diff --git a/crates/hotshot/examples/infra/mod.rs b/crates/hotshot/examples/infra/mod.rs
index 738b849402..6a0b54d3dd 100644
--- a/crates/hotshot/examples/infra/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/hotshot/examples/infra/mod.rs
@@ -107,14 +107,12 @@ pub fn load_config_from_file<TYPES: NodeType>(
         config_toml.into();
 
     // Generate network's public keys
-    let mut known_nodes_sk = Vec::new();
     let known_nodes: Vec<_> = (0..config.config.total_nodes.get())
         .map(|node_id| {
             let (key_pair, sk) = TYPES::SignatureKey::generated_from_seed_indexed(
                 config.seed,
                 node_id.try_into().unwrap(),
             );
-            known_nodes_sk.push(sk);
             key_pair
         })
         .collect();
diff --git a/crates/orchestrator/src/config.rs b/crates/orchestrator/src/config.rs
index 79ea891bed..a35e413383 100644
--- a/crates/orchestrator/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/orchestrator/src/config.rs
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ pub struct HotShotConfigFile<KEY: SignatureKey> {
     pub total_nodes: NonZeroUsize,
     /// My own public key, secret key, stake value
     pub my_own_validator_config: ValidatorConfig<KEY>,
+    /// The known nodes' public key and stake value
+    pub known_nodes_with_stake: Vec<KEY::StakeTableEntry>,
     /// Number of committee nodes
     pub committee_nodes: usize,
     /// Maximum transactions per block
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ impl<KEY: SignatureKey, E: ElectionConfig> From<HotShotConfigFile<KEY>> for HotS
             total_nodes: val.total_nodes,
             max_transactions: val.max_transactions,
             min_transactions: val.min_transactions,
-            known_nodes_with_stake: Vec::new(),
+            known_nodes_with_stake: val.known_nodes_with_stake,
             my_own_validator_config: val.my_own_validator_config,
             da_committee_size: val.committee_nodes,
             next_view_timeout: val.next_view_timeout,
@@ -233,9 +235,18 @@ fn default_padding() -> usize {
 
 impl<KEY: SignatureKey> Default for HotShotConfigFile<KEY> {
     fn default() -> Self {
+     let gen_known_nodes_with_stake = (0..10)
+        .map(|node_id| {
+            let cur_validator_config: ValidatorConfig<KEY> = 
+                ValidatorConfig::generated_from_seed_indexed([0u8; 32], node_id, 1);
+            
+            cur_validator_config.public_key.get_stake_table_entry(cur_validator_config.stake_value)   
+        } )
+        .collect();
         Self {
             total_nodes: NonZeroUsize::new(10).unwrap(),
             my_own_validator_config: ValidatorConfig::default(),
+            known_nodes_with_stake: gen_known_nodes_with_stake,
             committee_nodes: 5,
             max_transactions: NonZeroUsize::new(100).unwrap(),
             min_transactions: 1,