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# Useful commands

## 🖊️Working with your wallet🖊️

**Add new key**

```
lavad keys add wallet
```

**Recover existing key**

```
lavad keys add wallet --recover
```

**Query wallet balance**

```
lavad q bank balances $(lavad keys show wallet -a)
```

**List all keys**

```
lavad keys list
```

**Delete key**

```
lavad keys delete wallet
```

**Export key to a file**

```
lavad keys export wallet
```

**Import key from a file**

```
lavad keys import wallet wallet.backup
```

***

## 🔧Service🔧

**Info**

```
lavad status 2>&1 | jq .NodeInfo
lavad status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo
lavad status 2>&1 | jq .ValidatorInfo
```

**Check node logs**

```
sudo journalctl -fu lavad -o cat
```

**Check service status**

```
sudo systemctl status lavad 
```

**Restart service**

```
sudo systemctl restart lavad 
```

**Stop service**

```
sudo systemctl stop lavad 
```

**Start service**

```
sudo systemctl start lavad 
```

**Reload, disable, enable**

```
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl disable lavad 
sudo systemctl enable lavad 
```

**Your Peer**

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

***

## 🔗Validator Management🔗

**Create new validator**

```
lavad tx staking create-validator \
  --amount 1000000ulava \
  --from <walletName> \
  --commission-max-change-rate "0.01" \
  --commission-max-rate "0.20" \
  --commission-rate "0.05" \
  --min-self-delegation "1" \
  --pubkey  $(lavad tendermint show-validator) \
  --moniker YOUR_MONIKER_NAME \
  --chain-id lava-mainnet-1 \
  --identity="YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
  --details="YOUR_DETAILS" \
  --website="YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" -y
```

**Edit Validator**

```
lavad tx staking edit-validator \
--new-moniker "YOUR_MONIKER_NAME" \
--identity "YOUR_KEYBASE_ID" \
--details "YOUR_DETAILS" \
--website "YOUR_WEBSITE_URL" \
--security-contact "Your_Email" \
--chain-id lava-mainnet-1 \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--from <walletName> \
--gas 350000 -y
```

**Jail Info**

```
lavad query slashing signing-info $(lavad tendermint show-validator)
```

**Unjail**

```
lavad  tx slashing unjail --from Wallet_name --chain-id lava-mainnet-1 --gas 350000 --fees "7000"ulava  -y
```

**Active Validators List**

```
lavad q staking validators -oj --limit=3000 | jq '.validators[] | select(.status=="BOND_STATUS_BONDED")' | jq -r '(.tokens|tonumber/pow(10; 6)|floor|tostring) + " \t " + .description.moniker' | sort -gr | nl
```

**Inactive Validators List**

```
lavad q staking validators -oj --limit=3000 | jq '.validators[] | select(.status=="BOND_STATUS_UNBONDED")' | jq -r '(.tokens|tonumber/pow(10; 6)|floor|tostring) + " \t " + .description.moniker' | sort -gr | nl
```

**View validator details**

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

***

## 🔈Governance🔈 <a href="#governance" id="governance"></a>

**List all proposals**

```
lavad query gov proposals
```

**View specific proposal**

```
lavad query gov proposal 1
```

**Vote yes**

```
lavad tx gov vote 1 yes --from Wallet_Name --gas 350000 --fees "7000"ulava --chain-id=lava-mainnet-1 -y
```

**Vote no**

```
lavad tx gov vote 1 no --from Wallet_Name --gas 350000 --fees "7000"ulava --chain-id=lava-mainnet-1 -y
```

**Vote abstain**

```
lavad tx gov vote 1 abstain --from Wallet_Name --gas 350000 --fees "7000"ulava --chain-id=lava-mainnet-1 -y
```

**Vote no\_with\_veto**

```
lavad tx gov vote 1 no_with_veto --from Wallet_Name --gas 350000 --fees "7000"ulava --chain-id=lava-mainnet-1 -y
```

***

## ⚙️Token management⚙️ <a href="#token-management" id="token-management"></a>

**Withdraw all rewards from all validators**

```
lavad tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from Wallet_Name --chain-id lava-mainnet-1 --gas 350000 --fees "7000"ulava   -y
```

**Withdraw and commission from your Validator**

```
lavad tx distribution withdraw-rewards valoper1amxp0k0hg4edrxg85v07t9ka2tfuhamhldgf8e --from Wallet_Name --gas 350000 --fees "7000"ulava --chain-id=lava-mainnet-1 --commission -y
```

**Delegate tokens to your validator**

```
lavad tx staking delegate Your_valpoer........ "100000000"ulava --from Wallet_Name --gas 350000 --fees "7000"ulava --chain-id=lava-mainnet-1 -y
```

**Delegate tokens to different validator**

```
lavad tx staking delegate valpoer........ "100000000"ulava --from Wallet_Name --gas 350000 --fees "7000"ulava --chain-id=lava-mainnet-1 -y
```

**Redelegate tokens to another validator**

```
lavad tx staking redelegate Your_valpoer........ valpoer........ "100000000"ulava --from Wallet_Name --gas 350000 --fees "7000"ulava --chain-id=lava-mainnet-1 -y
```

**Unbond tokens from your validator**

```
lavad tx staking unbond Your_valpoer........ "100000000"ulava --from Wallet_Name --gas 350000 --fees "7000"ulava --chain-id=lava-mainnet-1 -y
lavad tx staking unbond valpoer........ "100000000"ulava --from Wallet_Name --gas 350000 --fees "7000"ulava --chain-id=lava-mainnet-1 -y
```

**Send tokens to the wallet**

```
lavad tx bank send Your_address............ address........... "1000000000000000000"ulava --gas 350000 --fees "7000"ulava --chain-id=lava-mainnet-1 -y
```
