Warden Documentation

NODE	CPU	RAM	SSD	OS
wardend	4	8	200 GB	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

cd $HOME
VER="1.23.1"
wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$VER.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf "go$VER.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
rm "go$VER.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
[ ! -f ~/.bash_profile ] && touch ~/.bash_profile
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:~/go/bin" >> ~/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
[ ! -d ~/go/bin ] && mkdir -p ~/go/bin

Set Var

echo "export WALLET="wallet"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export MONIKER="test"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export WARDEN_CHAIN_ID="chiado_10010-1"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
echo "export WARDEN_PORT="18"" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile

Download Binary

cd $HOME
rm -rf bin
mkdir bin && cd bin
wget -O wardend https://github.com/warden-protocol/wardenprotocol/releases/download/v0.6.3/wardend-0.6.3-linux-amd64
chmod +x wardend
mv $HOME/bin/wardend $HOME/go/bin

Config and Init App

wardend init $MONIKER
sed -i -e "s|^node *=.*|node = \"tcp://localhost:${WARDEN_PORT}657\"|" $HOME/.warden/config/client.toml

Download Genesis and Addrbook

wget -O $HOME/.warden/config/genesis.json https://server-2.itrocket.net/testnet/warden/genesis.json
wget -O $HOME/.warden/config/addrbook.json https://server-2.itrocket.net/testnet/warden/addrbook.json

Seeds and Peers

SEEDS="8288657cb2ba075f600911685670517d18f54f3b@warden-testnet-seed.itrocket.net:18656"
PEERS="b14f35c07c1b2e58c4a1c1727c89a5933739eeea@warden-testnet-peer.itrocket.net:18656,de9e8c44039e240ff31cbf976a0d4d673d4e4734@188.165.213.192:26656,8a46610d69921c1031ea536cd5dca0a2979cf1b2@168.119.10.134:29479,73a865805db875019306049cf9bc83a05180ff80@57.128.193.18:20145,1963c16796b81c66782a9c858e5c7033fc6b5273@185.133.251.226:26656,fa9955b398952c4a1b73f53ca649fd4e9cad9c81@65.108.74.113:11956,d4f3a395a6a2f1a15253f62cb01288305a466240@138.201.141.114:19656,8a2624792884eb8135ae7b11b739688388fa2e55@65.109.83.40:27356,4eebb0b81c59639f9c82de3525de18fcfc55318e@5.9.116.21:27356,8a3bde424363d40264f5ea7fc4626108472cd9fd@65.108.227.207:16656,d5b7f132587c4bbfb1b024e37fd5989130756f69@95.217.200.98:27356,52cda545941f6bc85daf379a5661c8747c8272f3@15.204.143.180:18656,2d7ef2d2b1ad30d06a4a6d31943d301b5e99a3b9@15.235.50.120:20145,29dfeed0f7933111c5452a1af4ca67b2fe4346f5@198.27.80.53:26656,1b364274f2327ff55c1e5a11566b4e9789dcef82@94.130.143.122:30656,49fbeaf2bcfef6bd8c1c20c78489b7061c3351a3@37.27.19.58:18656,bee9e9daec3ca13b7961115790db642f84e1c277@37.27.97.16:26656,4c54d61784741680d7398367a47c42b6ff32ae7e@38.242.249.55:18656,4291fec222303269daf0cb564f5f321262e84bb4@46.4.169.227:27656,7e886df20e746a360ddc22e622ae9448089bde40@49.12.129.31:26656,bc864f9f16ccf5244ed3a0537f5838ffb3c61269@65.108.203.61:39656"
sed -i -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*seeds *=.*/seeds = \"$SEEDS\"/}" \
 -e "/^\[p2p\]/,/^\[/{s/^[[:space:]]*persistent_peers *=.*/persistent_peers = \"$PEERS\"/}" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml

