Install Fullnode
Please follow this guide to install bsc fullnode locally.
Create an account
You need to create an account that represents a key pair first. Use the following command to create a new account and set a password for that account:
geth account new
This command will return the public address and the path to your private key. BACKUP of keyfile is necessory!
If you already have an account, use the seed phrase to recover it:
geth account import
Get some testnet fund from faucet
Go to this faucet page: https://testnet.binance.org/faucet-smart
Start Fullnode on BSC Testnet
Please run this command to run a fullnode as validator candidate
geth --config ./config.toml --datadir ./node -unlock {validator-address} --mine --allow-insecure-unlock --rpcapi "eth,web3,miner,net,admin,personal,debug" --metrics
Transfer BNB from BSC to BC
Please refer to this guide
Become a validator candidate
You can use tbnbcli
to declare your candidacy some of BNB to a validator
Go to explorer to verify your transactions.