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# Publishing Validator Info

## Publishing Validator Info

You can publish your validator information to the chain to be publicly visible to other users.

### Run EtherealNetwork validator-info

Run the EtherealNetwork CLI to populate a validator info account:

Etherealvalidator-info publish --keypair \~/validator-keypair.json \<VALIDATOR\_INFO\_ARGS> \<VALIDATOR\_NAME>

For details about optional fields for VALIDATOR\_INFO\_ARGS:

Etherealvalidator-info publish --help

### Example Commands

Example publish command:

Etherealvalidator-info publish "Elvis Validator" -n elvis -w "<https://elvis-validates.com>"

Example query command:

Etherealvalidator-info get

which outputs

Validator info from 8WdJvDz6obhADdxpGCiJKZsDYwTLNEDFizayqziDc9ah

&#x20; Validator pubkey: 6dMH3u76qZ7XG4bVboVRnBHR2FfrxEqTTTyj4xmyDMWo

&#x20; Info: {"keybaseUsername":"elvis","name":"Elvis Validator","website":"<https://elvis-validates.com"}>

### Keybase

Including a Keybase username allows client applications (like the EtherealNetwork Explorer) to automatically pull in your validator public profile, including cryptographic proofs, brand identity, etc. To connect your validator pubkey with Keybase:

1\.     Join <https://keybase.io/> and complete the profile for your validator

2\.     Add your validator **identity pubkey** to Keybase:

o   Create an empty file on your local computer called `validator-<PUBKEY>`

o   In Keybase, navigate to the Files section, and upload your pubkey file to

a Etherealsubdirectory in your public folder: `/keybase/public/<KEYBASE_USERNAME>/`Ethereal

o   To check your pubkey, ensure you can successfully browse to

`https://keybase.pub/<KEYBASE_USERNAME>/`Ethereal`/validator-<PUBKEY>`

3\.     Add or update your Ethereal`validator-info` with your Keybase username. The

CLI will verify the `validator-<PUBKEY>` file

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