From 73ff4f1f545a2c61709ed375f178706a1cc3908b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ibraheem-opentensor <ibraheem@opentensor.dev>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:57:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Adds check for participation of a neuron

---
 bittensor/extrinsics/delegation.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bittensor/extrinsics/delegation.py b/bittensor/extrinsics/delegation.py
index 54bdb5273c..5d31855cdb 100644
--- a/bittensor/extrinsics/delegation.py
+++ b/bittensor/extrinsics/delegation.py
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ def nominate_extrinsic(
         )
         return False
 
+    if not subtensor.is_hotkey_registered_any(wallet.hotkey.ss58_address):
+        logger.error(
+            "Hotkey {} is not registered to any network".format(
+                wallet.hotkey.ss58_address
+            )
+        )
+        return False
+
     with bittensor.__console__.status(
         ":satellite: Sending nominate call on [white]{}[/white] ...".format(
             subtensor.network