# Why is my newly created validator unbonded?

**URL:** <https://forum.cosmos.network/t/why-is-my-newly-created-validator-unbonded/1841>\
**Category:** Validation\
**Created:** [April 12, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/why-is-my-newly-created-validator-unbonded/1841 "2019-04-12T17:27:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![agro1986](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/agro1986/32/486_2.png) [@agro1986](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/agro1986)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/why-is-my-newly-created-validator-unbonded/1841/1 "2019-04-12T17:27:33Z")

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Hi all,

I tried becoming a validator in the gaia-13003 with this command

```auto
gaiacli tx staking create-validator \
  --amount=500000muon \
  --pubkey=$(gaiad tendermint show-validator) \
  --moniker="hawking_pool_testnet_validator" \
  --chain-id=gaia-13003 \
  --commission-rate="0.10" \
  --commission-max-rate="0.50" \
  --commission-max-change-rate="0.01" \
  --min-self-delegation="1" \
  --gas="120000" \
  --gas-prices="0.025muon" \
  --from=account001

```

It seems that I became a validator, but my status in unbonded:

```auto
$ gaiacli query staking validator cosmosvaloper1pan26at8x8u5rz53l5cldtx6he3zghp6n3nyjy --chain-id=gaia-13003
Validator
  Operator Address: cosmosvaloper1pan26at8x8u5rz53l5cldtx6he3zghp6n3nyjy
  Validator Consensus Pubkey: cosmosvalconspub1zcjduepqwg353d7aelyeearx0q6ccj0cccsx7f3f6upx8yxqj0wyt5hga4fs0q75qe
  Jailed: false
  Status: Unbonded
  Tokens: 500000
  Delegator Shares: 500000.000000000000000000
  Description: {hawking_pool_testnet_validator }
  Unbonding Height: 0
  Unbonding Completion Time: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC
  Minimum Self Delegation: 1
  Commission: rate: 0.100000000000000000, maxRate: 0.500000000000000000, maxChangeRate: 0.010000000000000000, updateTime: 2019-04-12 15:58:55.322207365 +0000 UTC

```

Why am I unbonded, and how do I make it bonded? Thanks a lot!

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**Author:** ![kwunyeung](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/kwunyeung/32/68_2.png) [@kwunyeung](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/kwunyeung)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/why-is-my-newly-created-validator-unbonded/1841/2 "2019-04-13T04:22:24Z")

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You only have 500k tokens bound which is not enough to have 1 voting power and it results in unbonded. Increase your delegation to over 1M muon and make your validator has more than 1 voting power will make it bonded.

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**Author:** ![agro1986](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/agro1986/32/486_2.png) [@agro1986](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/agro1986)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/why-is-my-newly-created-validator-unbonded/1841/3 "2019-04-13T04:48:03Z")

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@kwunyeung Thanks for the reply. So does it mean that:

Minimum Self Delegation: 1

means 1bigunit which is 1000000muon? Where can I find the unit and coversions? (tried searching for it but couldn’t find anything)

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**Author:** ![kwunyeung](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/kwunyeung/32/68_2.png) [@kwunyeung](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/kwunyeung)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/why-is-my-newly-created-validator-unbonded/1841/4 "2019-04-13T10:24:13Z")

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The code is here.

> <https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/bc8d2d4414954edd2b8ec9b5868d4ed663daff87/types/staking.go#L45>

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**Author:** ![agro1986](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/agro1986/32/486_2.png) [@agro1986](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/agro1986)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 10:25am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/why-is-my-newly-created-validator-unbonded/1841/5 "2019-04-13T10:25:45Z")

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Many thanks! Will delve into the code