Custom Ports

sed -i.bak -e "s%:1317%:${WARDEN_PORT}317%g;
s%:8080%:${WARDEN_PORT}080%g;
s%:9090%:${WARDEN_PORT}090%g;
s%:9091%:${WARDEN_PORT}091%g;
s%:8545%:${WARDEN_PORT}545%g;
s%:8546%:${WARDEN_PORT}546%g;
s%:6065%:${WARDEN_PORT}065%g" $HOME/.warden/config/app.toml

sed -i.bak -e "s%:26658%:${WARDEN_PORT}658%g;
s%:26657%:${WARDEN_PORT}657%g;
s%:6060%:${WARDEN_PORT}060%g;
s%:26656%:${WARDEN_PORT}656%g;
s%^external_address = \"\"%external_address = \"$(wget -qO- eth0.me):${WARDEN_PORT}656\"%;
s%:26660%:${WARDEN_PORT}660%g" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml

Pruning, Gas and Prometheus

sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"custom\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/app.toml 
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"100\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"19\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/app.toml

sed -i 's|minimum-gas-prices =.*|minimum-gas-prices = "25000000award"|g' $HOME/.warden/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/prometheus = false/prometheus = true/" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml
sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.warden/config/config.toml

Create Service File

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

Start

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable wardend
sudo systemctl restart wardend && sudo journalctl -u wardend -fo cat

Snapshot

sudo systemctl stop wardend
cp $HOME/.warden/data/priv_validator_state.json $HOME/.warden/priv_validator_state.json.backup
rm -rf $HOME/.warden/data $HOME/.warden/wasm
curl https://server-2.itrocket.net/testnet/warden/warden_2025-07-02_3726301_snap.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.warden
mv $HOME/.warden/priv_validator_state.json.backup $HOME/.warden/data/priv_validator_state.json
sudo systemctl restart wardend && sudo journalctl -u wardend -f

Create and Restore Address

wardend keys add wallet
# Restore wallet
wardend keys add wallet --recover
# List
wardend keys list

Check Balance

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

Create Validator

cd $HOME
echo "{\"pubkey\":{\"@type\":\"/cosmos.crypto.ed25519.PubKey\",\"key\":\"$(wardend comet show-validator | grep -Po '\"key\":\s*\"\K[^"]*')\"},
 \"amount\": \"1000000award\",
 \"moniker\": \"test\",
 \"identity\": \"\",
 \"website\": \"\",
 \"security\": \"\",
 \"details\": \"catsmile\",
 \"commission-rate\": \"0.1\",
 \"commission-max-rate\": \"0.2\",
 \"commission-max-change-rate\": \"0.01\",
 \"min-self-delegation\": \"1\"
}" > validator.json

wardend tx staking create-validator validator.json \
 --from $WALLET \
 --chain-id chiado_10010-1 \
 --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.6 --fees 250000000000000award

Delegate to own

wardend tx staking delegate $(wardend keys show $WALLET --bech val -a) 1000000award --from $WALLET --chain-id chiado_10010-1 --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.6 --fees 250000000000000award -y

Unjail Validator

wardend tx slashing unjail --from $WALLET --chain-id chiado_10010-1 --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.6 --fees 250000000000000award -y

Vote

wardend tx gov vote 1 yes --from $WALLET --chain-id chiado_10010-1 --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.6 --fees 250000000000000award -y

Upgrade

cd $HOME
rm -rf bin
mkdir bin && cd bin
wget -O wardend https://github.com/warden-protocol/wardenprotocol/releases/download/v0.6.3/wardend-0.6.3-linux-amd64
chmod +x wardend
sudo mv $HOME/bin/wardend $(which wardend)
sudo systemctl restart wardend && sudo journalctl -u wardend -f

Delete node

sudo systemctl stop wardend
sudo systemctl disable wardend
sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/wardend.service
sudo rm $(which wardend)
sudo rm -rf $HOME/.warden
sed -i "/WARDEN_/d" $HOME/.bash_profile

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