# Beam Validator - Getting Started After you purchase your node, go to the Node Orbit dashboard and you should see your node running. Note that the node will be running, but you will need to delegate to it to earn rewards. ### Node Status Syncing - Your node has not yet been delegated to. Validating - You have successfully delegated your node and it's validating the network. ### Is Bootstrapped Once the node is fully synced, this will change from False to True. You can then proceed with delegating to your node. ### Delegation To delegate, go to the [validator page](https://delegation.onbeam.com/validators) and fill in the Node ID, BLS Public Key and BLS Proof of Possession. You can set the commission percentage and minimum stake duration to whatever you want. You will need to stake at least 20,000 BEAM. Click *“Finish Registration”* and approve the pending transaction. Once it is completed, most often within a few minutes, the Validator Manager contract will respond by adding your new validator node to the validator set and it will be visible as active in the validator list [here](https://delegation.onbeam.com/). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.nodeorbit.com/beam/beam-validator-getting-started.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.