Validator Node Guides

A directory of guides to setting up and maintaining your Plian Validator Node.

Guide	Outline
Setting up a Validator Node	How to configure a server for use as a Validator Node
Registering Your Validator Node	How to submit your registration as a Validator Node
Submitting Your Vote as Validator	How to generate and submit your vote into the validator pool
Removing Your Node From the Candidate List	How to cancel your delegation or remove yourself as Validator Node Candidate
Alternate Installation Instructions	How to install Plian software from source or by PPA
Plian Javascript Console	Use these docs to use and maintain your Validator Node

The general process for becoming a Plian validator is:

1. Prepare your node

   1. Install software

   2. Sync with the network

   3. Generate or import PI address

   4. Generate BLS consensus keys

2. Register your node

   1. Apply as a candidate if you want to open your node to delegations

3. Vote with your staked or delegated PI

   1. Prepare and send vote transaction

   2. Prepare and send vote reveal transaction