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Staking / Unstaking ​

Follow these steps to begin staking on the QRL Zond testnet.

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You must have a running and fully synced zond node (both execution and consensus client) running on the localhost

Download and build the required staking tools ​

Clone the qrysm repository locally and build the validator client and staking-deposit-cli. Ensure Golang v1.20 is available.

This should be in the same directory as the gzond and beacon-chain files.

Windows ​

cmd.exe
git clone https://github.com/theQRL/qrysm.git
cd qrysm
go1.20 build -o=..\validator.exe .\cmd\validator
go1.20 build -o=..\staking-deposit-cli .\cmd\staking-deposit-cli\deposit

Linux / MacOS ​

bash
git clone https://github.com/theQRL/qrysm.git
cd qrysm
gobrew use 1.20.12
go build -o=../validator ./cmd/validator
go build -o=../staking-deposit-cli ./cmd/staking-deposit-cli/deposit
cd ../

Generate a new dilithium staking address ​

Modify the number of validators (--num-validators) to suit your needs. Each validator requires minimum 40,000 quanta to stake.

bash
./staking-deposit-cli new-seed --num-validators 1

Please note down your Dilithium seed, and write it to a file for the next step. Named staking_wallet.seed in the example below.

Import the new address seed for public key ​

bash
./gzond-v0.1.0-linux-amd64 --datadir=gzonddata account import staking_wallet.seed

Please note down your Public address (given without the 0x in the response)

Fund the new address ​

Provide the newly created 0xZond-Address to the #testnet channel in The QRL's Discord chat for a testnet funds request. We will process them manually as we can for now.

Or

If you already posses these funds in another address, transfer them with the gzond console:

js
zond.sendTransaction({from:'0xFromZondAddress', to:'0xToNewZondAddress', value: web3.toWei(40001.0, "ether"), gas:21000});

Broadcast the staking deposit transaction ​

bash
./staking-deposit-cli submit --validator-keys-dir=./validator_keys --zond-seed-file= staking_wallet.seed

Import validator wallet ​

bash
./validator accounts import --keys-dir=validator_keys --wallet-dir gzonddata/keystore/

Start the validator client to begin staking ​

bash
./validator --datadir=validatordata --accept-terms-of-use --force-clear-db --chain-config-file=config.yml --config-file=config.yml --wallet-dir=wallet-dir

Upon successful connection you will see log files similar to:

[2024-01-17 19:36:11]  INFO validator: Validating for public key publicKey=0x6c6e1dc1a3f7
[2024-01-17 19:36:11]  INFO validator: Validator activated index=513 publicKey=0x6c6e1dc1a3f7

When the node validator becomes active you will see log files similar to:

[2024-01-17 07:33:15]  INFO validator: Attestation schedule attesterDutiesAtSlot=1 pubKeys=[0x6c6e1dc1a3f7] slot=4378 slotInEpoch=26 timeTillDuty=21m0s totalAttestersIn Epoch=1
[2024-01-17 07:54:55]  INFO validator: Submitted new attestations AggregatorIndices=[513] AttesterIndices=[513] BeaconBlockRoot=0xd64ceefa455e CommitteeIndex=0 Slot=4378 SourceEpoch=33 SourceRoot=0x539e0750bcf6 TargetEpoch=34 TargetRoot=0xbb58ae7a93fa