Register Your Account

$ADDRESS represents a vote signer for a ReleaseGold contract or standard account address. If your account is already registered, skip to step 2.

1. Register Your Account

• Execute this command on the Celo CLI
  celocli account:register --from $ADDRESS

If your CELO is held in a ReleaseGold contract...

2. Lock CELO GOLD

• Ensure you have access to the beneficiary address on the contract.
• Execute this command on the Celo CLI
  celocli releasegold:locked-gold \
--contract $CELO_RG_ADDRESS \
--action lock \
--value $VALUE

3. Vote for the Validator Group*

*$ADDRESS represents a vote signer for a ReleaseGold contract. You will need to use a Vote Signing Key.

• Create and authorize a Vote Signing Key using the process detailed here.
• Cast your votes with this command on the Celo CLI
  celocli election:vote \
--from $ADDRESS \
--for $CELO_VALIDATOR_GROUP_ADDRESS \
--value $VALUE

4. Activate Your Votes

• After one epoch passes (up to 24hrs) activate your votes with this command on the Celo CLI
  celocli election:activate --from $ADDRESS

5. View your Votes

• Execute this command on the Celo CLI
  celocli election:show $ADDRESS --voter

If your CELO is in a standard account

2. Lock Celo GOLD

• Execute this command on the Celo CLI
  celocli lockedgold:lock --from $ADDRESS --value $VALUE

3. Vote for the Validator Group*

*$ADDRESS represents a vote signer for a standard account address.

• Cast your votes with this command on the Celo CLI
  celocli election:vote \
--from $ADDRESS \
--for $CELO_VALIDATOR_GROUP_ADDRESS \
--value $VALUE

4. Activate Your Votes

• After one epoch passes (up to 24hrs) activate your votes with this command on the Celo CLI
  celocli election:activate --from $ADDRESS

5. View Your Votes

• Execute this command on the Celo CLI
  celocli election:show $ADDRESS --voter