You can start your own master node in the Cellframe Dashboard. ## Start Master Node The following example will be done in the test network Riemann. > [!ERROR] Important > To set up a master node, you must have a public IP address. ### Certificate During the preliminary stage, you will be asked to create, upload or select existing certificate: - create a new certificate from the scratch (you have an option to choose signature type) - upload certificate from a file - select an existing certificate from the list of the certificates ### Wallet Choose a wallet. If a wallet is not available, it can be created in the Cellframe Dashboard. Refer to the full [[Dashboard Wallet|wallet manual]] if necessary. ### Fee value A price of a validator services has to be specified. All rewards, which you will earn while signing blocks, will be collected automatically. Option to collect them manually is present as well. There will be a recommended fee value, but you can choose any fee value. ### Stake value For every 1000 CELL you have staked, you will receive 1 mCELL. 10 mCELL totally is required for setting up a master node. You can choose any value of tokens to stake, but it has to be equal or more than 10000. Also don't forget about higher limits. The highest weight of a one validator in the consensus is limited by 3%. If masternode weight surpasses 3%, these extra locked mCELL will not affect consensus participation. This limit can be changed in the future. You can make a stake using the official [Cellframe Stake](https://stake.cellframe.net/) site. ### Example In this example parameters would be: ```c Select existing certificate certificateriemann.test-cert (sig type - Dilithium) Wallet - CELLWALLET Fee value - 0,05 tKEL Stake value - 10 mtKEL ``` ![[Pasted image 20241218134549.png]] Click on =="Start Master Node"== ![[Pasted image 20241107140953.png]] On the stage "Rebooting the node", the node will reboot. It will take some time for the node to load already available network chains. ![[Pasted image 20241218130658.png]] If the process is stuck at the stage "Publishing your node", just wait for the network to become fully synchronized and click on "Retry". > [!ERROR] Important > For node publishing a public IP address is required, and the port "8079" must be opened. After passing of all the stages, you will get this message. ![[Pasted image 20241218135153.png]] After master node approval, there will be two more automatic stages. Eventually, your "Master Node" tab would look like this: ![[Pasted image 20241218142359.png]]