# Validator & Relayer Requirements To participate in the Torram network, validators and relayers must meet both technical and economic criteria to ensure network security and operational efficiency. \- Hardware Requirements: Validators must run hardware with at least 24GB of memory and 1TB of storage, either on personal machines or cloud platforms such as AWS and GCP. \- Staking Requirements: Validators must stake between 10,000 and 100,000 tokens (TBD), ensuring commitment and accountability within the network. Since Torram operates natively on Bitcoin, validators and relayers must also hold BTC to pay transaction fees when publishing data. During the test net phase, participants will use test BTC, while on the main net, real BTC will be required to publish transactions to Bitcoin. --- # 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://torram.gitbook.io/torram-documentation/technical-architecture-and-network-design/validator-and-relayer-requirements.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.