How to create a vesting account with celestia-app

In this guide, we will learn how to create a vesting account using celestia-app for both a local devnet and on Mocha testnet.

note

The instructions for this tutorial are for a continuous vesting account, if you'd like to make a delayed vesting account, just add the --delayed flag to your vesting transaction.

Local devnet

First, download and install celestia-app, selecting the network and corresponding version that you would like to use.

Setting up the local devnet

Run the devnet

Next, change into the $HOME/celestia-app directory and run the single-node-devnet script.

bash

cd $HOME/celestia-app
./scripts/build-run-single-node.sh

cd $HOME/celestia-app
./scripts/build-run-single-node.sh

Save the home directory path

At the top of the output, you will see a path to the "Home directory", find yours from the output (it will be unique every time):

bash

./scripts/build-run-single-node.sh
Home directory: /var/folders/_8/ljj6hspn0kn09qf9fy8kdyh40000gn/T/celestia_app_XXXXXXXXXXXXX.XV92a3qx
--> Updating go.mod

./scripts/build-run-single-node.sh
Home directory: /var/folders/_8/ljj6hspn0kn09qf9fy8kdyh40000gn/T/celestia_app_XXXXXXXXXXXXX.XV92a3qx
--> Updating go.mod

And set the location as the CElESTIA_APP_HOME variable. We will use this for the remainder of the devnet section.

bash

export CElESTIA_APP_HOME=/var/folders/_8/ljj6hspn0kn09qf9fy8kdyh40000gn/T/celestia_app_XXXXXXXXXXXXX.XV92a3qx

export CElESTIA_APP_HOME=/var/folders/_8/ljj6hspn0kn09qf9fy8kdyh40000gn/T/celestia_app_XXXXXXXXXXXXX.XV92a3qx

note

This does not replace the celestia-appd binary that was installed with celestia-appd, but builds and runs one in the $HOME/celestia-app/build directory.

Check the version of the devnet

If you'd like to check the version of your local devnet, you can use:

bash

cd $HOME/celestia-app/build
./celestia-appd version

cd $HOME/celestia-app/build
./celestia-appd version

Next steps

Congratulations! You now have a private devnet running locally on your machine. The devnet is made up of one validator that is creating new blocks. This is the Celestia consensus network on your machine! The key that was created to run the validator also lives in a temporary directory for the devnet.

Now you are ready to test creating a vesting account on our devnet before going to Mocha, a live testnet.

Setting up vesting account on devnet

You already have one key setup, but you will need one more to create a vesting account.

Create a new key

First, create a vesting key:

bash

cd $HOME/celestia-app/build
./celestia-appd keys add vesting-key --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME

cd $HOME/celestia-app/build
./celestia-appd keys add vesting-key --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME

You will see the address, mnemonic, and more details about your key in the output:

bash

- address: celestia127fpaygehlsgjdknwvlr2mux7h5uvhkxktgkc5
  name: vesting-key
  pubkey: '{"@type":"/cosmos.crypto.secp256k1.PubKey","key":"A5JF/we+s5gFt6g944XbKVVYgQB9OY+U/l5dhZjLDczO"}'
  type: local


**Important** write this mnemonic phrase in a safe place.
It is the only way to recover your account if you ever forget your password.

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- address: celestia127fpaygehlsgjdknwvlr2mux7h5uvhkxktgkc5
  name: vesting-key
  pubkey: '{"@type":"/cosmos.crypto.secp256k1.PubKey","key":"A5JF/we+s5gFt6g944XbKVVYgQB9OY+U/l5dhZjLDczO"}'
  type: local


**Important** write this mnemonic phrase in a safe place.
It is the only way to recover your account if you ever forget your password.

index enter egg broken ostrich duty bitter blind all car hollow coral youth early verify point void anger daring sausage decline net shove oil

List your keys

bash

./celestia-appd keys list --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME

./celestia-appd keys list --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME

Output:

bash

- address: celestia1adgkqcmzuxvg7x5avx8a8rjwpmxgzex3ztef6j
  name: validator
  pubkey: '{"@type":"/cosmos.crypto.secp256k1.PubKey","key":"Ahzu6yr9XMPIxLquhgBhj9xL3wIaOz6PE3CvML/oPQym"}'
  type: local
- address: celestia127fpaygehlsgjdknwvlr2mux7h5uvhkxktgkc5
  name: vesting-key
  pubkey: '{"@type":"/cosmos.crypto.secp256k1.PubKey","key":"A5JF/we+s5gFt6g944XbKVVYgQB9OY+U/l5dhZjLDczO"}'
  type: local

