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+import { coin } from "@cosmjs/amino";
+import { Random } from "@cosmjs/crypto";
+import { fromBech32, toBase64, toBech32 } from "@cosmjs/encoding";
+import { DirectSecp256k1HdWallet, encodePubkey } from "@cosmjs/proto-signing";
+
+import { SigningStargateClient } from "../../signingstargateclient";
+import { assertIsDeliverTxSuccess } from "../../stargateclient";
+import { defaultSigningClientOptions, faucet, pendingWithoutSimapp, simapp } from "../../testutils.spec";
+import { MsgCreateValidatorEncodeObject } from "./messages";
+
+function changePrefix(address: string, newPrefix: string): string {
+  return toBech32(newPrefix, fromBech32(address).data);
+}
+
+describe("staking messages", () => {
+  describe("MsgCreateValidator", () => {
+    it("works", async () => {
+      pendingWithoutSimapp();
+      const wallet = await DirectSecp256k1HdWallet.fromMnemonic(faucet.mnemonic);
+      const [firstAccount] = await wallet.getAccounts();
+      const client1 = await SigningStargateClient.connectWithSigner(
+        simapp.tendermintUrl,
+        wallet,
+        defaultSigningClientOptions,
+      );
+
+      const valWallet = await DirectSecp256k1HdWallet.generate();
+      const [valAccount] = await valWallet.getAccounts();
+
+      const sendR = await client1.sendTokens(
+        firstAccount.address,
+        valAccount.address,
+        [coin(5000, simapp.denomFee), coin(28, simapp.denomStaking)],
+        "auto",
+      );
+      assertIsDeliverTxSuccess(sendR);
+
+      const client2 = await SigningStargateClient.connectWithSigner(
+        simapp.tendermintUrl,
+        valWallet,
+        defaultSigningClientOptions,
+      );
+
+      const createMsg: MsgCreateValidatorEncodeObject = {
+        typeUrl: "/cosmos.staking.v1beta1.MsgCreateValidator",
+        value: {
+          description: {
+            moniker: "That's me",
+            identity: "AABB1234",
+            website: "http://example.com/me",
+            details: "What should I write?",
+            securityContact: "DM on Twitter",
+          },
+          commission: {
+            maxChangeRate: "10000000000000000", // 0.01
+            maxRate: "200000000000000000", // 0.2
+            rate: "100000000000000000", // 0.1
+          },
+          minSelfDelegation: "1",
+          // Those two addresses need to be the same with different prefix 🤷‍♂️
+          delegatorAddress: valAccount.address,
+          validatorAddress: changePrefix(valAccount.address, "cosmosvaloper"),
+          pubkey: encodePubkey({
+            type: "tendermint/PubKeyEd25519",
+            value: toBase64(Random.getBytes(32)),
+          }),
+          value: {
+            amount: "1",
+            denom: simapp.denomStaking,
+          },
+        },
+      };
+      const result = await client2.signAndBroadcast(valAccount.address, [createMsg], "auto");
+
+      assertIsDeliverTxSuccess(result);
+
+      client1.disconnect();
+      client2.disconnect();
+    });
+  });
+});