---
title: "CreateValidator defines a method for creating a new validator."
method: POST
path: "/cosmos.staking.v1beta1.Msg/CreateValidator"
tags: ["Msg"]
---

# CreateValidator defines a method for creating a new validator.

`POST /cosmos.staking.v1beta1.Msg/CreateValidator`

## Request body

- CosmosStakingV1beta1MsgCreateValidator — MsgCreateValidator defines a SDK message for creating a new validator.
  - `commission` CosmosStakingV1beta1CommissionRates — CommissionRates defines the initial commission rates to be used for creating a validator.
    - `max_change_rate` string — max_change_rate defines the maximum daily increase of the validator commission, as a fraction.
    - `max_rate` string — max_rate defines the maximum commission rate which validator can ever charge, as a fraction.
    - `rate` string — rate is the commission rate charged to delegators, as a fraction.
  - `delegator_address` string — Deprecated: Use of Delegator Address in MsgCreateValidator is deprecated. The validator address bytes and delegator address bytes refer to the same account while creating validator (defer only in bech32 notation).
  - `description` CosmosStakingV1beta1Description — Description defines a validator description.
    - `details` string — details define other optional details.
    - `identity` string — identity defines an optional identity signature (ex. UPort or Keybase).
    - `moniker` string — moniker defines a human-readable name for the validator.
    - `security_contact` string — security_contact defines an optional email for security contact.
    - `website` string — website defines an optional website link.
  - `min_self_delegation` string
  - `pubkey` GoogleProtobufAny
    - `@type` string
  - `validator_address` string
  - `value` CosmosBaseV1beta1Coin — Coin defines a token with a denomination and an amount. NOTE: The amount field is an Int which implements the custom method signatures required by gogoproto.
    - `amount` string
    - `denom` string

## Response `200`

A successful response.

- CosmosStakingV1beta1MsgCreateValidatorResponse — MsgCreateValidatorResponse defines the Msg/CreateValidator response type.

## Other responses

- `default` — An unexpected error response.

## Changes

- **2024-08-14** `21c607e4fa20` — 1 info
  - api operation id `CosmosStakingV1Beta1Msg_CreateValidator` removed and replaced with `EvidenceMsg_CreateValidator`
- **2024-02-23** `54713b4a9d25` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/pokt-network/apis/http-api-console/changes/cosmos.staking.v1beta1.Msg/CreateValidator/post.md)

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