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Add or change VRF key

Overview​

This guide demonstrates how to add a VRF key to your profile. The VRF key is used to generate random beacon. If you're an active Ronin Governing Validator, you need to have this key added.

Generate a VRF key pair​

You can generate VRF Key pair using the Ronin Random Beacon Source Code (make sure to install Go version 1.19 or higher) by running the following commands:

git clone https://github.com/ronin-chain/ronin-random-beacon.git
cd ronin-random-beacon 
make generate-key

The command will return the key pair as follows:

Generated public key is: 0x979f03c1f944313db375818e7dc5f1070a853efabef0ddc271cdb91954a452ae00 
(x=68580194754132548214753431781510961646127154131722984450548856377419405480622,
y=3612091428284825898459683399860281775250351902969658470120053308948377988804)
Key hash is: 0xd68168ec9792b2dd7aa11ea02966913747008c960a697732056e61656387e1fd
Secret key is: 0xdcb5cd9959d30dfeab5a94717b8d124c6e3dd1cd14d25b8390cf216b89c60b5b

Add or change a VRF key​

  1. Open the Validator Dashboard, then go to your account, and then click My profile.

  2. In the VRF KEY HASH field, click Add key or the edit icon.

  3. Paste your VRF key hash.

  4. Save the change and confirm the transaction.