How to set up a governor on Stride

Prerequisites: Ensure you have a Stride node running with a funded wallet. You can find instructions for running a node here.

Below is an example of a transaction to create a governor. As this is an example, you will want to substitute flags below with information pertaining to your governor.

strided tx staking create-validator \
  --amount 1000000ustrd \
  --commission-max-change-rate "0.05" \
  --commission-max-rate "0.10" \
  --commission-rate "0.05" \
  --min-self-delegation "1" \
  --pubkey=$(strided tendermint show-validator) \
  --moniker 'Your-Moniker' \
  --website "https://your-website" \
  --identity "Your-KeyBase-Identity" \
  --details "Governor Description" \
  --security-contact="your@email" \
  --chain-id stride-1 \
  --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices 0.0005ustrd \
  --from KEY

Explanation of each flag:

• amount: The amount of tokens to delegate to the validator

• commission-max-change-rate: The maximum daily commission rate change

• commission-max-rate: The maximum commission rate.

• commission-rate: The initial commission rate.

• min-self-delegation: The minimum self-delegation required

• pubkey: Your public key

• moniker: Your governor’s name

• website: Your website

• identity:  Your KeyBase identity

• details: Your governor’s description

• security-contact: Your email

• chain-id: The chain ID of the Stride network

• gas: The gas settings for the transaction