BlockX Installation

MAINNET • blockx-mainnet

Installation

Install Dependencies

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y && sudo apt install curl git wget htop tmux build-essential jq make lz4 gcc unzip -y

Go Version

cd $HOME
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
VER="1.15"
curl -Ls https://go.dev/dl/go$VER.linux-amd64.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzf - -C /usr/local
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
mkdir -p ~/go/bin
go version

Install Binary

cd $HOME
mkdir -p ~/go/bin
wget https://github.com/defi-ventures/BlockX-chain/raw/refs/heads/main/mainnet/releases/blockxd-linux-amd64 -O blockxd 
chmod +x blockxd 
mv blockxd ~/go/bin/

Initialize Node

blockxd init "Your_Validator_Name" --chain-id blockx-mainnet --home $HOME/.blockxd

Configure Pruning

pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="100" 
pruning_keep_every="0" 
pruning_interval="19" 
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.blockxd/config/app.toml 
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.blockxd/config/app.toml 
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.blockxd/config/app.toml 
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.blockxd/config/app.toml

Set Minimum Gas Price

sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "25000000000abcx"|g' $HOME/.blockxd/config/app.toml

Configure Indexer

sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.blockxd/config/config.toml

Create Service

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/blockxd.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit] 
Description=BlockX node 
After=network-online.target 
[Service] 
User=$USER 
WorkingDirectory=$HOME/.blockxd 
ExecStart=$(which blockxd) start --home $HOME/.blockxd 
Restart=on-failure 
RestartSec=5 
LimitNOFILE=65535 
[Install] 
WantedBy=multi-user.target 
EOF

mkdir -p $HOME/.blockxd/cosmovisor/genesis/bin
mv $HOME/go/bin/blockxd $HOME/.blockxd/cosmovisor/genesis/bin/ 
sudo ln -s $HOME/.blockxd/cosmovisor/genesis $HOME/.blockxd/cosmovisor/current -f 
sudo ln -s $HOME/.blockxd/cosmovisor/current/bin/blockxd /usr/local/bin/blockxd -f 

go install cosmossdk.io/tools/cosmovisor/cmd/cosmovisor@v1.7.0 

sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/blockxd.service > /dev/null <<EOF
[Unit] 
Description=BlockX node service 
After=network-online.target 

[Service] 
User=$USER 
ExecStart=$(which cosmovisor) run start --home $HOME/.blockxd 
Restart=on-failure 
RestartSec=10 
LimitNOFILE=65535 
Environment="DAEMON_HOME=$HOME/.blockxd" 
Environment="DAEMON_NAME=blockxd" 
Environment="UNSAFE_SKIP_BACKUP=true" 

[Install] 
WantedBy=multi-user.target 
EOF

Enable and Start Service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload 
sudo systemctl enable blockxd 
sudo systemctl restart blockxd && sudo journalctl -u blockxd -f

Create Wallet

# Create new wallet
blockxd keys add wallet --home $HOME/.blockxd 

# Restore existing wallet
blockxd keys add wallet --recover --home $HOME/.blockxd 

# Check sync status (false = fully synced)
blockxd status --home $HOME/.blockxd 2>&1 | jq .sync_info

Create Validator

Create validator.json

tee $HOME/validator.json > /dev/null <<EOF
{
  "pubkey": $(blockxd tendermint show-validator), 
  "amount": "1000000000000000000000abcx", 
  "moniker": "CodeBlockLabs", 
  "identity": "E1ADDC27DCE641C2", 
  "website": "https://codeblocklabs.com", 
  "details": "Join Our Community on Telegram @CodeBlockLabs", 
  "commission-rate": "0.05", 
  "commission-max-rate": "0.2", 
  "commission-max-change-rate": "0.1", 
  "min-self-delegation": "1" 
}
EOF

Create Validator

blockxd tx staking create-validator $HOME/validator.json --from wallet --chain-id blockx-mainnet --home $HOME/.blockxd --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices 25000000000abcx -y

Delete Node

sudo systemctl stop blockxd 
sudo systemctl disable blockxd 
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/blockxd.service 
sudo rm $(which blockxd) 
sudo rm -rf $HOME/.blockxd

Service Operations

Check logs

sudo journalctl -u blockxd -f

Sync info

blockxd status --home $HOME/.blockxd 2>&1 | jq .sync_info

Node info

blockxd status --home $HOME/.blockxd 2>&1 | jq .node_info

Your node peer

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

Key Management

Add New Wallet

blockxd keys add wallet --home $HOME/.blockxd

Restore existing wallet

blockxd keys add wallet --recover --home $HOME/.blockxd

List All Wallets

blockxd keys list --home $HOME/.blockxd

Delete wallet

blockxd keys delete wallet --home $HOME/.blockxd

Check Balance

blockxd q bank balances $(blockxd keys show wallet -a --home $HOME/.blockxd) --home $HOME/.blockxd

