Request tokens in the tap. After full synchronization check the balance, if everything is fine, proceed to create a validator.

babylond q bank balances$(babylond keys show wallet-a)

Create a validator:

babylond tx checkpointing create-validator $HOME/babylon/validator.json \\    --chain-id=bbn-test-3 \\--gas="auto" \\    --gas-adjustment="1.5" \\    --gas-prices="0.025ubbn" \\--from=wallet \\-y

Additional

View logs

sudo journalctl-u babylond-f

Restart the node:

sudo systemctl restart babylond

Check the node's indicators:

curl localhost:26657/status

Find out if the node is synchronized, if the result is false, it means the node is synchronized

curl-s localhost:26657/status | jq .result.sync_info.catching_up

Get your address:

babylond keys show wallet--bech val-a

Delegate tokens (to increase your bid, delegate to your valoper address):

babylond tx staking delegate YOUR_VALOPER_ADDRESS 1000000ubbn--from wallet --chain-id bbn-test-3--fees 5000ubbn

Delete node: