# How to Delegate your SPO Wallet to a dRep UPDATED: 1/16/2025 {% hint style="danger" %} Tested with CLI version: 10.1.1.0 {% endhint %} **You have four delegation options:** 1. Delegate to a dRep (dRep ID will be needed) 2. Always Abstain: this option signals your intention not to participate in the voting process, indicating a choice to abstain from voting 3. Always No Confidence: this option signifies your lack of trust in the current constitutional committee, indicating a vote of no confidence in their decisions 4. Delegating to a script based dRep *** If you want to delegate to a dRep you will need their dRep ID: ## Step 1 - Copy dRep ID You will probably use resources like [gov.tools](https://gov.tools/) or [tempo.vote](https://tempo.vote/) to find a dRep and read about them. Once you are ready to select a dRep, you can copy the dRep ID {% hint style="info" %} ✅Make sure the dRep ID you copy is the CIP 105 one or also known as DRep ID (Legacy) {% endhint %}

In this example we copied dRep ID: ``` drep1pmy58hz70shnprfexg4z6ykfxnavtv5jdemvvl5yktydzml6wlq ``` *** ## Step 2 - Generate Vote Delegation Certificate on Air Gapped Machine ⚠️ON AIR GAPPED MACHINE With the dRep ID noted and copied move to your Air Gapped Machine. {% hint style="success" %} Please note we keep our stake keys in the $NODE\_HOME folder for this example, please change path as needed {% endhint %} Next generate the `vote-deleg.cert` running the following command Replace drep1... on the `--drep-key-hash` line with your selected dRep ID. ``` cd $NODE_HOME cardano-cli conway stake-address vote-delegation-certificate \ --stake-verification-key-file stake.vkey \ --drep-key-hash drep1pmy58hz70shnprfexg4z6ykfxnavtv5jdemvvl5yktydzml6wlq \ --out-file vote-deleg.cert ``` ⚠️Other Delegation options if you don't want to select a dRep:

Always Abstain

Run following command to delegate to Always Abstain: ``` cd $NODE_HOME cardano-cli conway stake-address vote-delegation-certificate \ --stake-verification-key-file stake.vkey \ --always-abstain \ --out-file vote-deleg.cert ``` Go to Step 3

Always No Confidence

Run following command to delegate to Always No Confidence: ``` cd $NODE_HOME cardano-cli conway stake-address vote-delegation-certificate \ --stake-verification-key-file stake.vkey \ --always-no-confidence \ --out-file vote-deleg.cert ``` Go to Step 3

Script based dRep

Run following command to delegate to Script based dRep:\ **Replace "< drep-script.id>":** ``` cd $NODE_HOME cardano-cli conway stake-address vote-delegation-certificate \ --stake-verification-key-file stake.vkey \ --drep-script-hash < drep-script.id > \ --out-file vote-deleg.cert ``` Go to Step 3

*** ## Step 3 - Copy vote-deleg.cert file to Relay Now we will take the "`vote-deleg.cert`" file and copy to a warm machine to build the transaction. In this sample we will copy all our files to `$NODE_HOME` directory. *** ## Step 4 - Find UTxO and change tx-in We will find a UTxO (preferably with only ADA) to use to submit the transaction. Assuming you have a payment.addr file, run the following command. Otherwise swap `$(cat payment.addr)` with your payment address ``` cd $NODE_HOME cardano-cli conway query utxo \ --address $(cat payment.addr) \ --mainnet ``` *** ## Step 5 - Build Transaction with the new UTxO Replace utxo on the `--tx-in` line with your selected utxo. Also if you don't have payment.addr file, swap `$(cat payment.addr)` with your payment address in the `--change-address` line ``` cd $NODE_HOME cardano-cli conway transaction build \ --mainnet \ --tx-in ec8c53495d26989a924f01d36a73f82952d4efac79b8ed534aca99fc111d9e5d#0 \ --change-address $(cat payment.addr) \ --certificate-file vote-deleg.cert \ --witness-override 2 \ --out-file tx.raw ``` *** ## Step 6 - Copy tx.raw file to Air Gapped Machine Copy your vote-tx.raw file over to you air gapped machine to sign. In this sample we will copy all our files to `$NODE_HOME` directory. *** ## Step 7 - Sign with SPO Wallet Stake and Payment Key ⚠️ON AIR GAPPED MACHINE ``` cd $NODE_HOME cardano-cli conway transaction sign \ --tx-body-file tx.raw \ --signing-key-file payment.skey \ --signing-key-file stake.skey \ --out-file tx.signed ``` *** ## Step 8 - Copy tx.signed file to Relay Copy the "tx.signed" file to a warm machine to submit the transaction. In this sample we will copy all our files to `$NODE_HOME` directory *** ## Step 9 - Submit the Transaction ``` cd $NODE_HOME cardano-cli conway transaction submit \ --tx-file tx.signed \ --mainnet ``` *** ## Step 10 - Confirm dRep Delegation Wait a few minutes for your transaction to make it on-chain. Then copy your stake address and go to [cardanoscan.io](https://cardanoscan.io/) and search it to see if your dRep delegation was registered

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