Governance Actions

This section describes how to perform government actions such delegating votes to DRep, registering DRep, updating DRep, and deregistering DRep using the CardanoWeb3js library.

Delegate Vote to DRep (AlwaysAbstain, AlwaysNoConfidence)

AlwaysAbstain and AlwaysNoConfidence are special voting options in Cardano governance that allow users to express their preference without actively participating in the vote.

import { CardanoWeb3 } from "cardano-web3-js"

const web3 = new CardanoWeb3()
const account = web3.account.fromXprvKey("xprv...")
const state = await account.getState()

const tx_build = await web3
  .createTx()
  .setChangeAddress(account.__config.paymentAddress)
  .governance.delegateToDRep(stakingAddress, "drep1...") // or "AlwaysAbstain", "AlwaysNoConfidence"
  .addInputs(state.utxos)
  .applyAndBuild()

const tx_signed = await tx_build
  .signWithAccount(account)
  // .signWithVrfKey(testData.paymentAddressVerificationKey) // or with payment address verification key
  .applyAndToJson()
console.log(tx_signed)

const submitted_hash = await tx_build
  .signWithAccount(account)
  .applyAndSubmit()
console.log(submitted_hash)

Register DRep

import { CardanoWeb3 } from "cardano-web3-js"

const web3 = new CardanoWeb3()
const account = web3.account.fromXprvKey("xprv...")
const state = await account.getState()

const tx_build = await web3
  .createTx()
  .setChangeAddress(account.__config.paymentAddress)
  .governance.registerDRep(stakingAddress) // You can pass Anchor with second argument
  .addInputs(state.utxos)
  .applyAndBuild()

const tx_signed = await tx_build
  .signWithAccount(account)
  // .signWithVrfKey(testData.paymentAddressVerificationKey) // or with payment address verification key
  .applyAndToJson()
console.log(tx_signed)

const submitted_hash = await tx_build
  .signWithAccount(account)
  .applyAndSubmit()
console.log(submitted_hash)

Update DRep

import { CardanoWeb3 } from "cardano-web3-js"

const web3 = new CardanoWeb3()
const account = web3.account.fromXprvKey("xprv...")
const state = await account.getState()

const tx_build = await web3
  .createTx()
  .setChangeAddress(account.__config.paymentAddress)
  .governance.updateDRep(stakingAddress) // You can pass Anchor with second argument
  .addInputs(state.utxos)
  .applyAndBuild()

const tx_signed = await tx_build
  .signWithAccount(account)
  // .signWithVrfKey(testData.paymentAddressVerificationKey) // or with payment address verification key
  .applyAndToJson()
console.log(tx_signed)

const submitted_hash = await tx_build
  .signWithAccount(account)
  .applyAndSubmit()
console.log(submitted_hash)

Update DRep

import { CardanoWeb3 } from "cardano-web3-js"

const web3 = new CardanoWeb3()
const account = web3.account.fromXprvKey("xprv...")
const state = await account.getState()

const tx_build = await web3
  .createTx()
  .setChangeAddress(account.__config.paymentAddress)
  .governance.deregisterDRep(stakingAddress)
  .addInputs(state.utxos)
  .applyAndBuild()

const tx_signed = await tx_build
  .signWithAccount(account)
  // .signWithVrfKey(testData.paymentAddressVerificationKey) // or with payment address verification key
  .applyAndToJson()
console.log(tx_signed)

const submitted_hash = await tx_build
  .signWithAccount(account)
  .applyAndSubmit()
console.log(submitted_hash)