Actions: conviction

Locking alpha builds conviction, the on-chain measure of long-term commitment to a subnet. Conviction decides who can become a subnet's king. These actions create and manage locks without btcli. Open Conviction.

For how locks, decay and perpetual locks work, see Conviction.

Actions

Lock Stake

Locks staked alpha to start building conviction. A coldkey has one lock per subnet, and adding to an existing lock must use the hotkey that lock is already on. Locked alpha cannot be unstaked or moved until it unlocks.

Move Lock

Moves a lock to a different hotkey or validator. The locked amount is kept, but its conviction resets to zero, so move only when the new hotkey is worth starting over for.

Toggle Perpetual Lock

Turns a perpetual lock on or off. A perpetual lock does not decay, so conviction keeps growing; turning it off returns the lock to normal decay.

Receive Locked Alpha

Lets this wallet accept alpha that arrives already locked. A coldkey rejects incoming locked alpha by default; accepting it lets stake transfers and coldkey swaps deliver locked alpha here.