Important Reminder Any changes made in this section take effect in two epochs. A common mistake is lowering the pledge amount and removing funds too soon. This results in zero rewards as the current live pledge amount is no longer met.
First, generate the protocol-parameters.
block producer node
Copy cardano-cli query protocol-parameters \
--mainnet \
--out-file $NODE_HOME/params.json
If you're changing your poolMetaData.json, remember to calculate the hash of your metadata file and re-upload the updated poolMetaData.json file. For more details, refer to the section .
block producer node
Copy cardano-cli stake-pool metadata-hash --pool-metadata-file poolMetaData.json > poolMetaDataHash.txt
If you changed your poolMetaData.json, copy poolMetaDataHash.txt to your cold environment.
Update the below registration-certificate transaction with your desired stake pool settings.
If you have multiple relay nodes , then .
metadata-url must be no longer than 64 characters.
air-gapped offline machine
Copy cardano-cli stake-pool registration-certificate \
--cold-verification-key-file $HOME/cold-keys/node.vkey \
--vrf-verification-key-file vrf.vkey \
--pool-pledge 1000000000 \
--pool-cost 170000000 \
--pool-margin 0.20 \
--pool-reward-account-verification-key-file stake.vkey \
--pool-owner-stake-verification-key-file stake.vkey \
--mainnet \
--single-host-pool-relay <dns based relay, example ~ relaynode1.myadapoolnamerocks.com> \
--pool-relay-port 6000 \
--metadata-url <url where you uploaded poolMetaData.json> \
--metadata-hash $(cat poolMetaDataHash.txt) \
--out-file pool.cert
minPoolCost is 170000000 lovelace or 170 ADA. Therefore, your --pool-cost
must be at a minimum this amount.
Copy pool.cert to your hot environment.
Pledge stake to your stake pool.
air-gapped offline machine
Copy cardano-cli stake-address delegation-certificate \
--stake-verification-key-file stake.vkey \
--cold-verification-key-file $HOME/cold-keys/node.vkey \
--out-file deleg.cert
Copy deleg.cert to your hot environment.
You need to find the tip of the blockchain to set the invalid-hereafter parameter properly.
block producer node
Copy currentSlot=$(cardano-cli query tip --mainnet | jq -r '.slot')
echo Current Slot: $currentSlot
Find your balance and UTXOs .
block producer node
Copy cardano-cli query utxo \
--address $(cat payment.addr) \
--mainnet > fullUtxo.out
tail -n +3 fullUtxo.out | sort -k3 -nr > balance.out
cat balance.out
tx_in=""
total_balance=0
while read -r utxo; do
type=$(awk '{ print $6 }' <<< "${utxo}")
if [[ ${type} == 'TxOutDatumNone' ]]
then
in_addr=$(awk '{ print $1 }' <<< "${utxo}")
idx=$(awk '{ print $2 }' <<< "${utxo}")
utxo_balance=$(awk '{ print $3 }' <<< "${utxo}")
total_balance=$((${total_balance}+${utxo_balance}))
echo TxHash: ${in_addr}#${idx}
echo ADA: ${utxo_balance}
tx_in="${tx_in} --tx-in ${in_addr}#${idx}"
fi
done < balance.out
txcnt=$(cat balance.out | wc -l)
echo Total available ADA balance: ${total_balance}
echo Number of UTXOs: ${txcnt}
Run the build-raw transaction command.
block producer node
Copy cardano-cli transaction build-raw \
${tx_in} \
--tx-out $(cat payment.addr)+${total_balance} \
--invalid-hereafter $((${currentSlot}+10000)) \
--fee 0 \
--certificate-file pool.cert \
--certificate-file deleg.cert \
--out-file tx.tmp
Calculate the minimum fee:
block producer node
Copy fee=$(cardano-cli transaction calculate-min-fee \
--tx-body-file tx.tmp \
--tx-in-count ${txcnt} \
--tx-out-count 1 \
--mainnet \
--witness-count 3 \
--byron-witness-count 0 \
--protocol-params-file params.json | awk '{ print $1 }')
echo fee: $fee
Calculate your change output.
block producer node
Copy txOut=$((${total_balance}-${fee}))
echo txOut: ${txOut}
Build the transaction.
block producer node
Copy cardano-cli transaction build-raw \
${tx_in} \
--tx-out $(cat payment.addr)+${txOut} \
--invalid-hereafter $((${currentSlot}+10000)) \
--fee ${fee} \
--certificate-file pool.cert \
--certificate-file deleg.cert \
--out-file tx.raw
Copy tx.raw to your cold environment.
Sign the transaction.
air-gapped offline machine
Copy cardano-cli transaction sign \
--tx-body-file tx.raw \
--signing-key-file payment.skey \
--signing-key-file $HOME/cold-keys/node.skey \
--signing-key-file stake.skey \
--mainnet \
--out-file tx.signed
Copy tx.signed to your hot environment.
Send the transaction.
block producer node
Copy cardano-cli transaction submit \
--tx-file tx.signed \
--mainnet
Changes take effect in two epochs. After the next epoch transition, verify that your pool settings are correct.
block producer node
Copy cardano-cli query ledger-state --mainnet > ledger-state.json
jq -r '.esLState._delegationState._pstate._pParams."'"$(cat stakepoolid.txt)"'" // empty' ledger-state.json