Representatives are nodes that validate and vote on transactions on the network since Banano and Nano use Open Representative Voting (ORV) consensus mechanism.[1][2]
Changing representative[]
A account will automatically delegates to a default representative set by the wallet. For example, Kalium's default representative is Kalium while it can be Genesis representative on Vault.
Kalium[]
Step 1: Tap on gear icon
Step 2: Click "Change Representative"
Step 3: Pick a representative from a list of manually insert one
Vault[]
Step 1: Click on "Settings"
Step 2: Choose "Representatives"
Step 3: Choose the account needs to change representative
Step 4: Enter representative address
Step 5: Click update button
- Note: Your Vault wallet must be unlocked in order to change representative.