermint show-validator) \
--min-self-delegation=1 \
--amount 1000000000000000000aCC \
--gas auto \
--gas-adjustment=1.7 \
--gas-prices=7aCC \
--broadcast-mode sync \
--yes

Additional

Get your Cascadia address:

cascadiad keys show wallet -a

You can check the node logs with the command:

journalctl -u cascadiad -f -o cat

Restart node:

sudo systemctl restart cascadiad

Check your node status:

curl localhost:26657/status

Check node synchronization, if results false – node is synchronized

curl -s localhost:26657/status | jq .result.sync_info.catching_up

Get your valoper address:

cascadiad keys show wallet --bech val -a

Bond more tokens (if you want increase your validator stake you should bond more to your valoper address):

cascadiad tx staking delegate YOUR_VALOPER_ADDRESS 1000000aCC --from wallet --chain-id $CASCADIA_CHAIN_ID --fees 5000aCC

Active validators list:

cascadiad query staking validators --limit 2000 -o json | jq -r '.validators[] | select(.status=="BOND_STATUS_BONDED") | [.operator_address, .status, (.tokens|tonumber / pow(10; 6)), .description.moniker] | @csv' | column -t -s"," | sort -k3 -n -r

Inactive validators list:

cascadiad query staking validators --limit 2000 -o json | jq -r '.validators[] | select(.status=="BOND_STATUS_UNBONDED") | [.operator_address, .status, (.tokens|tonumber / pow(10; 6)), .description.moniker] | @csv' | column -t -s"," | sort -k3 -n -r

Ports used:

26656, 26657, 9091, 9090, 6060, 1317

Remove node:

systemctl stop cascadiad
sudo systemctl disable cascadiad
sudo rm -rf ~/cascadia ~/.cascadiad /etc/systemd/system/cascadiad.service