Note: voting for block producers does not entitle you to receive rewards. This is used to motivate BPs to maintain a high quality of service and actively develop the EOS ecosystem. If you would like to delegate your votes and earn proxy rewards this way, see this guide.

Warning: To effectively vote with your EOS, they must be staked. Learn how to stake EOS by following this guide.

Block producers act as validators of the blockchain network, thereby making a significant contribution to the open ecosystem of EOS. For more information on block producers, visit EOS Rate to compare the existing BP (rated by the community and Eden Members).

First, let’s see how to vote for the block producer. For example, we will vote for Attic Lab’s Block Producer and use the Anchor Wallet interface on the desktop. You can also use block explorers such as bloks.io to connect your EOS account via your wallet and vote.

First, go to the Governance section located on the left panel.

In the list of active block producers, find Attic Lab (atticlabeosb) by manually scrolling the page or using the search function.

Select a block producer and click on the icon on the right side of this line (you can repeat the process for up to 30 BPs). After clicking, the button will look like this:

Return to the top of the page and click the Submit Votes button.

Finally, confirm your choice of your voice by clicking Submit Votes again.

You can check EOS Voting Stats here.

Voting Analytics is available here.

Your votes are valid for a long time. However, they do have a half-life of 365 days. This means after 90 days, the votes are worth 80% of their original weight.

EOS accounts will be able to vote as many times as they want, every time an account changes its choices, the votes are allocated to the producers chosen.

Every time you vote, the previous votes are overwritten with the new votes. This happens each time you vote, so new choices you make will overwrite the old ones.

Voting for your favorite block producer candidates is absolutely free! It is important to select candidates that you feel will help the community and the EOS network.

There is no end date on voting. You can vote and change your vote as many times as you want. Votes will keep being accepted as long as the EOS network is available.

As long as your private key is safe. Do not use your private keys in places that you don’t trust. We recommend users to use their active keys rather than private keys..
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Thanks to the team over at Attic Labs for providing this guide.

Author: Charles Arroyo-Bishop

Editor: Markus Hinrichs; Randall Roland

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