# IV. STA-Key Purchase & Run STA-Node

### Step 1: Purchase a STA-Key

To receive rewards from running an STA-Node, a wallet must contain at least 1 STA-Key.

STA-Key can be purchased with either $AVAX or $AETH (converted to $USDT price at the time of purchase) at: <https://node.starmech.io/>

Go to starmech.io and make the purchase. Connect your wallet, select the amount of the STA-key you want, apply the promotion code (if any), and then pay to complete the purchase.

### Step 2: Download & Run the STA-Node

Download and run a STA-Node on your computer. You only need to connect wallet once to enable the node client.


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