- address: celestia1adgkqcmzuxvg7x5avx8a8rjwpmxgzex3ztef6j
  name: validator
  pubkey: '{"@type":"/cosmos.crypto.secp256k1.PubKey","key":"Ahzu6yr9XMPIxLquhgBhj9xL3wIaOz6PE3CvML/oPQym"}'
  type: local
- address: celestia127fpaygehlsgjdknwvlr2mux7h5uvhkxktgkc5
  name: vesting-key
  pubkey: '{"@type":"/cosmos.crypto.secp256k1.PubKey","key":"A5JF/we+s5gFt6g944XbKVVYgQB9OY+U/l5dhZjLDczO"}'
  type: local

Set variables

Set the keys as variables, using the validator address as the FROM_ADDRESS and the vesting-key as the TO_ADDRESS.

bash

export FROM_ADDRESS=celestia1adgkqcmzuxvg7x5avx8a8rjwpmxgzex3ztef6j
export TO_ADDRESS=celestia127fpaygehlsgjdknwvlr2mux7h5uvhkxktgkc5

export FROM_ADDRESS=celestia1adgkqcmzuxvg7x5avx8a8rjwpmxgzex3ztef6j
export TO_ADDRESS=celestia127fpaygehlsgjdknwvlr2mux7h5uvhkxktgkc5

Create your devnet vesting account

Create the vesting account with the following command:

note

The remainder of the instructions are for a continuous vesting account, if you'd like to make a delayed vesting account, use the --delayed flag.

For example, the command to create a delayed vesting account would look like:

bash

./celestia-appd tx vesting create-vesting-account $TO_ADDRESS 100000utia 1686748051 --from $FROM_ADDRESS --gas auto --fees 100000utia --chain-id private --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME --delayed

./celestia-appd tx vesting create-vesting-account $TO_ADDRESS 100000utia 1686748051 --from $FROM_ADDRESS --gas auto --fees 100000utia --chain-id private --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME --delayed

bash

./celestia-appd tx vesting create-vesting-account $TO_ADDRESS 100000utia 1686748051 --from $FROM_ADDRESS --gas auto --fees 100000utia --chain-id private --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME

./celestia-appd tx vesting create-vesting-account $TO_ADDRESS 100000utia 1686748051 --from $FROM_ADDRESS --gas auto --fees 100000utia --chain-id private --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME

Select "Y" to choose "yes".

Optional

If you'd like to run the command with the -y flag, it will execute the transaction without needing to provide the "y" answer as above.

bash

./celestia-appd tx vesting create-vesting-account $TO_ADDRESS 100000utia 1686748051 --from $FROM_ADDRESS --gas auto --fees 100000utia --chain-id private --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME -y

./celestia-appd tx vesting create-vesting-account $TO_ADDRESS 100000utia 1686748051 --from $FROM_ADDRESS --gas auto --fees 100000utia --chain-id private --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME -y

Output:

bash

gas estimate: 96112
auth_info:
  fee:
    amount:
    - amount: "100000"
      denom: utia
    gas_limit: "96112"
    granter: ""
    payer: ""
  signer_infos: []
  tip: null
body:
  extension_options: []
  memo: ""
  messages:
  - '@type': /cosmos.vesting.v1beta1.MsgCreateVestingAccount
    amount:
    - amount: "100000"
      denom: utia
    delayed: false
    end_time: "1686748051"
    from_address: celestia1adgkqcmzuxvg7x5avx8a8rjwpmxgzex3ztef6j
    to_address: celestia127fpaygehlsgjdknwvlr2mux7h5uvhkxktgkc5
  non_critical_extension_options: []
  timeout_height: "0"
signatures: []
confirm transaction before signing and broadcasting [y/N]: y
code: 0
codespace: ""
data: ""
events: []
gas_used: "0"
gas_wanted: "0"
height: "0"
info: ""
logs: []
raw_log: '[]'
timestamp: ""
tx: null
txhash: 6093DF76DBA90F04FF63D197FC1569F04ED3DBE64081A0BBA9BAD4E69AA570D2

gas estimate: 96112
auth_info:
  fee:
    amount:
    - amount: "100000"
      denom: utia
    gas_limit: "96112"
    granter: ""
    payer: ""
  signer_infos: []
  tip: null
body:
  extension_options: []
  memo: ""
  messages:
  - '@type': /cosmos.vesting.v1beta1.MsgCreateVestingAccount
    amount:
    - amount: "100000"
      denom: utia
    delayed: false
    end_time: "1686748051"
    from_address: celestia1adgkqcmzuxvg7x5avx8a8rjwpmxgzex3ztef6j
    to_address: celestia127fpaygehlsgjdknwvlr2mux7h5uvhkxktgkc5
  non_critical_extension_options: []
  timeout_height: "0"
signatures: []
confirm transaction before signing and broadcasting [y/N]: y
code: 0
codespace: ""
data: ""
events: []
gas_used: "0"
gas_wanted: "0"
height: "0"
info: ""
logs: []
raw_log: '[]'
timestamp: ""
tx: null
txhash: 6093DF76DBA90F04FF63D197FC1569F04ED3DBE64081A0BBA9BAD4E69AA570D2

