Compete to win a Validator quota

1. Navigate to the "Compete to win a Validator quota" menu

If you're running from source code, please execute "yarn start-commander" to run the client.

yarn start-commander

If you're running with Docker, please use the following commands to run it in interactive mode (assume the name of the container is "commander")

docker rm commander
docker run -it --name commander -v $HOME/.exsat/:/app/.exsat -e CLIENT_TYPE=commander exsatnetwork/exsat-client:latest

Then you can perform the "Compete to win a Validator quota" action by choose :

Validator -> Compete to win a Validator quota

2. Execute "Compete to win a Validator quota"

When selecting "Compete for a Validator Quota," you may encounter the following scenarios:

1. If quotas are available, you will see a message: "Please confirm to participate in the competition." Press "Enter" to confirm.

   • The system will then attempt to call the Compete Contract for a validator quota. If successful, you’ll receive a congratulatory message as below. If unsuccessful, refer to scenario 2.

     
2. If no quotas are available, the message will state: "All quotas have been claimed. Please wait for the next round." Press "Enter" to exit, and wait for the next competition round to try again.

   

If you successfully obtain a validator quota, you can become a Validator and participate in exSat consensus by keeping your client running. If you do not receive a quota, you can wait for the bridge to go live, bridge BTC to exSat, and complete the staking process to become a Validator.