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# Validator Concepts

## Delegation/Bonding

You may use the following commands for delegation:

```
vinced tx staking delegate <vincechainvaloper1p4...> <amount * 1e18>avince --from=<vincechain1p4...> --keyring-backend file
```

## Unjailing a Validator <a href="#unjail-validator" id="unjail-validator"></a>

When a validator is "jailed" for being offline, you must submit an `Unjail` transaction from the operator account in order to be able to get block proposer rewards again (this may depend on the zone fee distribution).

```
vinced tx slashing unjail --from=<vincechain1p4...> --keyring-backend file --chain-id=vincechain_1000-3
```

## Unbonding/Undelegation

You can use the following command to `unbond` or `undelegate` a validator:

```
vinced tx staking unbond <validator address> <amount to unbond> --from=<vincechain1p4...> --keyring-backend file
```