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Add a Validator Image

In order to have your validator profile image displayed on the most commonly used Cosmos blockchain explorers, you need to follow two different procedures

First procedure​

By following this procedure, your validator image will be visible on Keplr, Ping.pub, Cosmos.directory and ATOMScan.

Firstly, register on keybase.io, and create your profile by adding a profile image, which will be used as your validator image. Once your profile is created, access it and you will be prompted to create a PGP key.

Download Keybase onto your machine and follow the installation guide for your operating system.

Create a PGP key and add it to your keybase profile. Once that is complete, you need to perform what is called an Edit Validator Transaction

sentinelhub tx staking edit-validator \
    --identity=<your_pgp_key_with_no_spaces> \
    --chain-id=sentinelhub-2 \
    --gas=500000 \
    --gas-prices=0.2udvpn \
    --from=<your_key_name>

If you'd like to link your website and add a description of your validator, you have the option to fill out the following two fields

    --website="https://yourwebsite.com" \
    --details="These are my validator details"

If the transaction is successful, you will see the edits immediately

Second procedure​

By following this procedure, your validator image will be visible on Mintscan.

Here's what you'll need:

  • A GitHub account with a PAT (Personal Access Token) enabled with all repo scopes
  • Your validator image in the format <your_sentval_address>.png

Fork the Chainlist Repository

Clone the forked repository to your computer

git clone https://github.com/<your_account>/chainlist

Navigate to the directory from which you will execute the next commands

cd chainlist

Create a new branch named after your validator

git branch <your_validator_name>

Checkout to that branch

git checkout <your_validator_name>

Copy your validator image to the folder /chainlist/chain/sentinel/moniker/

cp /path/to/your/<your_sentval_address>.png ~/chainlist/chain/sentinel/moniker/

Set the necessary configuration parameters

git config --global user.name "Your Username"
git config --global user.email "your.email@example.com"

Set access via your Personal Access Token (PAT)

git remote set-url origin https://<your_github_user>:<your_token>@github.com/<your_github_user>chainlist.git

Push your branch to your forked repository

git add .
git commit -m "Add <your_validator_name> logo for Sentinel"
git push origin <your_validator_name>

If the command is successful go to https://github.com/cosmostation/chainlist and create a pull request. Once the pull request is created, wait for some time until your validator image is updated. When the update is complete, the pull request will be closed.