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updatedAt: 2026-05-20T06:30:29.000Z
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# Post Deactivation Intent

Create transaction to undelegate given amount of ATOMs from a validator.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "info": {
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "title": "Staking API",
    "description": "The Blockdaemon Staking API simplifies and streamlines institutional cryptocurrency staking. The API allows developers to interact with blockchain networks and perform various staking-related operations, such as delegating and undelegating tokens, in a single, unified interface.\n\nWith the Staking API, you can quickly and easily build and deploy applications that automate staking activities and increase efficiency in your blockchain operations.",
    "contact": {
      "name": "Blockdaemon",
      "email": "info@blockdaemon.com",
      "url": "https://blockdaemon.com"
    },
    "x-logo": {
      "url": "https://assets-global.website-files.com/633c5e06513fa35f3391a5f9/645d33beb6fa65f6cfb95eb8_BD%20Logo%20Stack%20-%20Purple.svg",
      "backgroundColor": "#fafafa",
      "altText": "Blockdaemon logo"
    }
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "explorer-enabled": false
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://svc.blockdaemon.com/boss"
    }
  ],
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "ApiKeyAuth": {
        "description": "When signing up for a staking account, you are provided with an API key.\n\nTo authenticate a Staking API request, pass your API key in the `X-API-Key` header.",
        "type": "apiKey",
        "in": "header",
        "name": "X-API-KEY"
      }
    },
    "parameters": {
      "CosmosNetwork": {
        "name": "network",
        "in": "path",
        "description": "Cosmos network",
        "required": true,
        "schema": {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CosmosNetwork"
        }
      }
    },
    "responses": {
      "InternalServerError": {
        "description": "Internal server error.",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "InvalidRequest": {
        "description": "Invalid request.",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "type": "object",
              "description": "Error response envelope",
              "required": [
                "code",
                "message"
              ],
              "properties": {
                "code": {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "format": "int32",
                  "description": "Error code",
                  "example": 400
                },
                "message": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Error Message",
                  "example": "Detailed human-readable diagnostic message regarding any invalid request parameters"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Unauthorized": {
        "description": "Header 'X-API-Key' missing.",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "schemas": {
      "CommonDeactivationResponse": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "deactivate_intent_id",
          "customer_id"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "deactivate_intent_id": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/DeactivateIntentId"
          },
          "customer_id": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CustomerId"
          }
        }
      },
      "CosmosAccountAddress": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Public Key of an asymmetric key-pair.",
        "format": "bech32",
        "pattern": "^cosmos[1-9a-zA-Z]{39}$",
        "example": "cosmos1wvvhhfm387xvfnqshmdaunnpujjrdxznr5d5x9"
      },
      "CustomerId": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Unique identifier for a customer",
        "example": "SatoshiNakamoto-xUYJbPw9hw",
        "minimum": 1
      },
      "Error": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Error response envelope",
        "required": [
          "code",
          "message"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "code": {
            "type": "integer",
            "format": "int32",
            "description": "Error code",
            "example": 500
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Error Message",
            "example": "A descriptive error message"
          }
        }
      },
      "PlanId": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "This feature enables you to stake to validators from the specified plan(s). When no plan id is specified, validators across all plans that match the API route will be available for staking. If it is a shared plan, you can to stake to validators on a shared node from the specified plan.",
        "example": "plan_Wgx98Rbi8nQuL9ddn3mTk1"
      },
      "CosmosUatom": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Denomination of the cryptocurrency Cosmos.",
        "pattern": "^[1-9]\\d+$",
        "example": "100"
      },
      "UnauthorizedError": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Error response envelope",
        "required": [
          "code",
          "message"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "code": {
            "type": "integer",
            "format": "int32",
            "description": "Error code",
            "example": 401
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Error Message",
            "example": "A human-readable diagnostic message detailing any authorization failure"
          }
        }
      },
      "UnsignedTransaction": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "base64",
        "description": "Generated unsigned transaction smart contract call data.",
        "example": "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\n"
      },
      "DeactivateIntentId": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "uuid",
        "description": "Unique idenifier for deactivate intent.",
        "example": "4ba06e89-8c29-483e-ac36-318de5aa7364"
      },
      "CosmosNetwork": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Cosmos network",
        "enum": [
          "mainnet",
          "testnet"
        ]
      },
      "CosmosProtocol": {
        "type": "string",
        "description": "Cosmos protocol",
        "enum": [
          "cosmos"
        ]
      },
      "DeactivateIntentCosmos": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Cosmos Deactivate Intent",
        "required": [
          "unsigned_transaction",
          "delegator_address",
          "validator_address",
          "amount"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "unsigned_transaction": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/UnsignedTransaction"
          },
          "delegator_address": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CosmosAccountAddress"
          },
          "validator_address": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CosmosAccountAddress"
          },
          "amount": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CosmosUatom"
          },
          "hex_transaction": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ProcessedComosTransaction"
          }
        }
      },
      "NewDeactivateIntentCosmos": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Request object to create a new deactivation intent for Cosmos.",
        "required": [
          "delegator_address",
          "amount"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "delegator_address": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CosmosAccountAddress"
          },
          "amount": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CosmosUatom"
          },
          "plan_id": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PlanId"
          }
        }
      },
      "CosmosDeactivationIntentResponse": {
        "allOf": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CommonDeactivationResponse"
          },
          {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Response to a new deactivation intent request.",
            "required": [
              "protocol",
              "network",
              "cosmos"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "protocol": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CosmosProtocol"
              },
              "network": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CosmosNetwork"
              },
              "cosmos": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/DeactivateIntentCosmos"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      "ProcessedComosTransaction": {
        "type": "object",
        "description": "Returns back the transactionHash and unsignedTxHex for signing purposes",
        "required": [
          "transactionHash",
          "unsignedTxHex"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "transaction_hash": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The SHA-256 hash of the signable transaction in hexadecimal format.",
            "example": "BD2B84693A0AE959C63A8D4D1F77125449312EED64E53C654D2D7F07E4592BAE"
          },
          "unsigned_transaction_hex": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The original unsigned transaction encoded in hexadecimal format.",
            "example": "APOENA93A0AE959C63A8D4D1F77125449312EED64E53C654D2D7F07E4592BAAF"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "ApiKeyAuth": []
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/v1/cosmos/{network}/deactivation-intents": {
      "parameters": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/parameters/CosmosNetwork"
        }
      ],
      "post": {
        "summary": "Post Deactivation Intent",
        "operationId": "postCosmosDeactivationIntent",
        "tags": [
          "Cosmos"
        ],
        "description": "Create transaction to undelegate given amount of ATOMs from a validator.",
        "requestBody": {
          "required": true,
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/NewDeactivateIntentCosmos"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "Created",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CosmosDeactivationIntentResponse"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/InvalidRequest"
          },
          "401": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Unauthorized"
          },
          "500": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/InternalServerError"
          }
        },
        "security": [
          {
            "ApiKeyAuth": []
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Cosmos",
      "description": "Cosmos endpoints"
    }
  ]
}
```