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Change --testnet flag to --network (#1751)

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## Issue Addressed

- Resolves #1689

## Proposed Changes

TBC

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Paul Hauner
2020-11-23 23:54:03 +00:00
parent 7d644103c6
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@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ keypairs. Creating a single validator looks like this:
- `lighthouse --testnet medalla account validator create --wallet-name wally --wallet-password wally.pass --count 1`
In step (1), we created a wallet in `~/.lighthouse/{testnet}/wallets` with the name
In step (1), we created a wallet in `~/.lighthouse/{network}/wallets` with the name
`wally`. We encrypted this using a pre-defined password in the
`wally.pass` file. Then, in step (2), we created one new validator in the
`~/.lighthouse/{testnet}/validators` directory using `wally` (unlocking it with
`~/.lighthouse/{network}/validators` directory using `wally` (unlocking it with
`wally.pass`) and storing the passwords to the validators voting key in
`~/.lighthouse/{testnet}/secrets`.
`~/.lighthouse/{network}/secrets`.
Thanks to the hierarchical key derivation scheme, we can delete all of the
aforementioned directories and then regenerate them as long as we remembered
@@ -65,16 +65,16 @@ There are three important directories in Lighthouse validator key management:
- `wallets/`: contains encrypted wallets which are used for hierarchical
key derivation.
- Defaults to `~/.lighthouse/{testnet}/wallets`
- Defaults to `~/.lighthouse/{network}/wallets`
- `validators/`: contains a directory for each validator containing
encrypted keystores and other validator-specific data.
- Defaults to `~/.lighthouse/{testnet}/validators`
- Defaults to `~/.lighthouse/{network}/validators`
- `secrets/`: since the validator signing keys are "hot", the validator process
needs access to the passwords to decrypt the keystores in the validators
dir. These passwords are stored here.
- Defaults to `~/.lighthouse/{testnet}/secrets`
- Defaults to `~/.lighthouse/{network}/secrets`
where `testnet` is the name of the testnet passed in the `--testnet` parameter (default is `medalla`).
where `network` is the name of the network passed in the `--network` parameter (default is `medalla`).
When the validator client boots, it searches the `validators/` for directories
containing voting keystores. When it discovers a keystore, it searches the