Useful commands

Service operations ⚙️

Check logs

sudo journalctl -u prysmd -fo cat

Start service

sudo systemctl start prysmd

Stop service

sudo systemctl stop prysmd

Restart service

sudo systemctl restart prysmd

Check service status

sudo systemctl status prysmd

Reload services

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Enable Service

sudo systemctl enable prysmd

Disable Service

sudo systemctl disable prysmd

Node info

prysmd status 2>&1 | jq

Your node peer

echo $(prysmd tendermint show-node-id)'@'$(wget -qO- eth0.me)':'$(cat $HOME/.prysm/config/config.toml | sed -n '/Address to listen for incoming connection/{n;p;}' | sed 's/.*://; s/".*//')

Key management

Add New Wallet

prysmd keys add $WALLET

Restore executing wallet

prysmd keys add $WALLET --recover

List All Wallets

prysmd keys list

Delete wallet

prysmd keys delete $WALLET

Check Balance

prysmd q bank balances $WALLET_ADDRESS 

Export Key (save to wallet.backup)

prysmd keys export $WALLET

View EVM Prived Key

prysmd keys unsafe-export-eth-key $WALLET

Import Key (restore from wallet.backup)

prysmd keys import $WALLET wallet.backup

Tokens

To valoper addressTo wallet addressAmount, uprysm

Withdraw all rewards

prysmd tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from $WALLET --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 

Withdraw rewards and commission from your validator

prysmd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $VALOPER_ADDRESS --from $WALLET --commission --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 -y 

Check your balance

prysmd query bank balances $WALLET_ADDRESS

Delegate to Yourself

prysmd tx staking delegate $(prysmd keys show $WALLET --bech val -a) 1000000uprysm --from $WALLET --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 -y 

Delegate

prysmd tx staking delegate <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000uprysm --from $WALLET --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 -y 	

Redelegate Stake to Another Validator

prysmd tx staking redelegate $VALOPER_ADDRESS <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000uprysm --from $WALLET --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 -y 

Unbond

prysmd tx staking unbond $(prysmd keys show $WALLET --bech val -a) 1000000uprysm --from $WALLET --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 -y 

Transfer Funds

prysmd tx bank send $WALLET_ADDRESS <TO_WALLET_ADDRESS> 1000000uprysm --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 -y 

Validator operations

MonikerIdentityDetailsAmount, uprysmCommission rateCommission max rateCommission max change rate

Create New Validator

prysmd tx staking create-validator \
--amount 1000000uprysm \
--from $WALLET \
--commission-rate 0.1 \
--commission-max-rate 0.2 \
--commission-max-change-rate 0.01 \
--min-self-delegation 1 \
--pubkey $(prysmd tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker "$MONIKER" \
--identity "" \
--details "I love blockchain ❤️" \
--chain-id prysm-devnet-1 \
--gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 \
-y 

Edit Existing Validator

prysmd tx staking edit-validator \
--commission-rate 0.1 \
--new-moniker "$MONIKER" \
--identity "" \
--details "I love blockchain ❤️" \
--from $WALLET \
--chain-id prysm-devnet-1 \
--gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 \
-y 

Validator info

prysmd status 2>&1 | jq

Validator Details

prysmd q staking validator $(prysmd keys show $WALLET --bech val -a) 

Jailing info

prysmd q slashing signing-info $(prysmd tendermint show-validator) 

Slashing parameters

prysmd q slashing params 

Unjail validator

prysmd tx slashing unjail --from $WALLET --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 -y 

Active Validators List

prysmd q staking validators -oj --limit=2000 | jq '.validators[] | select(.status=="BOND_STATUS_BONDED")' | jq -r '(.tokens|tonumber/pow(10; 6)|floor|tostring) + " 	 " + .description.moniker' | sort -gr | nl 

Check Validator key

[[ $(prysmd q staking validator $VALOPER_ADDRESS -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(prysmd status | jq -r .ValidatorInfo.PubKey.value) ]] && echo -e "Your key status is ok" || echo -e "Your key status is error"

Signing info

prysmd q slashing signing-info $(prysmd tendermint show-validator) 

Governance

TitleDescriptionDeposit, uprysm

Create New Text Proposal

prysmd  tx gov submit-proposal \
--title "" \
--description "" \
--deposit 1000000uprysm \
--type Text \
--from $WALLET \
--gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 \
-y 

Proposals List

prysmd query gov proposals 

Proposal IDProposal optionYesNoNo with vetoAbstain

View proposal

prysmd query gov proposal 1 

Vote

prysmd tx gov vote 1 yes --from $WALLET --chain-id prysm-devnet-1  --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 -y