Become a Validator

1 Download the Binary

# Download latest release
wget https://github.com/EojEdred/Etrid/releases/download/mainnet-v1.0.0/etrid-mainnet-v1.0.0-linux-x86_64.gz

# Extract
gunzip etrid-mainnet-v1.0.0-linux-x86_64.gz
chmod +x etrid-mainnet-v1.0.0-linux-x86_64
mv etrid-mainnet-v1.0.0-linux-x86_64 primearc-node

2 Generate Keys

# Generate node key
./primearc-node key generate --scheme Sr25519 --output-type json > validator-key.json

# Generate session keys (run after node is synced)
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"id":1, "jsonrpc":"2.0", "method": "author_rotateKeys"}' http://localhost:9944

3 Start Your Node

# Run as validator
./primearc-node \
  --chain mainnet \
  --validator \
  --name "YourValidatorName" \
  --base-path /data/primearc \
  --rpc-cors all \
  --prometheus-external

4 Bond & Validate

Once synced, use the ETRID wallet or Polkadot.js to:

• 1. Bond your ETR tokens (Staking → Bond)
• 2. Set your session keys (Session → SetKeys)
• 3. Signal intent to validate (Staking → Validate)