As a mac user I can only look at the 'get config' file within the coinonatx wallet i.e. It's non-alterable. It's showing that the staking=0. I had to go into the application data folder, to find the coinonatx folder, which contains the coinonatx.conf file, to alter things here for setting up the masternode. This application data/coinonatx/coinonatx.conf file however does not have anything showing "staking=". I figure that from the coinonatx wallet this "staking=0" means that I'm okay?
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As I previously mentioned, no version of the wallet can edit the conf file through the wallet gui. The instructions are the same for windows, mac, and linux wallets. The only thing that differs is the coinonatx.conf file location. After you create the masternode in the wallet gui, transfer exactly 5000 XCXT to the masternode address, go back to your masternode setup tab and click 'get cofig', copy and paste that into the coinonatx.conf file, make the required edits, and save. Restart wallet, unlock for staking only, go to masternode tab and start your masternode. Since you were supposed to have copy and pasted the content of the 'get info' to your coinonatx.conf file it certainly should contain 'staking=0'. The wallet uses the configuration specified in the conf file, not the config you see in 'get config.'
Also, regarding having more than 5000 coins in your wallet, each masternode address must have exactly 5000 XCXT to work, no more or less. The total number of coins in the wallet itself has no affect on functionality or rate of return. It's totally fine to leave coins not being used by masternodes in other addresses in the wallet. However, since you can't stake coins in a masternode wallet, it's smarter to transfer the ones not being used for masternodes to another wallet that has staking active so they actively earn something.