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Request to Join a Validator Pool

Go to the polkadot.js portal, open the Developer tab, and click Extrinsics. There, you’ll need to submit the extrinsic: Developer → Extrinsic → parachainStaking → joinCandidates(stake)
The min stake amount for the validator is 50,000 $PEAQ.
 validator-5 Keep in mind that peaq has 18 decimals, so if you want to stake 50,000 tokens, you’ll need to enter 50000000000000000000000.
  1. Enter your stake into the stake: u128 (BalanceOf) field.
  2. Click Submit Transaction.

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Check if You Are in the Active Set of Validators

Open the Developer tab, and click Chain state. There, you will be able to check whether your stake was big enough to get a set in the active set of validators (top 42 validators by total stake). Developer → Chain state → Storage → parachainStaking → topCandidates() validator-6 Confirm that your validator account is in the result

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Confirm that Your Validator Node is Authoring Blocks

Wait for two sessions (2400 blocks or ~4hrs) to see whether your node starts authoring blocks. You can verify it by going to the peaq block explorer and checking that your address started getting validator rewards.