Before you can stake your ElonCoin you will need to meet all of these requirements:

• A ElonCoin balance exceeding 0 ElonCoin with at least 600 confirmations.
• A ElonCoin wallet running the latest ElonCoin release and synchronized to the latest block.
• The wallet needs to be unlocked for staking.
• The wallet also needs to be open and connected to the internet 24/7 to stake.
• For cold staking your staking node needs to meet all above conditions and has whitelisted it's delegation for staking.