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CLI Cheatsheet

Key management

Add new key

prysmd keys add wallet

Recover existing key

prysmd keys add wallet --recover

List all keys

prysmd keys list

Delete key

prysmd keys delete wallet

Export key to the file

prysmd keys export wallet

Import key from the file

prysmd keys import wallet wallet.backup

Wallet balance

prysmd q bank balances $(prysmd keys show wallet -a)

Token management

Withdraw rewards from all validators

prysmd tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from wallet --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.0uprysm -y

Withdraw rewards and commissions from your validator

prysmd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(prysmd keys show wallet --bech val -a) --commission --from wallet --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.0uprysm -y

Delegate tokens to yourself

prysmd tx staking delegate $(prysmd keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000uprysm --from wallet --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.0uprysm -y

Delegate tokens to validator

prysmd tx staking delegate <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000uprysm --from wallet --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.0uprysm -y

Redelegate tokens to another validator

prysmd tx staking redelegate $(prysmd keys show wallet --bech val -a) <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 1000000uprysm --from wallet --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.0uprysm -y

Unbond tokens from your validator

prysmd tx staking unbond $(prysmd keys show wallet --bech val -a) 1000000uprysm --from wallet --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.0uprysm -y

Send tokens to the wallet

prysmd tx bank send wallet <TO_WALLET_ADDRESS> 1000000uprysm --from wallet --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.0uprysm -y

Validator management

Validator info

prysmd status 2>&1 | jq .ValidatorInfo

Validator details

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

Check if validator key is correct

[[ $(prysmd q staking validator $(prysmd keys show wallet --bech val -a) -oj | jq -r .consensus_pubkey.key) = $(prysmd status | jq -r .ValidatorInfo.PubKey.value) ]] && echo -e "\n\e[1m\e[32mTrue\e[0m\n" || echo -e "\n\e[1m\e[31mFalse\e[0m\n"

List all active validators

prysmd q staking validators -oj --limit=1000 | jq '.validators[] | select(.status=="BOND_STATUS_BONDED")' | jq -r '(.tokens|tonumber/pow(10; 6)|floor|tostring) + " \t " + .description.moniker' | sort -gr | nl

List all inactive validators

prysmd q staking validators -oj --limit=1000 | jq '.validators[] | select(.status=="BOND_STATUS_UNBONDED")' | jq -r '(.tokens|tonumber/pow(10; 6)|floor|tostring) + " \t " + .description.moniker' | sort -gr | nl

Edit existing validator

prysmd tx staking edit-validator \
--new-moniker "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \
--security-contact "YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS" \
--chain-id prysm-devnet-1 \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--from wallet \
--gas-adjustment 1.4 \
--gas auto \
--gas-prices 0.0uprysm \
-y

Jail reason

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

Unjail validator

prysmd tx slashing unjail --from wallet --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.0uprysm -y

Governance

Create a new offer

prysmd tx gov submit-proposal \
--title "" \
--description "" \
--deposit 10000000uentry \
--type Text
--from wallet \
--gas-adjustment 1.4 \
--gas auto \
--gas-prices 0.0uprysm \
-y

List all proposals

prysmd query gov proposals

View proposal by ID

prysmd query gov proposal 1

Vote “YES”

prysmd tx gov vote 1 yes --from wallet --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.0uprysm -y

Vote “NO”

prysmd tx gov vote 1 no --from wallet --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.0uprysm -y

Vote “ABSTAIN”

prysmd tx gov vote 1 abstain --from wallet --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.0uprysm -y

Vote “NOWITHVETO”

prysmd tx gov vote 1 NoWithVeto --from wallet --chain-id prysm-devnet-1 --gas-adjustment 1.4 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.0uprysm -y

Maintenance

Get sync info

prysmd status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo

Get node peer

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

Get live peers

curl -sS http://localhost:12957/net_info | jq -r '.result.peers[] | "\(.node_info.id)@\(.remote_ip):\(.node_info.listen_addr)"' | awk -F ':' '{print $1":"$(NF)}'

Enable Prometheus

sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.entrypoint/config/config.toml

Set minimum gas price

sed -i -e "s|^minimum-gas-prices *=.*|minimum-gas-prices = \"0.0uprysm\"|" $HOME/.entrypoint/config/app.toml

Disable indexer

sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "null"|' $HOME/.entrypoint/config/config.toml

Enable indexer

sed -i -e 's|^indexer *=.*|indexer = "kv"|' $HOME/.entrypoint/config/config.toml

Update pruning

sed -i -e 's|^pruning *=.*|pruning = "custom"|' $HOME/.entrypoint/config/app.toml
sed -i -e 's|^pruning-keep-recent *=.*|pruning-keep-recent = "100"|' $HOME/.entrypoint/config/app.toml
sed -i -e 's|^pruning-keep-every *=.*|pruning-keep-every = "0"|' $HOME/.entrypoint/config/app.toml
sed -i -e 's|^pruning-interval *=.*|pruning-interval = "10"|' $HOME/.entrypoint/config/app.toml

Filter peers and max peers

sed -i -e 's|^filter_peers *=.*|filter_peers = "true"|' $HOME/.entrypoint/config/config.toml
sed -i -e 's|^max_num_inbound_peers *=.*|max_num_inbound_peers = "50"|' $HOME/.entrypoint/config/config.toml
sed -i -e 's|^max_num_outbound_peers *=.*|max_num_outbound_peers = "20"|' $HOME/.entrypoint/config/config.toml

Update ports

CUSTOM_PORT=129
sed -i -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CUSTOM_PORT}58\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${CUSTOM_PORT}57\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:${CUSTOM_PORT}60\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}56\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":${CUSTOM_PORT}66\"%" $HOME/.entrypoint/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}17\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":${CUSTOM_PORT}80\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}90\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${CUSTOM_PORT}91\"%" $HOME/.entrypoint/config/app.toml

Reset chain data

prysmd tendermint unsafe-reset-all --keep-addr-book --home $HOME/.entrypoint

Delete node

sudo systemctl stop prysmd
sudo systemctl disable prysmd
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/prysmd.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo rm -f $(which prysmd)
sudo rm -rf $HOME/.prysm
sudo rm -rf $HOME/prysm

Service Management

Status service

sudo systemctl status prysmd

Start service

sudo systemctl start prysmd

Stop service

sudo systemctl stop prysmd

Restart service

sudo systemctl restart prysmd

Logs service

sudo journalctl -u prysmd -f --no-hostname -o cat

Reload service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Enable service

sudo systemctl enable prysmd

Disable service

sudo systemctl disable prysmd