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Setting Up a Neuron for NNS Proposals
Stake a neuron and attach a software hotkey so you can submit node-provider NNS proposals with ic-admin — no HSM required — and which maintenance tasks can skip proposals entirely with a direct registry call.
Node Provider Self-declaration
The identity declaration and good-faith statement a prospective node provider files before the NNS votes on their onboarding proposal.
Validation of Candidate Node Machines
How prospective node operators check whether their planned machines actually improve network decentralization, using the community optimization model and the IC target topology.
Node Provider Roadmap
The end-to-end path to becoming a node provider on the Internet Computer, organized as six milestones from education through ongoing node management.
Node Provider Onboarding
The technical procedure for becoming an accepted node provider on the Internet Computer, from tool installation through NNS proposal and node operator records.
Gen-1 Node Onboarding After 48 Months
How Gen-1 node providers continue earning rewards beyond their initial 48-month window, including reward reconfiguration, optional HSM removal, and excess machine handover.