From c0e44b624e20d81e001f313a51de20251d6eb46a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "mergify[bot]" <37929162+mergify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 03:01:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: Set realistic stake warm-up expectations for validators (#12436) (cherry picked from commit 215bbe85d8e5747f3d10e199d51ce967d5aa86df) Co-authored-by: Trent Nelson --- docs/src/running-validator/validator-stake.md | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/src/running-validator/validator-stake.md b/docs/src/running-validator/validator-stake.md index 5f27c9dde9..bc5028e342 100644 --- a/docs/src/running-validator/validator-stake.md +++ b/docs/src/running-validator/validator-stake.md @@ -78,10 +78,11 @@ Learn more about [transaction fees here](../implemented-proposals/transaction-fe ## Validator Stake Warm-up -Stakes need to warm up, and warmup increments are applied at Epoch boundaries, -so it can take an hour or more for stake to come fully online. +To combat various attacks on consensus, new stake delegations are subject to +a [warm-up](/staking/stake-accounts#delegation-warmup-and-cooldown) +period. -To monitor your validator during its warmup period: +Monitor a validator's stake during warmup by: - View your vote account:`solana vote-account ~/vote-account-keypair.json` This displays the current state of all the votes the validator has submitted to the network. - View your stake account, the delegation preference and details of your stake:`solana stake-account ~/validator-stake-keypair.json`