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Validator & Operator Prerequisites

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NOTE: To become a reffiner operator, you must first contact the covalent team on discord or telegram so that your operator address and staking address are whitelisted.

Discord: https://discord.com/invite/VHgmzB9973

Telegram: https://t.me/CovalentHQ

  1. Provide Covalent with two public addresses

  • Staking Address: This is the address of the wallet holding your CXT on Ethereum mainnet.

  • Operator Address: This is a public address tied to the private-public key pair an operator will use to sign proof transactions to the proof-chain contract. It is not tied to any network. It can be generated using the BIP-44 mnemonic multi-account deterministic algorithm. It can be generated using https://iancoleman.io/bip39/ (select 24 words, Coin: ETH)

  • Please provide the public address to this pair to Covalent. Keep the private key secret and safe. Please make sure that the Staking address and Operator Address are separate.

  1. Min 35,000 CXT & Max 70,000 CXT on Ethereum mainnet.

  2. GLMR is needed to pay for gas on Moonbeam

    • in order to send proofs of block specimens. This costs approximately 5 GLMR per day. This should be held at the same address as the Operator Address.

    • in order to stake your CQT

  3. Access the Covalent Network Operator Dashboard. Import your Validator private key into Metamask, select the Ethereum mainnet network and connect your Staking wallet to the operator dashboard.Your operator should be currently disabled.

  1. Self-Stake the Minimum CXT Staking requirement on Ethereum (35,000 CXT) for BRP. This is done using the Change Stake button in your operator dashboard. Proceed to first set Stake Amount to 35000 and click Approve.

  1. After the on chain approval transaction completes, click on Stake. Once the staking transaction completes, your Staking Status should display Sufficiently Staked and Enabled.

  1. Get access to a reliable Moonbeam https RPC. Providers and RPC URLs can be found here . Ping the Covalent team on discord for recommendations.

  2. Validators can create a web3.storage account and have did key, W3-agent-key and proof.out for das-pinner file or can reach out to covalent team on discord for these details.