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Adjust staking instructions

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Michael Vines 2019-08-09 22:15:42 -07:00
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When your validator starts, it will have no stake, which means it will
ineligible to become leader.
Adding stake can be accomplished by using the `solana-wallet` CLI. First
obtain the public key for your validator's vote account with:
```bash
$ solana-keygen pubkey ~/validator-config/vote-keypair.json
```
This will output a base58-encoded value that looks similar to
`DhUYZR98qFLLrnHg2HWeGhBQJ9tru7nwdEfYm8L8HdR9`. Then create a stake account
keypair with `solana-keygen`:
Adding stake can be accomplished by using the `solana-wallet` CLI
Fire create a stake account keypair with `solana-keygen`:
```bash
$ solana-keygen new -o ~/validator-config/stake-keypair.json
```
and use the wallet's `delegate-stake` command to stake your validator with 42 lamports:
```bash
$ solana-wallet delegate-stake ~/validator-config/stake-keypair.json [VOTE PUBKEY] 42
$ solana-wallet delegate-stake ~/validator-config/stake-keypair.json ~/validator-vote-keypair.json 42
```
Note that stake changes are applied at Epoch boundaries so it can take an hour
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Stake can be deactivate by running:
```bash
$ solana-wallet deactivate-stake ~/validator-config/stake-keypair.json [VOTE PUBKEY]
$ solana-wallet deactivate-stake ~/validator-config/stake-keypair.json ~/validator-vote-keypair.json
```
Note that a stake account may only be used once, so after deactivation, use the
wallet's `withdraw-stake` command to recover the previously staked lamports.