Network Maintainers
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Welcome to the network maintainers section of the Polkadot wiki. Here you will find information and guides to set up a node and run the network.
- A list of the available Polkadot networks that you can connect to with a node.
- Get up and started by syncing a full node for the Kusama network. The steps in the guide will broadly apply also to any Substrate-based network (like Polkadot).
- Set up a Secure WebSockets server for your node's WebSockets connection.
- High level overview of collators and related links.
- High level overview of nominators and related links.
- Walkthrough on how to nominate on the Polkadot network.
- Walkthrough on how to nominate on the Kusama canary network.
- Guide on how to stop nominating.
- High level overview of validator and related links.
- Overview on how validator rewards are calculated and paid.
- Walkthrough on how to validate on the Polkadot network.
- Walkthrough on how to validate on the Kusama canary network.
- Configuring systemmd with the Validator node.
- Best tips and practices for validating.
- Walkthrough on how to set up a validator securely.
- Guide on upgrading your validator node.
- Walkthrough on how to chill as a validator.
- Proper way to stop validating.
- Walkthrough on how to participate in governance.
- Step by step guide for running for the Council.
- Step by step guide for voting for your favorite councillors.