Is there any TON validators chat where I can ask validator-related questions? I still have a lot of unanswered questions about how to run my val...

Could you make a list of questions about validators? I will try to help you

- How can you use a wallet not generated by mytoncore? Or are you required to use the wallet that it generates? If the latter, is there a way to back up the mnemonic for that wallet? If the former, can that wallet be a cold wallet, or does it need to be hot?

- How are upgrades of validator-engine announced and rolled out?

- What networking rules are required on ports (inbound and outbound)? Is there a default port that validator-engine uses?

- What are the different levels of the verbosity flag for validator-engine?

- What does the --daemonize flag do on validator-engine?

I also have this GitHub issue open https://github.com/ton-blockchain/nominator-pool/issues/9

I will be back in a few hrs

https://t.me/tonstatus

Have you had a chance to check these questions out yet?

@tsivarev curious if you've had a chance to check these questions out

Is there someway for me to get the 10000 TON required to run a testnet validator?

Buy

Its testnet...

yeah

Wdym "buy" then? Testnet tokens don;t have value...

Usdt testnet

How do I get USDT on testnet then?

I see here that I should ask for help getting testnet TON in this chat https://answers.ton.org/question/1490463706260180992/where-can-i-get-ton-coins-for-testnet

Please message @f_closer or use methods from https://t.me/tondev_eng/32726.

Although 10,000 is the minimum by network config, actually you'll need 50,000 to become a validator on testnet.

Why is that?

Current testnet validators stake a lot of TON, and Elector chooses the best subset, so you have to have at least 50,000 TON.

What about the mainnet?

Minimum is 300,000, but the actual min stake is a little higher, around 350,000.

https://tonmon.xyz

Where can I see a explorer of testnet vals? https://testnet.tonscan.org/validators doesn;t load for me

I don't know, but maybe using mytonctrl on a testnet node, may help.

Where did you find the 50k minimum of you don’t have an explorer?

To bring up a node on testnet, you don't need any wallet at all. But to participate in validation rounds on the testnet, you'll need that 50k. So if you just want to test for yourself, you can easily bring a node up.

I developed a smart contract for participating in validations (Hipo), then asked @f_closer for test TON, to test the process in testnet before launching on mainnet.