# FAQ & Guides **URL:** https://forum.cosmos.network/c/start-here/faq-guides/32.md [Latest](https://forum.cosmos.network/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.cosmos.network/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.cosmos.network/tags.md) --- ## [About the FAQ & Guides category](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/about-the-faq-guides-category/5995)
**Author:** [@lexa](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/lexa)\ **Replies:** 0
Questions and educational content relevant to the Cosmos Hub. Note - not a place for technical support or one-off questions! You might be better served by the Cosmos Hub Discord. --- ## [Suggested tagging and naming conventions for proposals](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/suggested-tagging-and-naming-conventions-for-proposals/5725)
**Author:** [@lexa](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/lexa)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2025, 3:37am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/suggested-tagging-and-naming-conventions-for-proposals/5725 "2025-09-08T03:37:29Z")
Conventions Title conventions help people see proposal progress at-a-glance in the forum. URL’s to forum posts are generated using a combination of the title slug and the post’s numerical ID. They ought to continue work… --- ## [Who is moderator, and how we can liberate this forum from multi-accounts and trolls?](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/who-is-moderator-and-how-we-can-liberate-this-forum-from-multi-accounts-and-trolls/15787)
**Author:** [@Antropocosmist](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/Antropocosmist)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/who-is-moderator-and-how-we-can-liberate-this-forum-from-multi-accounts-and-trolls/15787 "2025-11-21T23:26:53Z")
This forum is full of one-time accounts of private people, that create bad reputation for the Cosmos Hub community Any governance questions need to be not private, but public there are several new users, that joined … --- ## [Indexation of the blockchains data](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/indexation-of-the-blockchains-data/15746)
**Author:** [@subhan\_memon](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/subhan_memon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/indexation-of-the-blockchains-data/15746 "2025-09-23T14:13:10Z")
Best Practices for Indexing Chain Data for a Custom Explorer? Hey everyone, My friend and I are building our own explorer for a Cosmos-based chain, and we’re debating the best approach to indexing chain data. We’d love… --- ## [Can anyone tell me how to fork a live Cosmos testnet?](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/can-anyone-tell-me-how-to-fork-a-live-cosmos-testnet/16123)
**Author:** [@AryaLanjewar3005](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/AryaLanjewar3005)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 10:20am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/can-anyone-tell-me-how-to-fork-a-live-cosmos-testnet/16123 "2025-09-20T10:20:22Z")
I want to fork a running chain to my local environment and use the fork as a testing chain. Similar to how anvil --forkworks, I know one method is to use a snapshot provider to sync with the local chain. However, the cha… --- ## [Cosmos - cosmwasm integration](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/cosmos-cosmwasm-integration/15343)
**Author:** [@Keerthana\_Bsetec](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/Keerthana_Bsetec)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/cosmos-cosmwasm-integration/15343 "2025-04-02T15:10:14Z")
I have my own blockhain in cosmos (ignite-cli). I would like assistance with integrating CosmWasm to enable smart contract support on my blockchain. --- ## [Staking ATOM Tokens: Passive Income from Crypto Assets](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/staking-atom-tokens-passive-income-from-crypto-assets/11385)
**Author:** [@BlocksUnited](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/BlocksUnited)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/staking-atom-tokens-passive-income-from-crypto-assets/11385 "2024-05-11T01:11:29Z")
This is article 5/10 in Part II of our series: How To Build Wealth and Grow Crypto Assets and Income by Staking. Key Takeaways Cosmos has unique features, like interoperability, customizability, scalability, gover… --- ## [Do notifications from the website come to my mail](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/do-notifications-from-the-website-come-to-my-mail/11227)
**Author:** [@Dawid\_Kruk](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/Dawid_Kruk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/do-notifications-from-the-website-come-to-my-mail/11227 "2023-08-07T10:22:56Z")
Do notifications from the website come to my mail? This is an important question for me because I want to subscribe to all notifications from the security topic. --- ## [Fees payment documentation](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/fees-payment-documentation/6294)
**Author:** [@jeyjey](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/jeyjey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/fees-payment-documentation/6294 "2023-04-08T21:43:42Z")
Hello I am searching documents about the fees mechanism around tokens based on this blockchain. In other words I have to understand how the fees payment is managed on this blockchain. If a token is used for payments it m… --- ## [Jailed Validator : how to know the reason and how to redelagate](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/jailed-validator-how-to-know-the-reason-and-how-to-redelagate/5908)
**Author:** [@LoneWolf](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/LoneWolf)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2022, 6:30am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/jailed-validator-how-to-know-the-reason-and-how-to-redelagate/5908 "2022-04-05T06:30:28Z")
Hello, i see that for ATOM the validatori “Binance Staking” is jailed. How is possible to know the reason? I tried to redelagate my Atom to other validator but i get always an error (out of gas) and just lost my gas fee… --- ## [Fundamental questions on how governance works - does it result in changes, or just voting results?](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/fundamental-questions-on-how-governance-works-does-it-result-in-changes-or-just-voting-results/3264)
**Author:** [@njmurarka](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/njmurarka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/fundamental-questions-on-how-governance-works-does-it-result-in-changes-or-just-voting-results/3264 "2020-02-07T23:27:22Z")
Apologies in advance if this is painfully obvious. I looked at the docs and while I think I am right, since governance is indeed such a critical topic, I wanted to ask these literal questions to clear my mind. Does gov…