Get Started

Operators run network infrastructure and process logic provided by networks. This guide walks you through the operator lifecycle in Symbiotic.

Register Operator

Submit Metadata

Make your operator visible on the Symbiotic UI by submitting metadata.

Submit a PR with your operator's metadata to make it visible on the Symbiotic UI.

Opt Into Networks and Vaults

Opt into the network you want to serve, and into the vaults that allocate stake to you. On a Relay network that auto-deploys your vault, do the network opt-in now and the vault opt-in in the next step, once the vault exists.

Opt into the corresponding vaults and networks to start using funds allocated to you by curators.

Join the Relay Network

Generate your validator keys, register them and your operator in the network's contracts, then opt into your vault and stake — all with Relay Utils.

Use Relay Utils

Generate keys, register them in KeyRegistry, and check your operator status.

Run the Relay Sidecar

Once your keys are registered and your vault holds stake, run relay_sidecar to join the P2P network and start signing and aggregating each epoch.

Use Relay Sidecar

Configure and run the sidecar (Docker, config.yaml, flags) to participate in the network.

Claim Rewards

Claim operator rewards from the Rewards contract when distributions are available.

Claim operator rewards from the Rewards contract.