🧮 How to Participate as a Validator

Validators ensure transparent and accurate evaluation of miner contributions.

This page outlines all required steps from staking → data fetching → weight submission.

🛡️ Validator Installation & Connection Process

Full Workflow

flowchart TD
  A[Create Bittensor Wallet] --> B[Stake TAO]
  B --> C[Register as Validator]
  C --> D[Configure .env.validator]
  D --> E[Start Validator Node]
  E --> F[Participate in Scoring & Reward Distribution]

🔧 Example Validator Run Command

python dogelayer/validator/braiins.py run \\
  --wallet.name <YOUR_WALLET_NAME> \\
  --wallet.hotkey <YOUR_HOTKEY_NAME> \\
  --netuid 14 \\
  --subtensor.network finney \\
  --logging.info

Validator Requirements

To run a DogeLayer validator, you will need:

• A Bittensor wallet with coldkey and hotkey
• Subnet proxy credentials (provided by subnet maintainers)
• Sufficient TAO stake (minimum ~0.5 TAO, recommended 5-10 TAO)
• Python 3.9 or higher environment
• The most recent release of Bittensor SDK
• Docker & Docker Compose (for containerized deployment)

Related Bittensor Documentation:

• Wallets, Coldkeys and Hotkeys in Bittensor