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Validator Enrollment

Validator enrollment hub

Validator enrollment hub is a base infrastructure component of Ankr AppChains implemented in Chainscanner.

It allows users to become validators. Validators power a blockchain, validating transactions, creating new blocks and including those transactions in them.

Validators can gain a commission from users staking with them and also gain from validating transactions and creating new blocks. Validators can also create new governance proposals to change the rules of an AppChain; such proposals can be voted for or against.

Use validator enrollment hub

Register a validator

To become a validator, you need to register as one:

  1. Visit the Staking dashboard (opens in a new tab) (preselected meta-apes network).
  2. Select a network to access. The selection popup shows you Mainnet networks.
    To see available Tesnet networks, click on Access Testnets. Select a network
  3. On the dashboard, click Register New Validator. Click Register New Validator
  4. Read the terms and click Start registration if agreed. Click Start registration
  5. Provide your address, set a commission rate and initial stake for you validator, and click Register. Set validator parameters and click Register
  6. Confirm filing your registration.

Now let the network decide on your registration form.

Check pending validators

After registering to be a validator, you need to wait until the network decides on it.

To check pending validators:

  1. Visit the Staking dashboard (opens in a new tab) (preselected meta-apes network).
  2. Select a network to access. The selection popup shows you Mainnet networks.
    To see available Testnet networks, click on Access Testnets. Select a network
  3. On the dashboard, click Pending Validators. Click Pending Validators
  4. Check pending validators.

Check jailed validators

Underperforming or malicious validators can get jailed for some time. If you suspect your validator has been jailed, you can check it.

To check jailed validators:

  1. Visit the Staking dashboard (opens in a new tab) (preselected meta-apes network).
  2. Select a network to access. The selection popup shows you Mainnet networks.
    To see available Tesnet networks, click on Access Testnets. Select a network
  3. On the dashboard, click Jailed Validators. Click Jailed Validators
  4. Check jailed validators.
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