# Turing Staking Guide

## Step 1 - Account

Follow the link to [Turing Accounts Page](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.turing.oak.tech#/accounts), it assumes you have [Polkadot.js extension](https://polkadot.js.org/extension/) installed and account having TUR tokens configured. Please click on the images to zoom.

![account page](https://3282887039-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJhkuXNZFKT0RXjh9M4l1%2Fuploads%2FdeKp5qeS1u67tt4FPbxQ%2Faccounts_page.jpg?alt=media\&token=d25f7a02-a80f-437d-a157-f38b6f1d9fc3)

## Step 2 - Developer -> Extrinsics

Next, on the top menu, click on Developer -> Extrinsics, or [follow this link](https://polkadot.js.org/apps/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Frpc.turing.oak.tech#/extrinsics)

![Staking Step](https://3282887039-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJhkuXNZFKT0RXjh9M4l1%2Fuploads%2FiBlGaymGGBLpVG8B6LRT%2Fstaking_step.jpg?alt=media\&token=1b9d4a68-c242-4dba-839e-a902ed175891)

1. Select the account with TUR balance (if you have just one account it will be automatically selected)
2. In `submit the following extrinsic` find and select `parachainStaking`from the dropdown
3. In next dropdown find and select *`delegate(candidate, amount, candidateDelegationCount, delegationCount)`*
4. In `candidate: AccountId32` input the Collator address with whom you want to stake, you can find the collators on <https://staketur.com/> click the copy icon next to their address\ <mark style="color:blue;">Tip: You can stake with pathrocknetwork with following address:</mark> <mark style="color:blue;"></mark><mark style="color:blue;">`6BkqEuMXuNYzssdPQYpo4eVbcA2756RdfBHbSAvgj5FFZx71`</mark>\
   ![](https://3282887039-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJhkuXNZFKT0RXjh9M4l1%2Fuploads%2FIzkfmPMXD3lyEdjIzwxa%2Fpathrock-collator-address.jpg?alt=media\&token=b8b752ec-f916-4876-ba65-48365e9d4d83)
5. In `amount: u128 (BalanceOf)` field input the TUR amount, the amount should be multiplied by 10000000000.\
   for example if you want to stake 50 TUR the amount to input will be: `50 * 10000000000 = 500000000000`\ <mark style="color:blue;">Please remember the minimum amount to stake is 50 TUR</mark>
6. In `candidateDelegationCount: u32` field, go to <https://staketur.com/> and note down the value in your position / Delegations column (you should take the value of Delegation which is in 2nd row) as shown in the image below, <mark style="color:blue;">please note that this value can change, so always refresh the page and get the latest value before submitting the transaction</mark>\
   ![](https://3282887039-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FJhkuXNZFKT0RXjh9M4l1%2Fuploads%2FxqSoKFGyMeDJTA6h1wyi%2Fdelegationcount.jpg?alt=media\&token=c2b413f1-bd16-4cc0-bd48-aa4af0abd1b6)
7. The `delegationCount: u32` the field represents your previous delegations, if you are delegating for the first time then leave it as 0, in case of 2nd delegation, input 1... and so on...
8. Finally, press 'Submit Transaction' button and sign the transaction with Polkadot.js wallet extension, in a few seconds the transaction should be thorugh and you should see a confirmation message and the top right of the screen

## Step 3 - Confirmation

You can head over to the [following link](https://turing.stg.subscan.io/) and input your TUR wallet address, at bottom you can see Extrinsics with Action: [parachainstaking (delegate)](https://turing.stg.subscan.io/extrinsic?module=parachainstaking\&call=delegate) and Result column with a green tick mark. Congratulation you have successfully staked your TUR tokens.<br>

{% hint style="success" %}
At the time of writing, the <mark style="color:blue;">pathrocknetwork</mark> is the best performing collator with the highest apr.  \
To learn more about <mark style="color:blue;">pathrocknetwork</mark> please visit us at <https://pathrocknetwork.org/>
{% endhint %}