initialize-validator

Register the Current Account as a Validator

This will create a new stake pool for the given account. The voter and operator fields will be defaulted to the stake pool account if not provided.

Usage

movement aptos node initialize-validator [OPTIONS]

Options

• --sender-account <SENDER_ACCOUNT> Sender account address. This allows you to override the account address from the derived account address in the event that the authentication key was rotated or for a resource account.

• --private-key-file <PRIVATE_KEY_FILE> Signing Ed25519 private key file path. Encoded with type from --encoding. Mutually exclusive with --private-key.

• --private-key <PRIVATE_KEY> Signing Ed25519 private key. Encoded with type from --encoding. Mutually exclusive with --private-key-file.

• --encoding <ENCODING> Encoding of data as one of . Defaults to hex.

  Possible values:

  • bcs: Binary Canonical Serialization

  • hex: Hex encoded e.g. 0xABCDE12345

  • base64: Base 64 encoded

• --profile <PROFILE> Profile to use from the CLI config. This will be used to override associated settings such as the REST URL, the Faucet URL, and the private key arguments. Defaults to "default".

• --url <URL> URL to a fullnode on the network. Defaults to the URL in the default profile.

• --connection-timeout-secs <CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_SECS> Connection timeout in seconds, used for the REST endpoint of the fullnode. Defaults to 30.

• --gas-unit-price <GAS_UNIT_PRICE> Gas multiplier per unit of gas. The amount of Octas (10^-8 APT) used for a transaction is equal to (gas unit price * gas used). The gas_unit_price can be used as a multiplier for the amount of Octas willing to be paid for a transaction. This will prioritize the transaction with a higher gas unit price. Without a value, it will determine the price based on the current estimated price.

• --max-gas <MAX_GAS> Maximum amount of gas units to be used to send this transaction. The maximum amount of gas units willing to pay for the transaction. This is the (max gas in Octas / gas unit price). For example, if I wanted to pay a maximum of 100 Octas, I may have the max gas set to 100 if the gas unit price is

1. If I want it to have a gas unit price of 2, the max gas would need to be 50 to still only have a maximum price of 100 Octas. Without a value, it will determine the price based on simulating the current transaction.

• --expiration-secs <EXPIRATION_SECS> Number of seconds to expire the transaction. This is the number of seconds from the current local computer time. Defaults to 30.

• --assume-yes Assume yes for all yes/no prompts.

• --assume-no Assume no for all yes/no prompts.

• --profile-gas If this option is set, simulate the transaction locally using the debugger and generate flamegraphs that reflect the gas usage.

• --operator-config-file <OPERATOR_CONFIG_FILE> Operator Configuration file. Config file created from the genesis set-validator-configuration command.

• --consensus-public-key <CONSENSUS_PUBLIC_KEY> Hex encoded Consensus public key. The key should be a BLS12-381 public key.

• --proof-of-possession <PROOF_OF_POSSESSION> Hex encoded Consensus proof of possession. The key should be a BLS12-381 proof of possession.

• --validator-host <VALIDATOR_HOST> Host and port pair for the validator. e.g. 127.0.0.1:6180.

• --validator-network-public-key <VALIDATOR_NETWORK_PUBLIC_KEY> Validator x25519 public network key.

• --full-node-host <FULL_NODE_HOST> Host and port pair for the fullnode. e.g. 127.0.0.1:6180. Optional.

• --full-node-network-public-key <FULL_NODE_NETWORK_PUBLIC_KEY> Full node x25519 public network key.

Note: The following global options can also be used with this command:

• -h, --help: Print help (see a summary with '-h').

• -V, --version: Print version.