Cheat Sheet
A Tendermint cheat sheet is a quick reference for essential commands to control Tendermint blockchains.
Managing keys
Generate new key
initiad keys add walletRecover key
initiad keys add wallet --recoverList all key
initiad keys listDelete key
initiad keys delete walletExport key
initiad keys export walletImport key
initiad keys import wallet wallet.backupQuery wallet balances
initiad q bank balances $(initiad keys show wallet -a)Managing validators
Create validator
initiad tx mstaking create-validator \
--amount 1000000uinit \
--from $WALLET \
--commission-rate 0.1 \
--commission-max-rate 0.2 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.01 \
--min-self-delegation 1 \
--pubkey $(initiad tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker "YOUR-MONIKER" \
--identity "" \
--website "" \
--details "Service by zulna" \
--chain-id initiation-1 \
--gas auto --fees 80000uinit \
-yEdit validator
initiad tx mstaking edit-validator \
--commission-rate 0.1 \
--new-moniker "$MONIKER" \
--identity "" \
--details "Service by zulna" \
--from $WALLET \
--chain-id initiation-1 \
--gas auto --fees 80000uinit \
-yUnjail validator
initiad tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id initiation-1 --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --fees 80000uinit -yValidator jail reason
initiad query slashing signing-info $(initiad tendermint show-validator)List active validator
initiad q staking validators -oj --limit=3000 | jq '.validators[] | select(.status=="BOND_STATUS_BONDED")' | jq -r '(.tokens|tonumber/pow(10; 6)|floor|tostring) + " \t " + .description.moniker' | sort -gr | nlList incative validator
initiad q staking validators -oj --limit=3000 | jq '.validators[] | select(.status=="BOND_STATUS_UNBONDED")' | jq -r '(.tokens|tonumber/pow(10; 6)|floor|tostring) + " \t " + .description.moniker' | sort -gr | nlView validator details
initiad q staking validator $(initiad keys show wallet --bech val -a)Managing Tokens
Withdraw reward from all validator
initiad tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from wallet --chain-id initiation-1 --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --fees 80000uinit -yWithdraw reward and commission
initiad tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(initiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) --commission --from wallet --chain-id initiation-1 --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --fees 80000uinit -yDelegate tokens to your validator
initiad tx staking delegate $(initiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000uinit --from wallet --chain-id initiation-1 --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --fees 80000uinit -yDelegate token to other validator, change <to-valoper-address> as you like
initiad tx staking delegate <to-valoper-address> 1000000uinit --from wallet --chain-id initiation-1 --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --fees 80000uinit -yRedelegate to another validator
initiad tx staking redelegate $(initiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) <to-valoper-address> 1000000uinit --from wallet --chain-id initiation-1 --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --fees 80000uinit -yUnbond token from your own validator
initiad tx staking unbond $(initiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000uinit --from wallet --chain-id initiation-1 --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --fees 80000uinit -ySend token to the wallet
initiad tx bank send wallet <to-wallet-address> 1000000uinit --from wallet --chain-id initiation-1 --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --fees 80000uinit -yGovernance
Query list proposal
initiad query gov proposalsView proposal by ID
initiad query gov proposal 1Vote option yes
initiad tx gov vote 1 yes --from wallet --chain-id initiation-1 --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --fees 80000uinit -yVote option no
initiad tx gov vote 1 no --from wallet --chain-id initiation-1 --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --fees 80000uinit -yVote option asbtain
initiad tx gov vote 1 abstain --from wallet --chain-id initiation-1 --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --fees 80000uinit -yVote option NoWithVeto
initiad tx gov vote 1 NoWithVeto --from wallet --chain-id initiation-1 --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --fees 80000uinit -yUsefulness
Update custom port
CUSTOM_PORT=239
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CUSTOM_PORT}58\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CUSTOM_PORT}57\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:${CUSTOM_PORT}60\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}56\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":${CUSTOM_PORT}66\"%" $HOME/.initiad/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}17\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":${CUSTOM_PORT}80\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}90\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}91\"%" $HOME/.initiad/config/app.tomlDisable indexer
sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "null"|' $HOME/.initiad/config/config.tomlEnable indexer
sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "kv"|' $HOME/.initiad/config/config.tomlPruning update
sed -i \
-e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' \
-e 's|^pruning-keep-recent *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "100"|' \
-e 's|^pruning-keep-every *=.*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' \
-e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "19"|' \
$HOME/.initiad/config/app.tomlMaintenance
Get validator information
initiad status 2>&1 | jq .ValidatorInfoGet sync information
initiad status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfoGet node peer
echo $(initiad tendermint show-node-id)'@'$(curl -s ifconfig.me)':'$(cat $HOME/.initiad/config/config.toml | sed -n '/Address to listen for incoming connection/{n;p;}' | sed 's/.*://; s/".*//')Check validator keys
[[ $(initiad q staking validator $(initiad keys show wallet --bech val -a) -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(initiad status | jq -r .ValidatorInfo.PubKey.value) ]] && echo -e "\n\e[1m\e[32mTrue\e[0m\n" || echo -e "\n\e[1m\e[31mFalse\e[0m\n"Get live peers
curl -sS http://localhost:23957/net_info | jq -r '.result.peers[] | "\(.node_info.id)@\(.remote_ip):\(.node_info.listen_addr)"' | awk -F ':' '{print $1":"$(NF)}'Configure minimum gas prices
sed -i -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"10mpx\"/" $HOME/.initiad/config/app.tomlEnable prometheus
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.initiad/config/config.tomlReset chain data
initiad tendermint unsafe-reset-all --keep-addr-book --home $HOME/.initiad --keep-addr-bookRemove node
sudo systemctl stop initiad
sudo systemctl disable initiad
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/initiad.service
sudo rm $(which initiad)
sudo rm -rf $HOME/.initiad
sed -i "/INITIA_/d" $HOME/.bash_profile