Cold staking setup

Getting the public key from a staking Pool couldn’t be easier. Visit our list of available Staking Pools, pick one that you like and visit it’s homepage. Right at the top, you’ll see the public key for staking (or “Pool address” on some pools).

Note Pool public keys begin with pcs and usually look similar to this:

pcs14ch7w7ue2q8kadljsl42wehfw8tm99yxsez4kz

If you haven’t set up your DSD yet, follow Staking on DSD with Partyman guide to install latest Particl Core daemon on your device, generate a new wallet and a new staking public key along with it.

Note Public keys generated by Partyman begin with PPART and usually look similar to this:

PPARTKVAobLsHTQpZ5LzFHcZw8LD4sEEVu23mcuAqCjDaaNJgypRmUUpFKMxbmn1hZ5V2J9SaG1QusCrngC9iiBAA8LvxVRx9aLBPjGeY4PtrxzW

1. Open Particl Desktop
2. On Overview page, locate the Cold Staking widget (in right sidebar) and click on the + button in it
3. Paste the staking public key/pool address (that you saved before)
4. Click Enable cold staking button to confirm

1. Open Particl Core
2. Go to Window → Staking Setup
3. Paste the staking public key/pool address (that you saved before) into the Cold staking change address field and click Apply

1. Open Particl Electrum
2. Enter the cold staking change address (a pool’s public address, for example) you want to stake to in the Tools/Preferences/ColdStaking menu
3. Enable Coin Control by opening the View tab and clicking on Show Coins
4. Open the Coins page by clicking on the Coins tab that should now show up on your client
5. Select all the outputs you want to cold stake, right-click on them, and then click on Spend
6. Open the Receive page and create a new regular address
7. Copy the address that was just created in your clipboard; we’ll use it to enable cold staking
8. In the Send page, paste the address you’ve just copied and put a dust figure like (e.g., 0.1) in the Amount text field
9. Before sending the transaction, make sure that Electrum tells you that “coin control is active” with the correct number of outputs at the bottom of your screen
10. Click on “Pay…” to initiate the payment. A confirmation window should now appear. Ensure that the information is correct, and then click on Send
11. You can confirm that cold staking has been successfully activated by going in the Coins page once again. You should see a new output represented by a 256bit address that should be equal to the sum of the value of the outputs you’ve selected for staking, minus the change and network fees
12. You can further confirm that the staking pool has detected it by copying this new 256-bit address in your keyboard and going to the following link: https://IP_ADDRESS_OR_URL_OF_THE_POOL/api/json/address/YOUR_256_BIT_ADDRESS_HERE. Here’s an example of how it may look with the proper information added: https://coldstakingpool.com/api/json/address/2voNrBmH275emiEX95na1eFBJemWg9fkDPJLIJxxWdR9c6Qi7x6. If your outputs have been detected by the pool, your browser should display the correct number of satoshis currently cold staking in the pool
13. Once that output matures (255 blocks), any stakes made by the pool will accumulate in that address in proportion to your balance relative to the total amount of coins staking in the pool
14. Note that if you move that output (256-bit address), the spending address will change and will start accumulating from zero again
15. If you want to increase your privacy while staking, you can indicate to Particl Electrum a list of change addresses in the Tools/Preferences/ColdStaking menu. Now, any change will automatically go to a randomly selected spend address from your list

1. Open Particl Copay
2. Select your wallet from overview
3. Click on Staking tab/icon in the bottom navigation
4. You should see a “Wallet not staking yet” screen – click on the Setup Cold Staking button
5. Paste the staking public key/pool address (that you saved before) into the Staking key (Pool address or Node public key) field; you can optionally also label the key so you know where are you staking (e.g. “Pool XYZ” or “My Raspberry Pi”) and confirm by clicking Enable Cold Staking button

Again, zapping coins is very easy and straightforward in Particl Desktop:

1. Click on the Zap button on the cold staking widget
2. Click on Zap to 100% to initiate the “zapping” process

You should now see a new transaction in your History, which automatically moved your coins to the Staking Node.

In Particl Core, we need to enable Coin Control first:

1. Settings → Options…
2. In the Wallet tab, check “Enable coin control features”
3. Confirm by clicking OK

Then generate a new Receiving address:

1. In Receive tab → click Request payment
2. Copy the generated address into your clipboard

Send some small amount to your newly generated address using all available inputs

1. In Send tab → under Coin Control Features click on Inputs…
2. Check all available inputs (you can click the (un)select all button) and confirm with OK
3. Copy your previously generated receiving address to the Pay to field (like if you would pay yourself)
4. Set the transaction amount to some small value (like 0.001 PART)
5. Click Send

This will send all but those 0.001 PART to the connected Staking Node.

1. Open Particl Copay
2. Select your wallet from overview
3. Click on Staking tab/icon in the bottom navigation
4. You should see a “Wallet is staking” screen → click the Zap button
5. New window appears, confirm the action by clicking on Zap again
6. Confirm the transaction fee for zapping → Proceed
7. Enter your password/fingerprint for sending transactions

The zap transaction is now being sent and your coins are successfully on Staking Node.