The timestamp for the previous command is in the past, so once you create the vesting account, the tokens will vest. You can check your account balances to verify this.

Query the devnet vesting account details

Check that the account has been created and works as expected by querying the TO_ADDRESS account details:

bash

./celestia-appd query account $TO_ADDRESS --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME

./celestia-appd query account $TO_ADDRESS --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME

In the output, you will notice that the account type is a ContinuousVestingAccount:

bash

'@type': /cosmos.vesting.v1beta1.ContinuousVestingAccount
base_vesting_account:
  base_account:
    account_number: "7"
    address: celestia127fpaygehlsgjdknwvlr2mux7h5uvhkxktgkc5
    pub_key: null
    sequence: "0"
  delegated_free: []
  delegated_vesting: []
  end_time: "1686748051"
  original_vesting:
  - amount: "100000"
    denom: utia
start_time: "1687908352"

'@type': /cosmos.vesting.v1beta1.ContinuousVestingAccount
base_vesting_account:
  base_account:
    account_number: "7"
    address: celestia127fpaygehlsgjdknwvlr2mux7h5uvhkxktgkc5
    pub_key: null
    sequence: "0"
  delegated_free: []
  delegated_vesting: []
  end_time: "1686748051"
  original_vesting:
  - amount: "100000"
    denom: utia
start_time: "1687908352"

Query the devnet base account details

Check the FROM_ADDRESS account details:

bash

./celestia-appd query account $FROM_ADDRESS --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME

./celestia-appd query account $FROM_ADDRESS --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME

In the output, you will notice the account type is BaseAccount:

bash

'@type': /cosmos.auth.v1beta1.BaseAccount
account_number: "0"
address: celestia1adgkqcmzuxvg7x5avx8a8rjwpmxgzex3ztef6j
pub_key:
  '@type': /cosmos.crypto.secp256k1.PubKey
  key: Ahzu6yr9XMPIxLquhgBhj9xL3wIaOz6PE3CvML/oPQym
sequence: "2"

'@type': /cosmos.auth.v1beta1.BaseAccount
account_number: "0"
address: celestia1adgkqcmzuxvg7x5avx8a8rjwpmxgzex3ztef6j
pub_key:
  '@type': /cosmos.crypto.secp256k1.PubKey
  key: Ahzu6yr9XMPIxLquhgBhj9xL3wIaOz6PE3CvML/oPQym
sequence: "2"

Query the balances of the devnet accounts

Next, we can check the balance of the accounts:

bash

./celestia-appd query bank balances $TO_ADDRESS --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME

./celestia-appd query bank balances $TO_ADDRESS --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME

Output will show you the balance of the vesting account:

bash

balances:
- amount: "100000"
  denom: utia
pagination:
  next_key: null
  total: "0"

balances:
- amount: "100000"
  denom: utia
pagination:
  next_key: null
  total: "0"

bash

./celestia-appd query bank balances $FROM_ADDRESS --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME

./celestia-appd query bank balances $FROM_ADDRESS --home $CElESTIA_APP_HOME

The output will show the remaining balance of the validator:

bash

balances:
- amount: "999994999800000"
  denom: utia
pagination:
  next_key: null
  total: "0"

balances:
- amount: "999994999800000"
  denom: utia
pagination:
  next_key: null
  total: "0"

Congratulations! You've now made your own vesting account on a local devnet. Next, you can learn how to create a vesting account on Mocha testnet.

Mocha

In the previous section of this tutorial, we learned how to create a vesting account on a local devnet. In this portion of the tutorial, we'll cover how to set up a consensus node and set up a vesting account on Mocha testnet.

First, be sure that you have installed celestia-app for the latest version for Mocha testnet.

