Install

Use our script for a quick installation:

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

empowerd keys add wallet

Get tokens in the discord, #faucet section.
After full synchronization, check the balance, if everything is okay go to the next step.

empowerd q bank balances YOUR_WALLET_ADDRESS

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

empowerd tx staking create-validator \
--moniker="$VALIDATOR" \
--amount=1000000umpwr \
--fees 10000umpwr \
--pubkey=$(empowerd tendermint show-validator) \
--chain-id=$CHAIN_ID \
--commission-max-change-rate=0.01 \
--commission-max-rate=0.20 \
--commission-rate=0.10 \
--min-self-delegation=1 \
--from=wallet \
--yes 

Additional

You can check the node logs with the command:

journalctl -u empowerd -f -o cat

Restart node:

systemctl restart empowerd

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:

empowerd keys show wallet --bech val -a

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

empowerd tx staking delegate YOUR_VALOPER_ADDRESS 1000000umpwr --from wallet --chain-id $CHAIN_ID --fees 5000umpwr

Active validators list:

empowerd 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:

empowerd 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 empowerd
systemctl disable empowerd
rm -rf ~/empowerchain ~/.empowerchain /etc/systemd/system/empowerd.service