Add ticket collateral
Deposit ticket collateral from the bond-owner wallet to mint non-transferable tFOLD for the operator and increase its sortition weight.
Before you sign
- Confirm the operator is registered and has no exit in progress.
- Check the live
ticketPriceandminTicketBalance. - Fund the bond owner with the configured collateral token and ETH for gas.
Mainnet currently uses sUSDS shares, with 1,000 shares documented as the price of one available ticket.
1. Buy tickets from the owner configuration
interfold --config /path/to/owner.yaml ciphernode tickets --operator 0xOPERATOR buy --amount 1000The deposit mints tFOLD to the operator and re-evaluates active status.
2. Understand the resulting weight
availableTickets = floor(ticketTokenBalance / ticketPrice)More available tickets increase committee-selection probability relative to peers; they do not guarantee selection. Ticket balances are snapshotted at requestBlock - 1, so a deposit made after an E3 request does not affect that round.
3. Verify the balance
interfold ciphernode status --chain mainnetConfirm the ticket balance, available-ticket count, and Active: true.
Keep a buffer. Burning or slashing tickets below the minimum makes the operator inactive immediately, while withdrawn collateral remains subject to the exit delay.