The XRPL EVM runs in a Proof of Authority consensus mechanism. In order to start signing for new blocks and participate in the network consensus, the current validators need to accept your node as a new trusted validator. This democratic process requires the approval of the majority of the current validators.
To begin the process, join the XRPL EVM Sidechain Discord and select your validator role in the #roles channel. After that, you will need to introduce yourself in the #become-a-validator channel. Explain who you are and why you want to run a validator. Generally, you will be accepted if you have a real interest in the project, either because you want to use the network for a company, are a recognized member of the community who wants to contribute to its long-term governance, or just have an academic interest.
While doing your introduction, you will need to provide the details that identify your validator.
Moniker: The public name of your validator
Validator operator address: The address of the operator of the node that starts with ethmvaloper . Can be obtained by running:
exrpd keys show wallet --bech val
Public key: The public key of your node. Can be obtained by running:
exrpd tendermint show-validator
After that, a proposal to accept your validator will be voted on over a period of 7 days. During this time, some members may write to you publicly or privately to ask more questions. You can view the process on the XRPL EVM Sidechain Explorer.
(Optional) Download a Snapshot
systemctl stop exrpd
exrpd tendermint unsafe-reset-all --home $HOME/.exrpd
if curl -s --head curl https://share102.utsa.tech/xrpl/xrpl.tar.lz4 | head -n 1 | grep "200" > /dev/null; then
curl https://share102.utsa.tech/xrpl/xrpl.tar.lz4 | lz4 -dc - | tar -xf - -C $HOME/.exrpd
else
echo "no snapshot found"
fi
systemctl restart exrpd && journalctl -u exrpd -f -o cat
