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How to delegate to a Stakepool
✅ 0. Prerequisites
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- Both a payment and a stake key pair. Payment key should contain some ADA.
👩💻 1. Register Stake Address
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Create a certificate,
stake.cert, using the stake.vkey1
cardano-cli stake-address registration-certificate \
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--stake-verification-key-file stake.vkey \
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--out-file stake.cert
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You need to find the slot tip of the blockchain.
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currentSlot=$(cardano-cli query tip --mainnet | jq -r '.slot')
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echo Current Slot: $currentSlot
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Find your balance and UTXOs.
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cardano-cli query utxo \
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--address $(cat payment.addr) \
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--mainnet > fullUtxo.out
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tail -n +3 fullUtxo.out | sort -k3 -nr > balance.out
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cat balance.out
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tx_in=""
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total_balance=0
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while read -r utxo; do
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in_addr=$(awk '{ print $1 }' <<< "${utxo}")
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idx=$(awk '{ print $2 }' <<< "${utxo}")
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utxo_balance=$(awk '{ print $3 }' <<< "${utxo}")
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total_balance=$((${total_balance}+${utxo_balance}))
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echo TxHash: ${in_addr}#${idx}
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echo ADA: ${utxo_balance}
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tx_in="${tx_in} --tx-in ${in_addr}#${idx}"
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done < balance.out
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txcnt=$(cat balance.out | wc -l)
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echo Total ADA balance: ${total_balance}
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echo Number of UTXOs: ${txcnt}
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Find the stakeAddressDeposit value.
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stakeAddressDeposit=$(cat $NODE_HOME/params.json | jq -r '.stakeAddressDeposit')
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echo stakeAddressDeposit : $stakeAddressDeposit
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Registration of a stake address certificate (stakeAddressDeposit) costs 2000000 lovelace.
Run the build-raw transaction command
The invalid-hereafter value must be greater than the current tip. In this example, we use current slot + 10000.
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cardano-cli transaction build-raw \
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${tx_in} \
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--tx-out $(cat payment.addr)+0 \
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--invalid-hereafter $(( ${currentSlot} + 10000)) \
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--fee 0 \
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--out-file tx.tmp \
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--certificate stake.cert
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Calculate the current minimum fee:
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fee=$(cardano-cli transaction calculate-min-fee \
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--tx-body-file tx.tmp \
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--tx-in-count ${txcnt} \
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--tx-out-count 1 \
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--mainnet \
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--witness-count 2 \
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--byron-witness-count 0 \
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--protocol-params-file params.json | awk '{ print $1 }')
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echo fee: $fee
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Ensure your balance is greater than cost of fee + stakeAddressDeposit or this will not work.
Calculate your change output.
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txOut=$((${total_balance}-${stakeAddressDeposit}-${fee}))
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echo Change Output: ${txOut}
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Build your transaction which will register your stake address.
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cardano-cli transaction build-raw \
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${tx_in} \
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--tx-out $(cat payment.addr)+${txOut} \
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--invalid-hereafter $(( ${currentSlot} + 10000)) \
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--fee ${fee} \
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--certificate-file stake.cert \
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--out-file tx.raw
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Sign the transaction with both the payment and stake secret keys.
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cardano-cli transaction sign \
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--tx-body-file tx.raw \
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--signing-key-file payment.skey \
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--signing-key-file stake.skey \
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--mainnet \
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--out-file tx.signed
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Send the signed transaction.
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cardano-cli transaction submit \
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--tx-file tx.signed \
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--mainnet
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📄 2. Create a delegation certificate
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Given its stake pool verification key file
node.vkey , from your stakepool should have generated (and published) a stake pool ID:1
cardano-cli stake-pool id \
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--cold-verification-key-file node.vkey \
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--output-format 'hex'
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Given the stake pool ID from your stakepool, run the following:
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cardano-cli stake-address delegation-certificate \
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--stake-verification-key-file stake.vkey \
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--stake-pool-id <stake pool ID> \
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--out-file deleg.cert
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You need to find the tip of the blockchain to set the ttl parameter properly.
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currentSlot=$(cardano-cli query tip --mainnet | jq -r '.slot')
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echo Current Slot: $currentSlot
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Find your balance and UTXOs.
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cardano-cli query utxo \
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--address $(cat payment.addr) \
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--mainnet > fullUtxo.out
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tail -n +3 fullUtxo.out | sort -k3 -nr > balance.out
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cat balance.out
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tx_in=""
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total_balance=0
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while read -r utxo; do
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in_addr=$(awk '{ print $1 }' <<< "${utxo}")
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idx=$(awk '{ print $2 }' <<< "${utxo}")
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utxo_balance=$(awk '{ print $3 }' <<< "${utxo}")
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total_balance=$((${total_balance}+${utxo_balance}))
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echo TxHash: ${in_addr}#${idx}
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echo ADA: ${utxo_balance}
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tx_in="${tx_in} --tx-in ${in_addr}#${idx}"
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done < balance.out
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txcnt=$(cat balance.out | wc -l)
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echo Total ADA balance: ${total_balance}
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echo Number of UTXOs: ${txcnt}
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Run the build-raw transaction command.
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cardano-cli transaction build-raw \
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${tx_in} \
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--tx-out $(cat payment.addr)+${total_balance} \
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--invalid-hereafter $(( ${currentSlot} + 10000)) \
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--fee 0 \
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--certificate-file deleg.cert \
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--out-file tx.tmp
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Calculate the minimum fee:
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fee=$(cardano-cli transaction calculate-min-fee \
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--tx-body-file tx.tmp \
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--tx-in-count ${txcnt} \
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--tx-out-count 1 \
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--mainnet \
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--witness-count 2 \
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--byron-witness-count 0 \
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--protocol-params-file params.json | awk '{ print $1 }')
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echo fee: $fee
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Calculate your change output.
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txOut=$((${total_balance}-${fee}))
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echo txOut: ${txOut}
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Build the transaction.
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cardano-cli transaction build-raw \
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${tx_in} \
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--tx-out $(cat payment.addr)+${txOut} \
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--invalid-hereafter $(( ${currentSlot} + 10000)) \
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--fee ${fee} \
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--certificate-file deleg.cert \
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--out-file tx.raw
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Sign the transaction.
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cardano-cli transaction sign \
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--tx-body-file tx.raw \
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--signing-key-file payment.skey \
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--signing-key-file stake.skey \
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--mainnet \
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--out-file tx.signed
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Send the transaction.
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cardano-cli transaction submit \
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--tx-file tx.signed \
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--mainnet
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Congratulations! Your ADA is now successfully delegated to your chosen stakepool.
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