Staking Guide for Celestia using the CLI

This guide will take you through a step-by-step journey on how to stake on Celestia using the CLI through the Celestia App.

Prerequisites:

a) Installing Golang on Mac:

  • Before we begin, ensure Golang is installed on your system. If it's already installed, skip to the next step.

b) Installing Dependencies:

  • First and foremost, we need Homebrew to install Golang. If you already have Homebrew, skip this step. If not, install it with the following command:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

  • Then, set the Homebrew environment for your user profile:

echo '# Set PATH, MANPATH, etc., for Homebrew.' >> /Users/YOUR_USERNAME/.zprofile

echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/YOUR_USERNAME/.zprofile

eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"

  • With Homebrew set up, let’s install the necessary tools: wget, jq, and git:

brew install wget jq git

c) Installing Golang:

  • To install Golang, use the following set of commands:

ver="1.21.3"

cd $HOME

wget "https://golang.org/dl/go$ver.darwin-arm64.tar.gz"

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go

sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf "go$ver.darwin-arm64.tar.gz"

rm "go$ver.darwin-arm64.tar.gz"

  • Next, add the Golang binaries to your system path:

echo "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$HOME/go/bin" >> $HOME/.bash_profile

source $HOME/.bash_profile

  • Verify your installation by running:

go version

  • Expected output:

go version go1.21.1 darwin/arm64

1. Installing the Celestia App:

To communicate with the Celestia network, we'll install the `celestia-app`:

cd $HOME

rm -rf celestia-app

git clone https://github.com/celestiaorg/celestia-app.git

cd celestia-app/

git checkout tags/v1.3.0 -b v1.3.0

make install

Check if the binary was installed correctly:

celestia-appd --help

2. Creating a Wallet with Celestia App:

a) Setting up the Wallet:

  • Start by creating a CLI configuration file:

celestia-appd config keyring-backend os

  • Then, generate keys for your wallet. While you can choose any name, for this guide, we'll use celestia-staking-keys:

celestia-appd keys add celestia-staking-keys --interactive

  • Follow the instructions, and by the end, you should see a confirmation with your wallet's details. You can verify all added wallets using:

celestia-appd keys list

b) Funding the Wallet:

  • To start staking, your wallet needs funds. Please assing the desired amounnt of Tia to your wallet.

3. Delegating Tokens via CLI:

Before you delegate, ensure you've updated your configuration file's node value to `https://public-celestia-rpc.numia.xyz:26657` located at `/celestia-app/config/client.toml`.

To delegate:

  • First, decide on the validator you wish to stake with. Their `celesvaloper` address can be found on the Celestia Staking page.

  • Go to Celestia Staking page, and find XPRV ( or go to XPRV’s page directly - XPRV NodeStake page )

  • Find the celesvaloper for XPRV on the page ( XPRV celesvaloper - celestiavaloper1nwu3ugynh8m6r7aphv0uxnca84t7gnruvyye9c )

  • Once you have the validator's address, execute:

celestia-appd tx staking delegate <VALIDATOR-ADDRESS> <AMOUNT> --from=<YOUR-WALLET-NAME> --chain-id=celestia --fees 21000utia

** (replacing <VALIDATOR-ADDRESS>, <AMOUNT>, and <YOUR-WALLET-NAME> with your values)

  • Approve the transaction when prompted, and upon confirmation, you've successfully staked your tokens on Celestia.

With that, you're all set! Happy staking on Celestia using the CLI