# How to get started with Raiinmaker Get started as a Raiinmaker Network Validator; no blockchain experience necessary! In this guide you will learn how to enroll as a proxy node validator, register your own independent node, start creating transactions, and see cryptographic proof of those transactions packaged into blocks. Learning these concepts will give you a solid foundation to begin creating a blockchain application using the Raiinmaker Network platform. ### Create a Coiin Console Account Head over to the [Coiin Console](https://www.coiin.ai) and create your account following the prompts. A few notes: * Email - we’ll sent a one time passcode to confirm you own this email address, which also improves your reputation score on the network. * Username - this is your handle on the Raiinmaker Network and visible on the leaderboard. * Password - must be at least eight characters long and contain at least one capital letter, one number, and one symbol. ### Become a Validator and Earn Coiin Get started as a Raiinmaker Network Validator; no blockchain experience necessary! In this guide you will learn how to enroll as a proxy node validator, register your own independent node, start creating transactions, and see cryptographic proof of those transactions packaged into blocks. Learning these concepts will give you a solid foundation to begin creating a blockchain application using the Raiinmaker Network platform. #### Proxy Validator Enrolling as a Proxy Validator is easy. Simply head over to the Validator page of the Coiin Console, and click Enroll Proxy Validator to start automatically signing of ongoing verification events on the network. #### Independent Validator To run your own Independent Validator, download the Raiinmaker Network Validator app for your desktop\* or mobile OS from the [Validator Nodes page](https://coiin.ai/verificationnodes). For desktop installations, once you’ve run the installer, copy the Public Key generated and paste that into the Public Key field on the Validator Nodes page and click Register. Need to uninstall the Raiinmaker Network Validator app? Simply open the app and choose the Uninstall option. Be sure to deregister your independent node Public Key from your Coiin Console account on the [Validator Nodes page](https://coiin.ai/verificationnodes). \*If running the validator on a Virtual Machine (VM) or if you wish to run the script manually, follow these [Independent Validator setup instructions](https://github.com/Coiin-Blockchain/nvl-independent-signer/blob/master/README.md). Download the script and run it as a cronjob no more than every 30 minutes. ### Add Identity Factors Under the Account page in Coiin Console, you can add additional Identity Factors. These Factors improve your Reputation score on the network and increase your share of Coiin Rewards minted every lunar cycle. ### Enterprise Check out the Enterprise Quickstart Guide here: [Enterprise Quickstart Guide](https://docs.coiin.io/docs/enterprise/enterprisequickstart.html) ### Whitepaper Read whitepaper [Here](https://docs.coiin.io/docs/whitepaper.html). --- # 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://docs.coiin.ai/home/quickstart-guide/how-to-get-started-with-raiinmaker.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.