Gateway Staking Config

This document describes the configuration file used by the Gateway actor to submit a stake transaction, which is a prerequisite for it to proxy relays on behalf of Applications.

You can find a fully featured example configuration at: https://github.com/pokt-network/poktroll/tree/main/localnet/pocketd/config/gateway1_stake_config.yaml

Gov Param References & Values

• Gateway module governance params can be found here: https://dev.poktroll.com/protocol/governance/gov_params

• Gateway module Beta parameter values can be found here: https://github.com/pokt-network/poktroll/blob/main/tools/scripts/params/bulk_params_beta/gateway_params.json

• Gateway module Main parameter values can be found here: https://github.com/pokt-network/poktroll/blob/main/tools/scripts/params/bulk_params_main/gateway_params.json

Usage

The stake-gateway transaction submission command accepts a --config flag that points to a yaml configuration file that defines the stake_amount the Gateway is willing to lock.

CLI

pocketd tx gateway stake-gateway \
  --home=./pocket \
  --config ./stake_config.yaml \
  --keyring-backend test \
  --from gateway1 \
  --network=<network> #e.g. local, alpha, beta, main

Configuration

The configuration file consists of the stake_amount entry denominated in upokt.

stake_amount (Required)

stake_config.yaml

stake_amount: <number>upokt

Defines the amount of upokt to stake by the Gateway to be able to serve RelayRequests on the Pocket network on behalf of Applications.