Consensus Validator Node
This guide provides an overview of the technical setup and stake requirements to become a validator on the consensus layer of the Smart AI Network.
About Smart AI Network
Smart AI Network's consensus Layer is a decentralised set of validator nodes that maintain a proof-of-stake blockchain.
Hence, it needs a set of distributed node operators that run different nodes (including validator nodes).
Technical setup
Make sure your system meets the Hardware prerequisites and has Smart AI Node installed.
Then proceed by following the Run a Validator Node guide to:
Create your entity.
Initialize and configure your node.
Put enough stake in your escrow account.
Register your entity on the network.
Stake requirements
To become a validator on the Smart AI Network, you need to have enough tokens staked in your escrow account.
Currently, you should have:
100 SMART staked for your entity's registration since that is the current entity's staking threshold.
100 SMART staked for your validator node's registration since that is the current validator node's staking threshold.
Enough SMART staked to be in the top 120 entities (by stake) so your validator will be elected into the consensus committee.
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