key_generation.md

Key generation

Keys are generated using subkey or use tfchain key.

For each validator generate a key:

subkey generate --scheme sr25519

To also finalize blocks, create the ed25519 public key and address:

subkey inspect --scheme ed25519 "<seed from the previous command>"

If you want your validator to be a bootnode (node that other validators can sync against), it is is best to generate a nodekey so the bootnode address is predictive:

subkey generate-node-key

This prints the p2p nodeId to stderr and the nodekey to stdout.