How to setup a LikeCoin validator node (Part 2)

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In Part 1, we went through how to use Ansible to setup a LikeCoin node and sync with mainnet. Here we will start registering the node to become a validator and start enraging staking reward.

At this point, your node should be caught up with the mainnet. To confirm,

curl -s localhost:26657/status

Should return [latest_block_height] close to the block height on mainnet, and [catching_up] should be false.

In order to register as a mainnet validator, you will need to create an operator wallet. This is the wallet which you will use to operate your node as a validator.

Log on to your node, and make sure you are in the home directory.

export KEY_NAME='validator'
~/liked keys add $KEY_NAME --keyring-backend file

You will be asked to provide a passphrase. I recommend using word based passphrase. You can use something like the xkcd password generator. You will need this passphrase when interacting with the node in the future.

The system will generate a wallet and will display a 24 word mnemonic. Write this down in a safe place.