Validator migration guide

Follow this guide to become a validator on the new Terra chain. This guide walks you through making a gentx file that will be added to the validator chain. A gentx is a special transaction included in the genesis file that accomplishes three things:

1. Registers your validator account as a validator operator account.
2. Self-delegates the specified amount of LUNA tokens for staking.
3. Links the validator operator account with a Tendermint node pubkey used to sign blocks.

All validators that want to be included in the new Terra chain must follow the steps below.

Networks

• New Terra testnet: pisco-1
• New Terra mainnet: phoenix-1

Prerequisites

• Terra Core https://github.com/terra-money/core
• Go 1.18+
• Full node tutorial

Supplemental Resources

• Official Terra Validator Genesis Guide
• Cosmos SDK: How to run a node
• What is GenTX
• Validator tutorial

Timeline (Expected)

• Fri May 27 2022 18:00:00 GMT+0900 (KST)

• Thu May 27 2022 09:00:00 GMT+0000 (UTC)

  Share preultimate-genesis.json and start to collect gen_txs from the validators.

• Sat May 28 2022 12:00:00 GMT+0900 (KST)

• Sat May 28 2022 03:00:00 GMT+0000 (UTC)

  Finish collecting gen_txs and build & share genesis.json.

• Sat May 28 2022 15:00:00 GMT+0900 (KST)

• Sat May 28 2022 06:00:00 GMT+0000 (UTC)

  Launch network.

Snapshot

This section covers how to take the pre- and post-attack snapshots. The following steps need to be run on your existing validator's machine.

1. Stop your columbus-5 node:

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sudo systemctl stop terrad

2. Clone, checkout, and install the Terra Core Genesis state exporter:

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git clone https://github.com/terra-money/core-genesis-exporter

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cd core-genesis-exporter

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make install

3. Verify the exporter binary version:

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terrad version --long

The above command should result in the following:

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terrad version --long

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name: terra

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server_name: terrad

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version: ""

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commit: 2565577ccf47d1b11a82d77500a0cb880080a70c

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build_tags: netgo,ledger

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go: go version go1.20 darwin/arm64

4. Take the pre-attack snapshot:

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terrad export --height 7544910 > pre-attack-snapshot.json

5. Take the post-attack snapshot:

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terrad export --height 7790000 > post-attack-snapshot.json

6. Verify the SHA256 hash of the sorted pre-attack & post-attack export snapshots:

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# pre-attack

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jq -S -c -M '' pre-attack-snapshot.json | shasum -a 256

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0ac0d5b8f7ea49e500d9033687a6720a99818e99280aba8f12f00b39832a0d5c

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# post-attack

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jq -S -c -M '' post-attack-snapshot.json | shasum -a 256

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9d294b300eb3d936d9567eb128bc66651d196b07c37583e2e051b3bced965766

Penultimate Genesis

The following steps need to be run on the same machine as your snapshot.

1. Clone and checkout genesis builder:

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git clone https://github.com/terra-money/genesis-tools

2. Move pre-attack and post-attack snapshots into genesis-tools:

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mv ./pre-attack-snapshot.json ./post-attack-snapshot.json ./genesis-tools

3. Run genesis builder script:

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# install dependency

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pip3 install bech32

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pip3 install python-dateutil

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python3 ./src/genesis_builder.py \

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./genesis-template.json \

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./pre-attack-snapshot.json \

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./post-attack-snapshot.json \

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./genesis-validators.json \

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--genesis-time=2022-05-28T06:00:00.000000Z \

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--chain-id=phoenix-1 \

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> penultimate-genesis.json

4. Verify the SHA256 of the sorted penultimate-genesis.json:

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jq -S -c -M '' penultimate-genesis.json | shasum -a 256

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def346f3ef21e5f484c4e8634918d527382115b871786bd794fac5dacdf46c63

Set up a new validator

Set up a new validator on a new machine by following the steps outlined in the full node tutorial.

After configuring your general settings, continue to the next section.

GenTx

Complete the following steps on your new validator's machine.

1. Checkout and install the new Terra core:

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# checkout and install

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git clone https://github.com/terra-money/core

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cd core

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git checkout v2.0.0

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make install

2. Verify the binary version:

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terrad version --long

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core: v2.0.0

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git commit: [placeholder]

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go.sum hash: [placeholder]

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build tags: netgo ledger

3. Prepare your environment:

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# install or move penultimate-genesis.json to server

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wget https://phoenix-genesis.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/penultimate-genesis.json

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# move genesis to config location

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mv ./penultimate-genesis.json ~/.terra/config/genesis.json

4. Execute GenTx:

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terrad gentx validator 1000000uluna \

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--chain-id="phoenix-1" \

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--pubkey=$(terrad tendermint show-validator) \

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--min-self-delegation="1"\

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--security-contact="contact@aaa.services" \

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--moniker=AAA \

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--details="Trusted security provider for Terra Network and projects building on Terra." \

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--identity="AAAAAAAAAAAA" \

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--commission-rate="0.1" \

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--commission-max-rate="0.2" \

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--commission-max-change-rate="0.01" \

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--node-id="validator-moniker" \

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--ip="0.0.0.0"

5. Upload the generated GenTx file to this repository's gentx folder via PR:

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ls ~/.terra/config/gentx/*

Collect GenTxs

The following steps need to be run on the same machine as your GenTx.

1. Download gentx files and change into the terra home config:

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git clone https://github.com/terra-money/genesis-tools

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cd genesis-tools

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mv ./gentx/* ~/.terra/config/gentx/

2. Execute collect-gentxs:

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terrad collect-gentxs

3. Verify the SHA256 hash of the sorted final genesis:

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jq -S -c -M '' ~/.terra/config/genesis.json | shasum -a 256

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Launch Network

Execute the Terrad binary on your new validator's machine and wait until network launch:

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sudo systemctl start terrad