Initialize the node

A moniker is a human-readable name that represents the validator node. It's a way to identify your validator to other participants in the network, much like a username or a handle. It's intended to be easier to remember and recognize than the validator's public key or operator address, which are long and difficult to distinguish at a glance. The moniker shows the activity of your node on the block explorer.

You can set up the moniker of your node by launching the following command:

archwayd init <moniker> --chain-id <chain>

docker run --rm -it -v ~/.archway:/root/.archway ghcr.io/archway-network/archwayd:v4.0.3 init <moniker> --chain-id <chain>

To connect to a specific network, you would need to change the <chain> accordingly.

For example, for the Triomphe mainnet network you would launch:

archwayd init my-node --chain-id archway-1

docker run -v ${HOME}/.archway:/root/.archway ghcr.io/archway-network/archwayd:v4.0.3  init my-cool-moniker --chain-id archway-1

While for the Constantine testnet network you would launch:

archwayd init my-node --chain-id constantine-3

docker run -v ${HOME}/.archway:/root/.archway ghcr.io/archway-network/archwayd:v4.0.3  init my-cool-moniker --chain-id constantine-3

Next steps

You can now set up the node keys.