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)
Keep in mind that peaq has
18
decimals, so if you want to stake 50,000
tokens, you’ll need to enter 50000000000000000000000
.
stake: u128 (BalanceOf)
field.Submit Transaction
.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()
Confirm that your validator account is in the result
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.