If you already know about Dig, then you can continue. If not, then you can visit the official Website below.

https://digchain.org

Basically, DigChain is a blockchain-based governance project aimed at linking real estate to blockchain in form of Real Estate NFT and providing a new way for investors to earn doing the same things. But it is more than just real estate and aimed at the governance of small baby blockchains.
You can check GitHub for more

https://github.com/notional-labs/dig

So, let's come back to Validator

Prerequisites

Ubuntu 20.04
Go installed
GCC installed (for go build tools)

Server with

Min requirements

2 vCPU
4GB RAM
100GB+ SSD

Recommended requirements

4 vCPU
8GB RAM
100GB+SSD

Note: Recommended requirements are for long term but if you plan on keeping economics low, then minimum will work for now

Steps to run

1. Install Software for Os

Do upgrades before starting

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Install compilation tools

sudo apt-get install make build-essential gcc git jq chrony -y

Install Go

wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.17.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.17.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz

Make it globally available by adding path to your profile

cat <<EOF >> ~/.profile
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export GO111MODULE=on
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin
EOF

now load config and check if go works fine

source ~/.profile
go version
go version go1.17.5 linux/amd64

2. Install Dig go package

clone repo and install package with go

git clone https://github.com/notional-labs/dig.git
cd dig/
git checkout master
go install ./...
cd ~

As we did already imported path in previous step, you can ignore this. But if command not works. then do export

export PATH=$PATH:~/go/bin
export GOPATH=~/go

3. Init moniker node and generate genesis

replace nodename by your name

digd init <nodename> --chain-id dig-1

Note: remember to add chain-id as it identify main chain

now import genesis file from git to your config

wget -O ~/.dig/config/genesis.json https://github.com/notional-labs/dig/raw/master/networks/mainnets/dig-1/genesis.json

4. Create a System Service to run Dig node

Save the below file as dig.service under /etc/systemd/system

[Unit]
Description=Dig Node
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=root
WorkingDirectory=/home
ExecStart= /root/go/bin/digd start --p2p.seeds 37b2839da4463b22a51b1fe20d97992164270eba@62.171.157.192:26656,e2c96b96d4c3a461fb246edac3b3cdbf47768838@65.21.202.37:6969 --p2p.persistent_peers 33f4788e1c6a378b929c66f31e8d253b9fd47c47@194.163.154.251:26656,64eccffdc60a206227032d3a021fbf9dfc686a17@194.163.156.84:26656,be7598b2d56fb42a27821259ad14aff24c40f3d2@172.16.152.118:26656,f446e37e47297ce9f8951957d17a2ae9a16db0b8@137.184.67.162:26656,ab2fa2789f481e2856a5d83a2c3028c5b215421d@144.91.117.49:26656,e9e89250b40b4512237c77bd04dc76c06a3f8560@185.214.135.205:26656,1539976f4ee196f172369e6f348d60a6e3ec9e93@159.69.147.189:26656,85316823bee88f7b05d0cfc671bee861c0237154@95.217.198.243:26656,eb55b70c9fd8fc0d5530d0662336377668aab3f9@185.194.219.128:2665
Restart=on-failure
StartLimitInterval=0
RestartSec=3
LimitNOFILE=65535
LimitMEMLOCK=209715200
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Reload daemon

systemctl daemon-reload

Start the node

systemctl start dig.service

Check status

systemctl status dig.service

Check if Node is in Sync

journalctl -u dig -f

Note: To create a validator you need to be in sync so check if you can see block creation. Usually, it takes around 30 mins to sync

5. Generate Wallet Keys

Enter the command to create a key pair

digd keys add <key-name>

where keyname can be any name you want

Note: By default, the key gets generated in the test backend. You can specify a different backend from os/file/test using -- keyring-backend flag

Note down the mnemonic key somewhere safe in case you want to migrate or recover your wallet.

To recover the key, just issue the below command and enter the mnemonic passphrase

dig keys add <key-name> --recover

6. Create a Transaction to declare a Validator

enter below command (you can customize params though)

digd tx staking create-validator --moniker="yourname" --from keyname --pubkey="$(digd tendermint show-validator)" --amount="1000000udig" --commission-max-rate="0.10" --commission-max-change-rate="0.05" --commission-rate="0.05" --fees 0udig --gas auto --min-self-delegation 1 --chain-id dig-1

where yourname can be replaced by name which you want to show for your validator and keyname is the key name that we created in step 5

Note: You need to have some dig tokens in your wallet before you can do any transaction. You can add atleast 5 DIG before continuing.

Optional : You can also change your identification details

digd tx staking edit-validator --from <keyname> --fees 0udig --gas auto --identity keybase --website="your site" --chain-id dig-1

Here the keybase value is Pgp key generated from keybase.io https://keybase.io/

Congrats, your validator is now up.

You can check my validator here

https://look.chillvalidation.com/dig/staking/digvaloper1nyh9yfx38rtcpaudz007uz492lgue3c9x83y8n

Also, you can check a list of all validators here

https://look.chillvalidation.com/dig/staking

Bonus Commands

To claim Rewards

digd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(digd keys show --bech=val -a <keyname>) --from <keyname> --chain-id dig-1

To claim Rewards and Commission

digd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(digd keys show --bech=val -a <keyname>) --from <keyname> --chain-id dig-1 --commission

If the validator is jailed, try unjailing

digd tx slashing unjail --from=$(digd keys show <keyname> -a) --chain-id dig-1 --fees 10000udig --gas 10000

This was all for today. I will keep on posting updated articles, as soon as there is a new update to the Dig blockchain and its tools.

Cross Posted from https://erbalvindersingh.medium.com/how-to-setup-a-digchain-validator-a7b4a274b61f

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cherepin0512 (57) 3 years ago

Good afternoon. I am not well versed in the intricacies of technical support and blockchain application development. But according to your activity in this area, we can conclude that there is great and high-quality work in this area. Thank you very much. I wish you success.

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balvinder294 (62) 3 years ago

Hi, thanks for checking my post.
Digchain is basically a new RealEstate based Blockchain and this guide is for running a validator same as hive witness.

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How to run A DIG Chain Validator | Devlog 18 | 17 Dec 2021 | Tekraze.com