Becoming a Starknet validator guide overview

Welcome to the official guide for becoming Starknet validator! ✅

While Starknet is currently still centralized, it is gradually moving towards employing a staking protocol, handing over the responsibilities of producing, attesting, and proving blocks to validators.

To learn more about Starknet’s staking protocol, see Protocol.

This guide will walk you though all the steps necessary to for becoming a Starknet validator, including:

Setting up your environment
Staking your STRK tokens
Running your Starknet full node
Recommended next steps as a Starknet validator

Ready? Let’s go! 🏁