Documentation

Staking Instructions

A few assumptions. You have a

  • wallet (or coldkey)
  • the wallet has tao in it.

btcli

If you have the Bittensor command line tool installed.

btcli root delegate

Choose the number of the validator you wish to delegate to. we chose 1 for taostats)

Enter delegate index: 1
Enter wallet name (default):<walletname>
Stake all Tao from account: 'walletname'? [y/n]:n
Enter Tao amount to stake: 1
Do you want to delegate:
  amount: τ0.999999000
  to: 5GKH9FPPnWSUoeeTJp19wVtd84XqFW4pyK2ijV2GsFbhTrP1
 owner: 5GcCZ2BPXBjgG88tXJCEtkbdg2hNrPbL4EFfbiVRvBZdSQDC [y/n]: 
 

taostats (using Polkadot wallet)

If you have a wallet that has a Chrome extension, you can delegate and undelgate from your browser using taostats. The instructions below show the polkadot wallet, but all wallets should be similar.

  1. Connect your wallet. Choose the wallets you wish to connect

  2. The tool will show your available balance and a list of validators. Add the amount of tao, and the validator, anc Click Delegate.

  3. The wallet exension willl ask for your password.