Bond FOLD for an operator

Use the bond-owner wallet to establish the operator’s FOLD collateral after the running node has authorized that owner.

Before you sign

• Confirm the operator address and selected bond owner.
• Check the live requiredCiphernodeBond; the current documented mainnet value is 32,000 FOLD.
• Fund the bond-owner wallet with FOLD and ETH for gas.
• Use a configuration whose encrypted signer is the bond owner.

1. Inspect the current position

interfold ciphernode status --chain mainnet

2. Authorize the owner if needed

This transaction is signed by the operator key.

interfold ciphernode set-bond-owner --owner 0xBOND_OWNER --chain mainnet

3. Bond from the owner configuration

interfold --config /path/to/owner.yaml ciphernode bond \
  --operator 0xOPERATOR bond --amount 32000

The CLI handles any required token approval before submitting the bond transaction.

4. Verify before registering

interfold ciphernode status --chain mainnet

Compare the reported bond with the full current requirement. isCiphernodeBonded can remain true at the active-maintenance floor while a new registration still requires the full bond.