🏁 8. Register Your Validator on Renergy

This final step officially adds your node to the active validator set on the network.

🔑 Step 1: Retrieve the Validator Consensus Public Key

Validators use a Cosmos (Ed25519) consensus key, not the EVM key. To display it, run:

renergyd tendermint show-validator --home "$HOME/.renergyMainnetNode"

You will see output similar to:

{"@type":"/cosmos.crypto.ed25519.PubKey","key":"LaUx9x1Nlj4t9Yy5ybFJR55/7kCK8eGn8JlY/mBewuU="}

📌 Important: Save this key carefully—you’ll need it in the next step.

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🧾 Step 2: Create the Validator Definition File

Create a file named validator.json inside your node directory ($HOME/.renergyMainnetNode) and add the following content:

{
  "pubkey": "<paste-your-consensus-pubkey-here>",
  "amount": "10000000000000000000000arenergy",
  "moniker": "<your-validator-name>",
  "identity": "<optional-keybase-id>",
  "website": "<optional-website>",
  "security": "",
  "details": "<short description of your validator>",
  "commission-rate": "0.10",
  "commission-max-rate": "0.20",
  "commission-max-change-rate": "0.01",
  "min-self-delegation": "1000"
}

🧩 Field Overview

• pubkey — Consensus public key used for block signing

• amount — RNGY self-stake (in base units arenergy)

• moniker — Public name shown on explorers

• identity — Optional Keybase ID

• website — Optional project or validator website

• security — Contact info for security reports (optional)

• details — Short validator description

• commission-rate — Fee charged to delegators

• commission-max-rate — Maximum commission you can ever set

• commission-max-change-rate — Daily commission adjustment limit

• min-self-delegation — Minimum self-stake to remain active

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🚀 Step 3: Submit the Create-Validator Transaction

Send the transaction to register your validator on-chain:

renergyd tx staking create-validator ./validator.json \
  --from validator \
  --chain-id renergy_3352-1 \
  --home "$HOME/.renergyMainnetNode" \
  --node "tcp://localhost:26657" \
  --gas auto \
  --gas-adjustment 1.5 \
  --gas-prices 10000000000arenergy

• You’ll be prompted for your wallet password

• Once confirmed, the transaction will be broadcast to the network

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✅ What Happens Next?

By submitting this transaction, you are signaling to the network:

“I am committing stake, infrastructure, and uptime to participate as a validator.”

After inclusion:

• Your validator appears on explorers

• You can begin receiving delegations

• You start earning rewards once active

You are now officially a validator on Renergy Blockchain 🎉