From d35ee4e0d5ee74135d85bea8c735155b4139ac23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ak <alok@harmony.one>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:55:32 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] staking service

---
 api/service/manager.go         |  2 ++
 api/service/staking/service.go | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 api/service/staking/service.go

diff --git a/api/service/manager.go b/api/service/manager.go
index 7c07318e7..be74d2faf 100644
--- a/api/service/manager.go
+++ b/api/service/manager.go
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ func (t Type) String() string {
 		return "BlockProposal"
 	case Test:
 		return "Test"
+	case Staking:
+		return "Staking"
 	case Done:
 		return "Done"
 	default:
diff --git a/api/service/staking/service.go b/api/service/staking/service.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7cae265a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/service/staking/service.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package staking
+
+import (
+	"github.com/harmony-benchmark/log"
+	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/p2p"
+)
+
+// Service is the struct for staking service.
+type Service struct {
+	Host p2p.Host
+}
+
+//StartService starts the staking service.
+func (s *Service) StartService() {
+	log.Info("Starting staking service.")
+}
+
+func (s *Service) createStakingTransaction() {
+	//creates staking transaction.
+}
+
+// StopService shutdowns staking service.
+func (s *Service) StopService() {
+	log.Info("Shutting down staking service.")
+}

From d01b40b646ed257a2d104742f5e636faf3a9ac11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ak <alok@harmony.one>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 11:48:29 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] using utils logs

---
 api/service/staking/service.go | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api/service/staking/service.go b/api/service/staking/service.go
index c7cae265a..bd9349f4d 100644
--- a/api/service/staking/service.go
+++ b/api/service/staking/service.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package staking
 
 import (
-	"github.com/harmony-benchmark/log"
+	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/p2p"
 )
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type Service struct {
 
 //StartService starts the staking service.
 func (s *Service) StartService() {
-	log.Info("Starting staking service.")
+	utils.GetLogInstance().Info("Starting staking service.")
 }
 
 func (s *Service) createStakingTransaction() {
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ func (s *Service) createStakingTransaction() {
 
 // StopService shutdowns staking service.
 func (s *Service) StopService() {
-	log.Info("Shutting down staking service.")
+	utils.GetLogInstance().Info("Shutting down staking service.")
 }

From 56606f77966678d1cc30ebf2aed417b4bdc4f2d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ak <alok@harmony.one>
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2019 13:41:37 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] fixing a missed case

---
 api/service/manager.go | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api/service/manager.go b/api/service/manager.go
index 3bec3a02a..fc5834888 100644
--- a/api/service/manager.go
+++ b/api/service/manager.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const (
 	Consensus
 	BlockProposal
 	PeerDiscovery
+	Staking
 	Test
 	Done
 )
@@ -45,10 +46,10 @@ func (t Type) String() string {
 		return "BlockProposal"
 	case PeerDiscovery:
 		return "PeerDiscovery"
-	case Test:
-		return "Test"
 	case Staking:
 		return "Staking"
+	case Test:
+		return "Test"
 	case Done:
 		return "Done"
 	default: