# Run a METABENZ Validator ## Setting up a node 1. Git clone 2. Create an Account ``` chmod +x openethereum ./openethereum account new --config ./node.toml ``` Returned address like that 0x00ft39d30f0d20ff03a22ccfc30b7efbfca597c2 Copy result address to node.toml Ex: ``` ... [account] unlock = ["0x00ft39d30f0d20ff03a22ccfc30b7efbfca597c2"] password = ["password"] [mining] force_sealing = true engine_signer = "0x00ft39d30f0d20ff03a22ccfc30b7efbfca597c2" reseal_on_txs = "none" ... ``` 3. Run the authority nodes ``` ./openethereum --config ./node.toml ``` 4. Stake Stake To stake METABENZ network, all you should do is sending your METABENZ network to the METABENZ Consensus contract address over the METABENZ network from the validator address. The METABENZ Consensus contract address: 0x4dCACA64f6CAED26F8553397a99E206ef29e9D26 The easiest way to do so, is to import your private key or key-store file to your favourite wallet (for example Metamask), switch network to METABENZ and send the METABENZ network to the Consensus contract address. You can find your key-store (containing your private key) and the password for the created account in: /meta-blockchain/keys/META/UTC--xxxx /node.pwd 5. Wait for 1 cycle (approximately 48 hours). Wait until the next cycle gets started. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://metabenz.gitbook.io/metabenz/become-a-validator/getting-started.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.