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{% embed url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZgIqAufyCE&ab\_channel=KenzoKobayashi" caption="Kenzo Kobayashi, Plasm Network Ambassador" %}
{% hint style="info" %} This short guide explains how to become a Dusty Network validator step by step. {% endhint %}
- Install node v1.7.0-dusty using binaries or building from source code.
- Launch node
plasm-node --validator --name node-name --rpc-cors all - Wait for syncing up.
- Open "Setting" and select "local node".
- Open "Accounts" and create a new account.
- Share your validator account address with Stake Technologies team via Google Form.
- Claim tokens for transactions or request them on the Discord #faucet channel.
- Open Toolbox window and call
rotateKeys()RPC call or use curl command:
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"id":1, "jsonrpc":"2.0", "method": "author_rotateKeys", "params":[]}' http://localhost:9933
- Save the result for the next steps.
- Click the "Session Key" button and paste the result for the validator account.
When you finish this tutorial, please wait a bit while Stake Technologies team approves your account as a validator. Thank you for Plasm Network contribution and let's make Plasm better together!
If you have already participated in testnet V3 as a validator, you could be interested in migration. Please copy your session keys from testnet v3 keystore into dusty keystore by following commands before launch node:exit: Ctrl+↩
mkdir .local/share/plasm-node/chains/dustycp -r .local/share/plasm-node/chains/plasm_testnet_v3/keystore .local/share/plasm-node/chains/dusty
Any questions? Feel free to ask us on Discord Tech Channel.