After an exciting week of staking, it’s now time to VOTE for IoTeX Delegates. Voting will officially start on Monday, March 11 at 6pm PDT!

We have 45+ amazing Delegates that want your votes: community leaders, developer groups, ecosystem partners, technical partners, investors, and more. See for yourself on the official voting website: member.iotex.io!

In this post, we provide an overview of the voting process and step-by-step instructions on how to vote. For more important details and tips, please read our all-in-one Voter Handbook.

Why Should I Vote?

IoTeX uses Roll-DPoS, where Delegates “prove their stake” by committing time, hardware, and tokens to the network. As a digital democracy, IoTeX relies on community voting to elect Delegates that will maintain the network with integrity. Voting increases the security and efficiency of IoTeX, and also earns you great rewards.

Make your voice heard and earn 20–30% annual rewards!

To securely bootstrap the Mainnet, we require 20% of the current circulating supply (~500 million IOTX) to be staked/voted. This is your chance to put your IOTX tokens to work and greatly impact the trajectory of IoTeX. Don’t wait — make sure you encourage everyone to vote now!

How to Vote?

In this section, you will find step-by-step instructions on how to vote for Delegates. Please ask any questions in the official IoTeX Telegram Group.

Step #1: Install MetaMask

The first step is to install MetaMask. The staking/voting process on Ethereum is streamlined thanks to our easy-to-use MetaMask webtool:

Install MetaMask (Chrome/Firefox/Opera plugin or Brave browser). This is a bridge between your ETH wallet and the IoTeX voting smart contract. In MetaMask, create a new ETH wallet or import an existing ETH wallet using your private key or Ledger / Trezor.

If using a hardware wallet, update your firmware (Trezor v1.8.0, Ledger v1.5.5). For Ledger, make sure “contract data” is turned on: https://goo.gl/ngF58q