Run the Client
This is the component that participates in network validation. Our consensus clients track delegations and stake from our AVS contracts.
Similar to Ethereum, Omni validators run 2 components: our consensus client, halo, and an EVM execution client geth, erigon, nethermind, etc. The EVM execution client does not require any modifications.
Obtain $OMNI
To run the client, you will need $OMNI. You can obtain $OMNI by reaching out to the team.
Initialize and Run the Client
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After adding the halo binary to your system, you can initialize and run the client with the following command:
- testnet
- mainnet
halo init --network testnet
halo init --network mainnet
If you are using the private keys generated by the EigenLayer CLI, you can have halo use them by saving them to <home>/config/*.ecdsa.key.json and deleting the init generated key file found there (config/priv_validator_key.json). The halo client will automatically pick up these keys and use them for signing transactions.
You will need to pass in your password for that key when you run the client. You can do this by setting the --eigenlayer-key-password flag when executing the client's run command below.
This command initializes the setup, creating several configuration files required for running the node. You can then run the client with the following command:
halo run