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====== Regenerating The Minting Key ====== | ====== Regenerating The Minting Key ====== | ||
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- | **Please note:** this guide is for level 1+ accounts who have minted previously and need to regenerate their minting key to add to Node Management. If you have not been sponsored or haven’t minted yet, go to the [[Becoming A Minter]] page. | ||
- | 1. Open the UI. | + | **Please note: You can only actually create your minting (Rewardshare) key ONCE. Regenerating |
- | 2. Click on the Node Management Section on the left navigation column. | ||
- | 3. You will see a section on the main panel called “Node' | ||
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- | 4. Click on the section called | + | The Start Minting button can be found in the Overview Page in a new tab: |
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+ | You should then see that you're minting next to the block height in the UI Sidebar Menu and also in the Overview Page. | ||
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+ | ===== Manual Process of Regenerating and Assigning Your Own Reward Share Key ===== | ||
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+ | This is the manual process for recreating your own minting key for yourself - the process further down the page is the older version and is still possible using '+ CREATE REWARDSHARE' | ||
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+ | 1. Open a new tab and select Reward Share. | ||
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+ | 2. Click '+ OWN REWARDSHARE' | ||
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+ | 4. Copy the Rewardshare/ | ||
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+ | 5. Click ' | ||
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+ | 6. Open a new tab, go to Node Management. | ||
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+ | 7. Click 'ADD MINTING ACCOUNT': | ||
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+ | 8. Paste the key you copied in step 4 into the field in the pop-up window: | ||
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+ | 9. Click ' | ||
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+ | 10. When this is confirmed | ||
+ | a) (Minting) next to Block Height in Sidebar Menu. | ||
+ | b) Minting status will show in Overview page (in a new tab). | ||
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+ | ===== Original Process of Regenerating The Minting Key ===== | ||
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+ | **Please note:** this is the original process which is still possible. This guide is for level 1+ accounts who have minted previously and need to regenerate their minting key to add to Node Management (meaning you already have generated your own reward share key in the past after reaching level 1). If you have not been sponsored or haven’t minted yet after reaching level 1, go to the [[Becoming A Minter]] page. | ||
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+ | 1. Open the UI. | ||
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+ | 2. Click on ‘REWARD SHARE’ on the left navigation column: | ||
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- | 5. Click the settings toggle at the top right of the UI, and copy your public key (not your address). | + | 3. Click the settings toggle at the top right of the UI, and copy your public key (not your address). |
- | 6. Click ‘Create New Reward Share’ right underneath the settings Toggle at the top right of the UI: | + | 4. Click ‘CREATE REWARD SHARE’ right underneath the settings Toggle at the top right of the UI: |
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- | 7. Paste your public key into the box that comes up, do not change anything else, click ‘add’: | + | 5. Paste your public key into the box that comes up, do not change anything else, click ‘add’: |
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- | 8. A new window will pop up with a new key, right click on it and copy that key before completing this step. This is your minting key (as seen in first image below). Click ' | + | 6. A new window will pop up with a new key, right click on it and copy that key before completing this step. This is your minting key (as seen in first image below). Click ' |
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- | 9. Then click on 'Node Management' | + | 7. Then click on 'Node Management' |
- | 10. Click ‘ADD MINTING ACCOUNT’: | + | 8. Click ‘ADD MINTING ACCOUNT’: |
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- | 11. Right-click to paste the key - you can also paste by ' | + | 9. Right-click to paste the key - you can also paste by ' |
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+ | Here is a single image guide for the steps above: | ||
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