Launching mainnet node with no atoms?

Hi Everyone, We are late to the party but excited to contribute a validator. We have a track record in HPC, cloud and Dev-Ops and experience running masternodes and classic POS nodes. We would like to contribute a validator but we were not part of the ICO and don’t have any atom. Does anyone know if it’s possible to launch a validator without some self bonded atoms? I’m very interested to share my notes on cloud sentinel strategies. I have a full node running but I’m stuck on the step of registering my validator. Since my wallet is empty, I can’t launch `create-validator` sub-command. I tried it with zero self bonded stake and it chokes. Here is the command: ``` `gaiacli tx staking create-validator --amount=0uatom --pubkey=$(gaiad tendermint show-validator) --moniker="FreeRange" --chain-id=cosmoshub-1 --commission-rate="0.10" --commission-max-rate="0.20" --commission-max-change-rate="0.01" --min-self-delegation="1" --gas="auto" --gas-prices="0.025uatom" --from=(REDACTED) --ledger` ``` I get this error: `ERROR: {"codespace":"sdk","code":9,"message":"account cosmos1(REDACTED) does not exist"}` Any suggestions on how we can register a…

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There is a minimum of 1uatom to become a validator. You could wait couple weeks till the transfers are enabled or reach out to folks who already have atoms. They could initiate limitted transfer of 10uatoms to you: 9uatoms will be burned and 1 will be deposited to your account. You could also reach out to existing validators who expressed interest in helping teams like yours https://twitter.com/CryptiumLabs/status/1106578901575323648