📂Delegator Guide
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This guide tells you how to delegate stake in Proof-of-Liquidity. Make sure to also check out the Proof-of-Liquidity FAQ. To learn more about being a collator, visit the Collator Guide.
This is a third-party tool. Use at your discretion.
Connect your wallet
Select "Kusama Native - Mangata" from the drop down on the up-right corner
Select the kind of stake you are interested in the dropdown
Select the "Staking" tab
Toggle the balance you want to stake with
Click on "Select a collator to delegate..." and select a collator
Enter the amount you want to delegate and click "Delegate"
Sign the transaction in your wallet
Visit Developer→Chain State
Select parachainStaking.candidateState
Deselect “include option”
Click on the “+” icon
You will see a list of all candidates:
Node operators determine the kind of liquidity to be deployed on their candidates. As a user, it is your responsibility to identify a suitable candidate for the specific type of liquidity you intend to stake. The 'liquidity token' section in the previous query reveals the permitted tokens for potential candidates. To better understand which candidates allow the type of liquidity you wish to stake, please refer to our guide on How to look up Token IDs
Visit Developer→Chain State
Select parachainStaking.selectedCandidates
Click the “+” Icon
To delegate tokens, you will need to find candidates that have the same liquidity configured that you want to delegate. You will need to note down the number of existing delegators for your candidate and then join as the next delegator.
First, look up the token ID of the liquidity you want to stake: How to look up Token IDs
Now, check how much balance you have available to stake: How to check your LP token balance
Write down those numbers
Visit Developer→Chain State
Select parachainStaking.candidateState
Enter the account you are interested in
Click the “+” Icon
Note down: Count the number of delegators
Make sure the liquidityToken matches the token ID of the LP tokens you want to stake
Visit Developer→Extrinsics
Select parachainStaking.delegate
Enter the following values
collator: the candidate you want to delegate to
amount: the amount of LP tokens you want to stake
candidateDelegationCount: the number you wrote down in step 2
delegationCount: the number you wrote down in step 3
