1. IMPORT YOUR STASH*

*If you have already imported your Kusama stash to the Polkadot UI, skip to step 2.

1. Install the Polkadot.js extension
2. Click the extension icon in your browser
3. Click I have a pre-existing seed, import the account
4. Enter your mnemonic seed
5. Name the account
6. Create a password & verify
7. Click Add the account with the supplied seed

2. IMPORT OR CREATE YOUR CONTROLLER*

* You can use your stash as your controller, however, for security reasons, we recommend you create a separate controller address. If you are importing an existing controller account, repeat step 1 with your controller mnemonic.

1. Open the Polkadot.js extension
2. Click +
3. Click Create New Account
4. Enter the password for your stash account
5. Click Create derived account
6. Name the controller account
7. Create a password & verify
8. Click Create derived account
9. Save your seed in a safe place

3. TRANSFER KSM TO YOUR CONTROLLER*

*If your controller already has funds in it, skip to step 4.

1. Go to Polkadot UI
2. Click TRANSFER in the left-hand navigation
3. Select your stash as the send from account
4. Select your controller as the send to address
5. Enter the amount you want to transfer. Your controller will need to have nominal funds (5-10 KSM) to not be reaped and pay for transaction fees
6. Click Make Transfer
7. Click Sign and Submit
8. Enter your stash password in the pop up
9. Click Sign the transaction

4. BOND YOUR KSM and NOMINATE BISON TRAILS’ VALIDATORS

1. Go to Polkadot UI
2. Click STAKING in the left-hand navigation
3. Select the ACCOUNT ACTIONS tab at the top of the screen
4. Select + NOMINATOR at the top right of the screen
5. In the modal, select your stash account and, if applicable, controller account
6. Your controller will need to have nominal funds (5-10 KSM) to not be reaped and pay for transaction fees
7. In the value bonded field, input the amount of KSM you’d like to bond
8. If you’d like to bond all of your KSM, leave 5-10 KSM in your stash account for transaction fees
9. Select your preferred payment destination:
   → Select Stash account (increase the amount at stake) to compound your rewards on your Stash account (most common), or
   → Select Stash account (do not increase the amount at stake) to leave your rewards un-bonded and spendable in your Stash account
10. Click NEXT
11. Disable autoselect to enable searching for nominators
12. Search for and select the Bison Trails validators, BisonTrails and BisonTrails2. Selecting all nodes will distribute stake among them evenly.
13. Click Bond & Nominate
14. Click Sign and Submit
15. Enter your stash password in the pop up
16. Click Sign the transaction
17. Wait for the Transaction Success banner to pop up. This process can take a while if the network is behind.

Congratulations! You are now nominating the Bison Trails validators.