In order to become a validator, you node must be fully synced with the network. You can check this by doing:
secretdstatus|jq.SyncInfo.catching_up
When the value of catching_up is false, your node is fully sync'd with the network. You can speed up syncing time by State Syncing to the current block.
This is the secret wallet which you used **** to create your full node, and will use to delegate your funds to you own validator. You must delegate at least 1 SCRT (1000000uscrt) from this wallet to your validator.
secretd q distribution rewards $(secretcli keys show -a <key-alias>)
Seeing your commissions from your delegators
secretd q distribution commission $(secretcli keys show -a <key-alias> --bech=val)
Withdrawing rewards
secretd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(secretcli keys show --bech=val -a <key-alias>) --from <key-alias>
Withdrawing rewards+commissions
secretd tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(secretcli keys show --bech=val -a <key-alias>) --from <key-alias> --commission
Removing your validator
Currently deleting a validator is not possible. If you redelegate or unbond your self-delegations then your validator will become offline and all your delegators will start to unbond.
Changing your validator's commission-rate
You are currently unable to modify the --commission-max-rate and --commission-max-change-rate" parameters.
Modifying the commision-rate can be done using this: