<p>All you need is the cold key to reactivate a stake pool. The rest can be replaced. If you have all the keys and you want to reuse them, you can. But only the cold skey matters.
I assume you will need to pay attention to the counter for the operational certificate. You will need to have a bigger counter (preferably +1) for the operational certificate than the one used to mint the last block.</p>

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<p>If I still have all the keys is it possible to reactivate a stake pool that was previously retired?</p>

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Reactivate Retired Stake Pool
# Reactivate Retired Stake Pool

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-08-28)

If I still have all the keys is it possible to reactivate a stake pool that was previously retired?

**Tags:** transaction, stake-pool, staking

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-08-28. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

All you need is the cold key to reactivate a stake pool. The rest can be replaced. If you have all the keys and you want to reuse them, you can. But only the cold skey matters.
I assume you will need to pay attention to the counter for the operational certificate. You will need to have a bigger counter (preferably +1) for the operational certificate than the one used to mint the last block.


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