Delegate tokens to Cosmos validators for staking rewards
Delegate your tokens to validators on Cosmos chains to earn staking rewards using CosmJS.
import { useCosmosClient } from "./useCosmosClient";
import { coins } from "@cosmjs/stargate";
import { MsgDelegate } from "cosmjs-types/cosmos/staking/v1beta1/tx";
function StakeTokens() {
const { signingClient } = useCosmosClient("https://rpc.cosmos.network");
const delegateToValidator = async () => {
if (!signingClient) return;
const accounts = await signingClient.signer.getAccounts();
const delegator = accounts[0].address;
const validator = "cosmosvaloper1..."; // Replace with validator address
const msgDelegate = {
typeUrl: "/cosmos.staking.v1beta1.MsgDelegate",
value: MsgDelegate.fromPartial({
delegatorAddress: delegator,
validatorAddress: validator,
amount: {
denom: "uatom",
amount: "1000000", // 1 ATOM
},
}),
};
const fee = {
amount: coins(5000, "uatom"),
gas: "250000",
};
try {
const result = await signingClient.signAndBroadcast(
delegator,
[msgDelegate],
fee,
"Staking with Para"
);
console.log("Delegation successful:", result.transactionHash);
} catch (error) {
console.error("Delegation failed:", error);
}
};
return (
<button onClick={delegateToValidator}>Stake 1 ATOM</button>
);
}