A step-by-step tutorial showing how to activate the validator node
Create a stash account, controller account and, optionally, a reward account.
IMPORTANT: While creating these accounts you must be connected to your node (wss://www.mydomain.com:443), not Porta’s node (wss://console.porta.network:443).
In our example we will direct staking rewards to our rewards account, but you may choose to direct them to your stash account.
We will call our accounts ‘my-stash’, ‘my-controller’ and ‘my-rewards’.
Navigate to PolkadotJS Apps
Go Accounts > My Accounts > Add Account
Follow the same process to create an account for ‘my-controller’ and ‘my-reward’. You should now have the following three accounts:
Ensure the accounts have relevant funds:
You need to ensure the following:
1.
The stash account has the funds you want to stake
2.
The controller account has enough funds to cover transaction fees
3.
The reward account has more funds than the existential amount set by the blockchain
Bond stash account to controller account; delegate rewards to reward account:
Go to Network > Staking
Account Actions > + Stash
Fill out the field as per the image below
You will now have your bonded accounts listed.
Generate the session keys for the validator account