Export Key (save to wallet.backup)

blockxd keys export wallet --home $HOME/.blockxd

Export Key to EVM

blockxd keys export wallet --unarmored-hex --unsafe --home $HOME/.blockxd

Import Key (restore from wallet.backup)

blockxd keys import wallet wallet.backup --home $HOME/.blockxd

Tokens

Withdraw all rewards

blockxd tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from wallet --chain-id blockx-mainnet --home $HOME/.blockxd --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices 25000000000abcx -y

Withdraw rewards and commission from your validator

blockxd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(blockxd keys show wallet --bech val -a --home $HOME/.blockxd) --from wallet --commission --chain-id blockx-mainnet --home $HOME/.blockxd --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices 25000000000abcx -y

Delegate to Yourself

blockxd tx staking delegate $(blockxd keys show wallet --bech val -a --home $HOME/.blockxd) 1000000000000000000000abcx --from wallet --chain-id blockx-mainnet --home $HOME/.blockxd --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices 25000000000abcx -y

Delegate to Other Validator

blockxd tx staking delegate <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000000000000000000abcx --from wallet --chain-id blockx-mainnet --home $HOME/.blockxd --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices 25000000000abcx -y

Redelegate Stake to Another Validator

blockxd tx staking redelegate $(blockxd keys show wallet --bech val -a --home $HOME/.blockxd) <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000000000000000000abcx --from wallet --chain-id blockx-mainnet --home $HOME/.blockxd --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices 25000000000abcx -y

Unbond

blockxd tx staking unbond $(blockxd keys show wallet --bech val -a --home $HOME/.blockxd) 1000000000000000000000abcx --from wallet --chain-id blockx-mainnet --home $HOME/.blockxd --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices 25000000000abcx -y

Transfer Funds

blockxd tx bank send $(blockxd keys show wallet -a --home $HOME/.blockxd) <TO_WALLET_ADDRESS> 1000000000000000000000abcx --chain-id blockx-mainnet --home $HOME/.blockxd --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices 25000000000abcx -y

Validator Operations

Edit Existing Validator

blockxd tx staking edit-validator \
--commission-rate 0.1 \
--new-moniker "$MONIKER" \
--identity "" \
--details "I am validator" \
--from wallet \
--chain-id blockx-mainnet \
--home $HOME/.blockxd \
--gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices 25000000000abcx  \
-y

Validator info

blockxd status --home $HOME/.blockxd 2>&1 | jq .validator_info

Validator Details

blockxd q staking validator $(blockxd keys show wallet --bech val -a --home $HOME/.blockxd) --home $HOME/.blockxd

Jailing info

# CometBFT
blockxd q slashing signing-info $(blockxd comet show-validator --home $HOME/.blockxd) --home $HOME/.blockxd# Tendermint (legacy)
# blockxd q slashing signing-info $(blockxd tendermint show-validator --home $HOME/.blockxd) --home $HOME/.blockxd

Slashing parameters

blockxd q slashing params --home $HOME/.blockxd

Unjail validator

blockxd tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id blockx-mainnet --home $HOME/.blockxd --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices 25000000000abcx -y

Active Validators List

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

Check Validator key

# CometBFT
[[ $(blockxd q staking validator $(blockxd keys show wallet --bech val -a --home $HOME/.blockxd) -oj --home $HOME/.blockxd | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(blockxd status --home $HOME/.blockxd 2>&1 | jq -r .ValidatorInfo.PubKey.value) ]] && echo -e "Your key status is ok" || echo -e "Your key status is error"
# Tendermint (legacy)
# [[ $(blockxd q staking validator $(blockxd keys show wallet --bech val -a --home $HOME/.blockxd) -oj --home $HOME/.blockxd | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(blockxd status --home $HOME/.blockxd 2>&1 | jq -r .ValidatorInfo.PubKey.value) ]] && echo -e "Your key status is ok" || echo -e "Your key status is error"

Signing info

# CometBFT
blockxd q slashing signing-info $(blockxd comet show-validator --home $HOME/.blockxd) --home $HOME/.blockxd# Tendermint (legacy)
# blockxd q slashing signing-info $(blockxd tendermint show-validator --home $HOME/.blockxd) --home $HOME/.blockxd

Governance

Create New Text Proposal

blockxd tx gov submit-proposal \
--title "" \
--description "" \
--deposit 1000000000000000000000abcx \
--type Text \
--from wallet \
--home $HOME/.blockxd \
--gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices 25000000000abcx  \
-y

Proposals List

blockxd query gov proposals --home $HOME/.blockxd

View proposal

blockxd query gov proposal 1 --home $HOME/.blockxd

Vote

blockxd tx gov vote 1 yes --from wallet --chain-id blockx-mainnet --home $HOME/.blockxd --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices 25000000000abcx -y