WCAHT CHAIN
VALIDATOR ONBOARDING

Guided validator setup

The currently available public-safe path for preparing a new Ubuntu validator.

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Public safe path

  1. Provision Ubuntu 24.04 with 8+ cores, 16+ GiB RAM, SSD storage and a public IPv4.
  2. Use the guided command generator to inspect and prepare the host.
  3. Obtain the signed node build and canonical genesis bundle from the official release channel and verify the published checksum.
  4. Generate unique keys on the server and make an encrypted offline backup.
  5. Synchronize as observer, verify health, then restart in validator mode.
  6. Import the key file locally into the wallet, register, stake and wait for epoch activation.
The website never connects over SSH. You review and execute commands in your own terminal.
WCAHT Validator Program · Public Testnet · Key files selected for pairing are read locally and never uploaded.