Namada node status before genesis time

[Fraccaman]

Namada should inform the user about the status of the node before genesis time.

[shurinov]

It's a necessary thing. to make sure it's set up correctly

[reversesigh]

The node status does post.

2024-01-31T18:31:51.977788Z  INFO namada_apps::node::ledger: Waiting for ledger genesis time: DateTimeUtc(2024-02-01T18:00:00Z), time left: 84488.022213607s

What validators especially appreciate is validator status on logs.

Having priv_validator_laddr available pre-genesis also allows testing remote signing like Horcrux, rather than testing when the chain is already live.

Typically with Tendermint/Cometbft the message is simply This node is a validator

[tecnodes-network]

follow up.

would be nice to see if it detected that node is a validator node.

[mrspir]

" This node is a validator" The announcement is small but very necessary, follow up

[encipher88]

Agree this logs would be helpful

[kw1knode]

+1

[CroutonDigital]

In previous versions we could see if pre-genesis file is correct , we had 2 confirmations in logs, that this node is validator node, in this version we have no information

[Web3Slimchance]

+1