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🚀 Kiichain Node Validator

This guide will help you set up and manage your Kiichain Validator with a single command.

Node Status: Active Ubuntu 22.04

📌 Requirements

Requirement	Minimum	Recommended
OS	Ubuntu 20.04+	Ubuntu 22.04+
CPU	6 Cores	8+ Cores
RAM	8GB	16GB+
Storage	500GB SSD/NVMe	1TB SSD/NVMe
Network	10 Mbit/s	100 Mbit/s+

📌 Quick Installation

To install the validator, run:

🔹 Step 1: Install Dependencies

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl git wget jq make gcc tmux unzip build-essential -y

🔹 Step 2: Clone and Install Kiichain

git clone https://github.com/KiiChain/kiichain.git
cd kiichain
make install
git checkout v3.0.0

Verify version:

kiichaind version

🔹 Step 3: Initialize the Node

CHAIN_ID="kiichain3"
NODE_MONIKER="your name"
NODE_HOME="$HOME/.kiichain3"
PERSISTENT_PEERS="5b6aa55124c0fd28e47d7da091a69973964a9fe1@uno.sentry.testnet.v3.kiivalidator.com:26656,5e6b283c8879e8d1b0866bda20949f9886aff967@dos.sentry.testnet.v3.kiivalidator.com:26656"
GENESIS_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KiiChain/testnets/refs/heads/main/testnet_oro/genesis.json"

kiichaind init $NODE_MONIKER --chain-id $CHAIN_ID --home $NODE_HOME
sed -i -e "/persistent-peers =/ s^= .*^= \"$PERSISTENT_PEERS\"^" $NODE_HOME/config/config.toml
wget $GENESIS_URL -O genesis.json
mv genesis.json $NODE_HOME/config/genesis.json

Enable DB options:

sed -i.bak -e "s|^occ-enabled *=.*|occ-enabled = true|" $NODE_HOME/config/app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s|^sc-enable *=.*|sc-enable = true|" $NODE_HOME/config/app.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s|^ss-enable *=.*|ss-enable = true|" $NODE_HOME/config/app.toml
sed -i.bak -e 's/^# concurrency-workers = 20$/concurrency-workers = 500/' $NODE_HOME/config/app.toml

🔹 Step 4: Setup systemd

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/kiichaind.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit]
Description=Kiichain Daemon
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=root
ExecStart=/root/go/bin/kiichaind start --home /root/.kiichain3
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Enable the service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable kiichaind
sudo systemctl start kiichaind

Check logs:

journalctl -u kiichaind -f -o cat

🔹 Step 5: Create Wallet

kiichaind keys add wallet

Or recover an existing wallet:

kiichaind keys add wallet --recover

🔹 Step 6: Request Faucet & Check Balance

kiichaind query bank balances $(kiichaind keys show wallet -a)

🔹 Step 7: Create Validator

MONIKER="your name"
AMOUNT="100000000ukii"
COMMISSION_RATE="0.10"
COMMISSION_MAX_RATE="0.20"
COMMISSION_MAX_CHANGE_RATE="0.05"
MIN_SELF_DELEGATION="1"
WALLET_NAME="wallet"

kiichaind tx staking create-validator \
  --amount=$AMOUNT \
  --pubkey=$(kiichaind tendermint show-validator) \
  --moniker=$MONIKER \
  --identity "" \
  --website="" \
  --security-contact="" \
  --details="Stake With Me" \
  --chain-id=kiichain3 \
  --min-self-delegation=$MIN_SELF_DELEGATION \
  --commission-rate=$COMMISSION_RATE \
  --commission-max-rate=$COMMISSION_MAX_RATE \
  --commission-max-change-rate=$COMMISSION_MAX_CHANGE_RATE \
  --gas="auto" \
  --gas-adjustment 1.5 \
  --gas-prices="0.05ukii" \
  --from=$WALLET_NAME

🔹 Step 8: Edit Validator Info (Optional)

kiichaind tx staking edit-validator \
  --identity="" \
  --website="" \
  --security-contact="" \
  --details="Stake With Me" \
  --chain-id=kiichain3 \
  --from=wallet \
  --gas=auto \
  --gas-prices=0.05ukii

🔹 Step 9: Verify Validator Status

kiichaind query staking validator $(kiichaind keys show wallet --bech val -a)

If status: BOND_STATUS_BONDED, your validator is active.

🔹 Step 10: Monitor Logs

journalctl -u kiichaind -f -o cat

Check sync status:

kiichaind status | jq .SyncInfo

🎯 Summary

✅ Complete guide from setup to validator management

✅ Essential commands for monitoring and staking

🚀 Now your Kiichain Validator is ready to run! 🚀

Credit

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Kiichain Validator Setup