# How to participate in KCS Staking

1）Set up your KCC wallet;

If you haven’t set up your KCC wallet, you can see this tutorial to set up your KCC Wallet first.

2.）Have enough KCS in your crypto wallet;

KCS is the gas on KCC, you can buy KCS on [KuCoin](https://www.kucoin.com/) or [MojitoSwap](https://www.mojitoswap.finance/). You also can borrow KCS from [Torches](https://www.torches.finance/en/).

3\) Visit the [node staking page](https://staking.kcc.io/) and connect your crypto wallet

After having enough KCS, visit node staking pages on KCC and connect your crypto wallet.

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4\) Stake KCS to vote

After that, click “Stake Now”, to start voting for validators.

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5\) Choose the validators&#x20;

Choose which validators you are going to vote for and click the “Vote” button.

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6\) Stake your KCS&#x20;

Enter the amount of KCS that you want to stake. 1 KCS represents 1 vote, and It should be an integer amount. Then click “Vote” to complete the staking.

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