Visit the Staking Portal:
Open your browser and navigate to staking.argoscan.net.
Navigate to the Staking Tab:
Click on the "Staking" tab in the menu.
Choose Your Wallet and Amount:
Select your wallet from the dropdown menu.
Enter the amount of AGC you wish to stake.
Sign and Submit:
Click "Sign and Submit" to initiate the staking transaction.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the staking process.
On the staking page, find your address and click on "Session Keys".
Open a terminal or command prompt.
Run the following command to generate a session key:
This will produce an output that appears similar to this:
Copy the number starting with 0x and in this example that would be
which was generated by the RPC call you made to you node.
Go back to the "Session Keys" popup on the explorer.
Paste the copied number into the provided field.
Click "Sign and Submit" to save the session keys.
After setting the session keys, the "Session Keys" button will change to "Validate".
Click "Validate".
Follow the on-screen instructions to sign and submit the validation transaction.
Open your browser and navigate to explorer.argoscan.net.
Go to the "Staking" page.
Select "Own Accounts" from the dropdown menu.
Then select "Waiting" to see your staked address and amount.
Your account will be placed into the waiting queue for the next era.
Each era lasts for one hour.
After the next era, your account will be added to the active validators and begin earning rewards.