---
title: "staking validator-prime"
description: "Prime a validator to prepare their stake record for the next epoch"
source: https://docs.genlayer.com/api-references/genlayer-cli/staking/staking/validator-prime
last_updated: 2026-03-27
---

# staking validator-prime

Prime a validator to prepare their stake record for the next epoch

### Usage

`$ genlayer staking validator-prime [options] [validator]`

### Arguments

- `[validator]`

### Options

| Short | Long | Description | Required | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | :---: | --- |
|  | --validator <address> | Validator address to prime (deprecated, use positional arg) | No |  |
|  | --account <name> | Account to use | No |  |
|  | --password <password> | Password to unlock account (skips interactive prompt) | No |  |
|  | --network <network> | Network to use (localnet, testnet-asimov) | No |  |
|  | --rpc <rpcUrl> | RPC URL for the network | No |  |
|  | --staking-address <address> | Staking contract address (overrides chain config) | No |  |
| -h | --help | display help for command | No |  |