# Solicit delegation Each validator node must have a minimum of 500,000 TARA in delegation, otherwise it will not be eligible to participate in consensus. You may delegate this to your own node, or more commonly solicit delegation from the Taraxa community. Here are a few social channels where the Taraxa community congregates, * Taraxa's [Discord server](https://www.taraxa.io/discord) * Taraxa's [Telegram group](https://www.taraxa.io/tg) * Taraxa's [official Twitter](https://twitter.com/taraxa_project) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://taraxa.gitbook.io/taraxa-network/become-a-validator/solicit-delegation.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.