Create a wallet

Set the keyring backend, so you don't need to use the flag for every command:

bash

celestia-appd config keyring-backend test

celestia-appd config keyring-backend test

Add a new key for a full node and one for a vesting account:

bash

celestia-appd keys add origin && celestia-appd keys add vesting

celestia-appd keys add origin && celestia-appd keys add vesting

List the keys:

bash

celestia-appd keys list

celestia-appd keys list

Set your keys as variables:

bash

export FROM_ADDRESS=address_of_origin_account
export TO_ADDRESS=address_of_vesting_account

export FROM_ADDRESS=address_of_origin_account
export TO_ADDRESS=address_of_vesting_account

Fund your account

Head to the faucet, and fund your origin address.

Create a vesting account on Mocha

To create a vesting account on Mocha, you will need an RPC URL to send the transaction to. You can find the RPC endpoints on the Mocha testnet page.

If you are running a production application, use a production endpoint.

Set your RPC URL:

bash

export RPC_URL=https://rpc-mocha.pops.one:443

export RPC_URL=https://rpc-mocha.pops.one:443

We will use a few flags in our vesting command that are different than the devnet version. Since we aren't using our own validator or full node, we will use an RPC URL.

We also need to declare the chain ID as mocha.

View the help menu for vesting to understand these flags more:

bash

celestia-appd tx vesting --help

celestia-appd tx vesting --help

Here's an example command to set up the vesting account:

bash

celestia-appd tx vesting create-vesting-account $TO_ADDRESS 100000utia 1686748051 --from $FROM_ADDRESS --gas 100000 --fees 100000utia --node $RPC_URL --chain-id mocha --delayed

celestia-appd tx vesting create-vesting-account $TO_ADDRESS 100000utia 1686748051 --from $FROM_ADDRESS --gas 100000 --fees 100000utia --node $RPC_URL --chain-id mocha --delayed

Optional: Set up a consensus node or validator

Running a consensus node or validator will prevent you from needing to use an RPC.

You can set up a validator or consensus node for the previous portion of the tutorial.

Note: this may take some time depending on how you choose to sync the state of the chain.

Optional: Change your client.toml

If you edit your client configuration in client.toml, you can set both the chain ID and the node RPC URL. This will prevent you from needing to run each flag for every command line that you use.

toml

# This is a TOML config file.
# For more information, see https://github.com/toml-lang/toml

###############################################################################
###                           Client Configuration                            ###
###############################################################################

# The network chain ID
chain-id = "mocha"
# The keyring's backend, where the keys are stored (os|file|kwallet|pass|test|memory)
keyring-backend = "test"
# CLI output format (text|json)
output = "text"
# <host>:<port> to Tendermint RPC interface for this chain
node = "tcp://rpc-mocha.pops.one:443"
# Transaction broadcasting mode (sync|async|block)
broadcast-mode = "sync"

# This is a TOML config file.
# For more information, see https://github.com/toml-lang/toml

###############################################################################
###                           Client Configuration                            ###
###############################################################################

# The network chain ID
chain-id = "mocha"
# The keyring's backend, where the keys are stored (os|file|kwallet|pass|test|memory)
keyring-backend = "test"
# CLI output format (text|json)
output = "text"
# <host>:<port> to Tendermint RPC interface for this chain
node = "tcp://rpc-mocha.pops.one:443"
# Transaction broadcasting mode (sync|async|block)
broadcast-mode = "sync"

Notes

Not all vesting accounts can be created with a message, some need to be set at genesis. You can learn more in the Cosmos Network documentation.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You've learned how to create a local devnet, create a vesting account on it, and how to make a vesting account on the Mocha testnet!

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How to create a vesting account with celestia-app ​

Local devnet ​

Setting up the local devnet ​

Run the devnet ​

Save the home directory path ​

Check the version of the devnet ​

Next steps ​

Setting up vesting account on devnet ​

Create a new key ​

List your keys ​

Set variables ​

Create your devnet vesting account ​

Query the devnet vesting account details ​

Query the devnet base account details ​

Query the balances of the devnet accounts ​

Mocha ​

Create a wallet ​

Fund your account ​

Create a vesting account on Mocha ​

Optional: Set up a consensus node or validator ​

Optional: Change your client.toml ​

Notes ​

Conclusion ​

How to create a vesting account with celestia-app

Local devnet

Setting up the local devnet

Run the devnet

Save the home directory path

Check the version of the devnet

Next steps

Setting up vesting account on devnet

Create a new key

List your keys

Set variables

Create your devnet vesting account

Query the devnet vesting account details

Query the devnet base account details

Query the balances of the devnet accounts

Mocha

Create a wallet

Fund your account

Create a vesting account on Mocha

Optional: Set up a consensus node or validator

Optional: Change your client.toml

Notes

Conclusion