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DOT Staking

To stake your dots you will need to go through the following steps

  1. Install the polkadot{.js} browser extension in your favorite browser (Chrome or Firefox)
  2. You need to create two separate account on the Polkadot blockchain in order to be able to stake your DOTs.
    1. Click the icon of the Polkadot extension and create a first account on the Polkadot blockchain. This will usually be referred to the «stash» account. Make sure you write down or store the key phrase for this account in a safe place.
    2. Now create a second account on the Polkadot blockchain. This will usually be referred to as the controller account. Again, make sure you write down or store the key phrase for this account in a safe place.
  3. Send the DOTs you would like to stake to the stash account. Use the 48 character account address shown in the Polkadot extension.
  4. Open the Polkadot blockchain interaction page at https://polkadot.js.org/apps/#/accounts. You will be asked to give the website access to your Polkadot extension. You need to allow this in order be able to stake your DOTs.