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Delegating to a Validator

Confirm Node Synchronization​

Verify that your node has finished synching and it is caught up with the network

# Wait until you see the output: "false"
hedged status 2>&1 | jq .SyncInfo.catching_up

Verify Account Funds​

Verify that your account has funds in it in order to perform staking

# Make sure you can see your account name in the keys list
hedged  keys list

# Make sure you see your account has HDE tokens in it
hedged query bank balances $(hedged keys show -a <key_name>)

Delegate your Stake​

Execute the following command to delegate your stake to a validator:

hedged tx staking delegate <validator_address> <amount_to_delegate>uhedge --from <key_name> --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas-prices 0.025uhedge --chain-id <chain_id>
  • <validator_address>: Replace this with the address of the validator you want to delegate to (e.g., hedgevaloper1w2dh562urvynj0z0kfus7xfthvu75l9z99yyqp).
  • <amount_to_delegate>: Specify the amount of HDE tokens you want to delegate (e.g., 1000000000uhedge).
  • <key_name>: Specify the name of your wallet.
  • <chain_id>: Replace this with the chain ID of the Hedge network you are delegating to (e.g., berberis-1).

The terminal will ask you to confirm the transaction:

gas estimate: 171607
auth_info:
  fee:
    amount:
    - amount: "4291"
      denom: uhedge
    gas_limit: "171607"
    granter: ""
    payer: ""
  signer_infos: []
  tip: null
body:
  extension_options: []
  memo: ""
  messages:
  - '@type': /cosmos.staking.v1beta1.MsgDelegate
    amount:
      amount: "10000"
      denom: uhedge
    delegator_address: hedge1w2dh562urvynj0z0kfus7xfthvu75l9zfv5s9r
    validator_address: hedgevaloper1w2dh562urvynj0z0kfus7xfthvu75l9z99yyqp
  non_critical_extension_options: []
  timeout_height: "0"
signatures: []
confirm transaction before signing and broadcasting [y/N]: y

Type y and press Enter to confirm.

code: 0
codespace: ""
data: ""
events: []
gas_used: "0"
gas_wanted: "0"
height: "0"
info: ""
logs: []
raw_log: '[]'
timestamp: ""
tx: null
txhash: FED3AB8337E394F0E99162455F61AB35BAF8D6FBF55AE3B161AF86672DD82540

The transaction was successful. You can check your balance again or monitor transaction status to see that the amount has been deducted.

Monitor Transaction Status​

After executing the delegation transaction, use the following command to monitor the status:

hedged query tx <tx_hash> --chain-id <chain_id>
  • <tx_hash>: Replace this with the hash of the delegation transaction you executed.
  • <chain_id>: Replace this with the chain ID of the Hedge network.