description: Learn how use the Stacks CLI to participate in stacking
description: Learn how use the Stacks CLI to participate in Stacking
experience: beginner
duration: 10 minutes
tags:
- guide
- tutorial
images:
sm: /images/pages/stacking-rounded.svg
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!> The Stacking implementation is still in development and could change in the coming weeks
In this guide, you'll learn how to use the Stacks CLI to participate in stacking. The CLI is a great way to quickly try out stacking on testnet. To integrate stacking into your application, see the [stacking integration guide](/stacks-blockchain/integrate-stacking).
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to use the Stacks CLI to participate in Stacking. The CLI is a great way to quickly try out Stacking on testnet. To integrate Stacking into your application, see the [Stacking integration guide](/stacks-blockchain/integrate-stacking).
## Requirements
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$ npm install @stacks/cli -g
```
## Generate A New Key Pair
## Generate An Account
```bash
$ stx make_keychain -t
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}
```
We'll be using this testnet key pair to perform stacking. But first we'll need to get some testnet tokens.
We'll be using this testnet key pair to perform Stacking. But first we'll need to get some testnet tokens.
-> If you're stacking on mainnet, make sure you have an account with sufficient number of Stacks tokens to participate.
-> If you're Stacking on mainnet, make sure you have an account with sufficient number of Stacks tokens to participate.
## Get Testnet Tokens Using The Faucet
Use the following `curl` command to request tokens from the testnet node's faucet endpoint.
Note that we used the address we generated above as a parameter.
We use the address generated above as a parameter.
```bash
curl -X POST https://stacks-node-api.xenon.blockstack.org/extended/v1/faucets/stx?address=ST1P3HXR80TKT48TKM2VTKCDBS4ET9396W0W2S3K8&stacking=true
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## Check Balance
Confirm that the faucet transaction has completed by checking the balance of your address. The `-t` flag is used to indicate testnet.
Confirm that the faucet transaction has completed by checking the balance of your address. The `-t` flag is used to indicate testnet. See the [CLI reference](references/blockstack-cli) for usage of flags.
| `Amount` | Amount to stack in microstacks, we'll use the entire balance in our account | `90000000000000` |
| `Reward cycles` | Number of reward cycles to lock up your tokens for Stacking | `10` |
| `BTC Address` | BTC address to receive Stacking rewards. We can use any valid BTC address | `mqkccNX5h7Xy1YUku3X2fCFCC54x6HEiHk` |
| `STX Address` | The address that we will be Stacking with. We'll use the address generated previously | `ST1P3HXR80TKT48TKM2VTKCDBS4ET9396W0W2S3K8` |
| `Amount` | Amount to stack in microstacks | `90000000000000` |
| `Reward cycles` | Number of reward cycles to lock up your tokens for Stacking | `10` |
| `BTC Address` | BTC address to receive Stacking rewards. This is also referred to as the PoX address. | `mqkccNX5h7Xy1YUku3X2fCFCC54x6HEiHk` |
| `Private Key` | The private key to the address we're Stacking with, which we generated previously | `dca82f838f6e5a893cffc8efe861196252373a5b8b62c0b55ba3a0a7a28795d301` |
Here we can see how many microstacks are locked and when they will unlock.
Congratulations you have learned how to Stack using the CLI. To integrate Stacking into your app, check out the [Stacking integration guide](/stacks-blockchain/integrate-stacking).