# Moving Validator to New Hardware
**URL:** https://forum.scrt.network/t/moving-validator-to-new-hardware/1374
**Category:** Secret Network
**Created:** [February 27, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/moving-validator-to-new-hardware/1374 "2020-02-27T22:54:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@nestedmarco](https://forum.scrt.network/u/nestedmarco)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/moving-validator-to-new-hardware/1374/1 "2020-02-27T22:54:17Z")
The online availability threshold is quite unforgiving at the moment. As a validator, I must move to upgraded hardware. What is the process for doing so? Do I need to create a new validator and re-delegate bonded stake? Or is is possible to copy the validator configuration? Please explain with commands. Your enigmacli documentation is good enough but this isn’t covered.
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### Author:  [@can](https://forum.scrt.network/u/can)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/moving-validator-to-new-hardware/1374/2 "2020-02-27T23:02:13Z")
@nestedmarco
There’s a proposal to address this - [https://explorer.mainnet.enigma.co/proposals/3](https://explorer.mainnet.enigma.co/proposals/3)
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### Author:  [@assafmo](https://forum.scrt.network/u/assafmo)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/moving-validator-to-new-hardware/1374/3 "2020-02-27T23:03:08Z")
How to migrate a validator: [https://github.com/enigmampc/EnigmaBlockchain/blob/master/docs/validators-and-full-nodes/migrate-a-validator.md](https://github.com/enigmampc/EnigmaBlockchain/blob/master/docs/validators-and-full-nodes/migrate-a-validator.md)
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### Author:  [@nestedmarco](https://forum.scrt.network/u/nestedmarco)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/moving-validator-to-new-hardware/1374/4 "2020-02-27T23:04:18Z")
@can Very well but I already got slashed. I still want to upgrade my hardware to avoid this in the future.
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### Author:  [@assafmo](https://forum.scrt.network/u/assafmo)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/moving-validator-to-new-hardware/1374/5 "2020-02-27T23:05:04Z")
How to vote on the proposal: [https://github.com/enigmampc/EnigmaBlockchain/blob/master/docs/using-governance.md](https://github.com/enigmampc/EnigmaBlockchain/blob/master/docs/using-governance.md)
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### Author:  [@nestedmarco](https://forum.scrt.network/u/nestedmarco)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/moving-validator-to-new-hardware/1374/6 "2020-02-27T23:05:35Z")
@assafmo Then, run the unjail command?
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### Author:  [@assafmo](https://forum.scrt.network/u/assafmo)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/moving-validator-to-new-hardware/1374/7 "2020-02-27T23:08:18Z")
Yeah you can migrate then unjail or unjail then migrate.
If you already are in jail then I suggest you migrate then unjail, so you’ll have more breathing room to upgrade without the fear of being slashed again.
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### Author:  [@nestedmarco](https://forum.scrt.network/u/nestedmarco)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/moving-validator-to-new-hardware/1374/8 "2020-02-27T23:18:45Z")
@assafmo My new full node has a node\_key.json file in the same config folder. Should I replace, delete or leave alone?
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### Author:  [@dbriggsie](https://forum.scrt.network/u/dbriggsie)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/moving-validator-to-new-hardware/1374/9 "2020-02-28T00:55:02Z")
Can you let us know what went wrong? is it connection related or HW related?
Im just curious…
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### Author:  [@nestedmarco](https://forum.scrt.network/u/nestedmarco)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/moving-validator-to-new-hardware/1374/10 "2020-02-28T01:53:07Z")
The internet connection went out for a couple minutes.
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### Author:  [@assafmo](https://forum.scrt.network/u/assafmo)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/moving-validator-to-new-hardware/1374/11 "2020-02-28T06:49:31Z")
You can replace it or leave it. It affects the node’s ID you can publish for other nodes to connect to, but it’s really not necessary