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Useful Commands for Bitway Mainnet

This page collects common bitwayd commands for operating a Bitway mainnet node.

Environment Variables​

export CHAIN_ID="bitway-1"
export GAS_PRICE="0.001uside"
export GAS_ADJUSTMENT="1.4"
export DAEMON_HOME="$HOME/.bitwayd"
export RPC_PORT="26657"
export P2P_PORT="26656"
export WALLET_NAME="your_wallet_name"

Node Commands​

Check Node Status​

curl -s http://127.0.0.1:$RPC_PORT/status | jq .
bitwayd status 2>&1 | jq .
bitwayd status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo.catching_up

Check Peers​

ss -anp | grep $P2P_PORT

curl -sS http://127.0.0.1:$RPC_PORT/net_info \
  | jq -r '.result.peers[] | "\(.node_info.id)@\(.remote_ip):\(.node_info.listen_addr)"' \
  | awk -F ':' '{print $1":"$(NF)}'

Show Your Node ID​

echo "$(bitwayd tendermint show-node-id)@$(curl -s ifconfig.me):26656"

Wallet Commands​

Create or Recover Wallet​

bitwayd keys add $WALLET_NAME
bitwayd keys add $WALLET_NAME --recover
bitwayd keys list

Query Balance​

bitwayd q bank balances $(bitwayd keys show $WALLET_NAME -a)

Validator Commands​

Edit Validator Metadata​

bitwayd tx staking edit-validator \
  --commission-rate 0.1 \
  --new-moniker "$NODE_NAME" \
  --identity "KEYBASE_ID" \
  --details "Bitway validator" \
  --from $WALLET_NAME \
  --chain-id $CHAIN_ID \
  --gas auto \
  --gas-adjustment $GAS_ADJUSTMENT \
  --gas-prices $GAS_PRICE

Query Validator​

bitwayd q staking validator $(bitwayd keys show $WALLET_NAME --bech val -a)
bitwayd q slashing signing-info $(bitwayd tendermint show-validator)

Unjail Validator​

bitwayd tx slashing unjail \
  --chain-id $CHAIN_ID \
  --gas-adjustment $GAS_ADJUSTMENT \
  --gas auto \
  --gas-prices $GAS_PRICE \
  --from $WALLET_NAME

Query Active Validators​

bitwayd q staking validators -oj --limit=6000 \
  | jq '.validators[] | select(.status=="BOND_STATUS_BONDED")' \
  | jq -r '.operator_address + "  " + .voting_power + "  " + .description.moniker' \
  | sort -gr | nl

Token Management​

Delegate​

VALOPER_ADDRESS=$(bitwayd keys show $WALLET_NAME --bech val -a)
AMOUNT=1000000uside

bitwayd tx staking delegate $VALOPER_ADDRESS $AMOUNT \
  --from $WALLET_NAME \
  --chain-id $CHAIN_ID \
  --gas-adjustment $GAS_ADJUSTMENT \
  --gas auto \
  --gas-prices $GAS_PRICE \
  -y

Send Tokens​

TO_ADDRESS="bitway..."
AMOUNT=1000000uside

bitwayd tx bank send $WALLET_NAME $TO_ADDRESS $AMOUNT \
  --from $WALLET_NAME \
  --chain-id $CHAIN_ID \
  --gas-adjustment $GAS_ADJUSTMENT \
  --gas auto \
  --gas-prices $GAS_PRICE \
  -y

Withdraw Rewards​

bitwayd tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards \
  --from $WALLET_NAME \
  --chain-id $CHAIN_ID \
  --gas-adjustment $GAS_ADJUSTMENT \
  --gas auto \
  --gas-prices $GAS_PRICE \
  -y

Withdraw Validator Commission​

bitwayd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(bitwayd keys show $WALLET_NAME --bech val -a) \
  --commission \
  --from $WALLET_NAME \
  --chain-id $CHAIN_ID \
  --gas-adjustment $GAS_ADJUSTMENT \
  --gas auto \
  --gas-prices $GAS_PRICE \
  -y

Governance​

Query Proposal​

bitwayd query gov proposal <proposal_id>

Vote​

bitwayd tx gov vote <proposal_id> yes \
  --from $WALLET_NAME \
  --chain-id $CHAIN_ID \
  --gas-adjustment $GAS_ADJUSTMENT \
  --gas auto \
  --gas-prices $GAS_PRICE \
  -y

Maintenance​

Reset Node Data​

bitwayd tendermint unsafe-reset-all --keep-addr-book --home $DAEMON_HOME

Service Management​

sudo systemctl status bitwayd.service
sudo systemctl restart bitwayd.service
journalctl -u bitwayd.service -f -o cat
journalctl -u bitwayd.service --since "1 hour ago"

Quick Reference​

CommandDescription
bitwayd statusCheck node sync status
bitwayd keys listList wallets
bitwayd q bank balances <address>Query account balance
bitwayd q staking validatorsList validators
bitwayd q gov proposalsList governance proposals
systemctl status bitwayd.serviceCheck service status
journalctl -u bitwayd.service -fFollow service logs
warning

Never share private keys, mnemonic phrases, or validator key material.