Stake Address Registration

It is now time to register our stake address.

Create the registration certificate using your wallet1 stake.vkey.

cd ~/preprodnet/pool

cardano-cli stake-address registration-certificate \
--stake-verification-key-file ~/preprodnet/wallets/wallet1/stake.vkey \
--out-file registration.cert

Now let's use the simplified "transaction build" command in cardano-cli.

Here we are building a transaction using a UTxO from wallet1 to fund this transaction.

cardano-cli transaction build \
--testnet-magic 1 \
--witness-override 2 \
--tx-in <your utxo hash>#<txix> \
--change-address $(cat ~/preprodnet/wallets/wallet1/payment.addr) \
--certificate-file ~/preprodnet/pool/registration.cert \
--out-file ~/preprodnet/tx/sartx.raw

You'll notice that unlike the transaction build-raw command, the transaction build command automatically calculates the tx fee.

Sign the raw transaction with your wallet1 payment and stake keys.

cardano-cli transaction sign \
--tx-body-file ~/preprodnet/tx/sartx.raw \
--signing-key-file ~/preprodnet/wallets/wallet1/payment.skey \
--signing-key-file ~/preprodnet/wallets/wallet1/stake.skey \
--testnet-magic 1 \
--out-file ~/preprodnet/tx/sartx.signed

Now submit the transaction.

cardano-cli transaction submit \
--testnet-magic 1 \
--tx-file ~/preprodnet/tx/sartx.signed

If all was done correctly you have succssfully registered your stake address and are just about ready to register the pool itself!