# accepts-locked-alpha (/docs/query/accepts-locked-alpha)

Coldkeys reject locked alpha by default; the pallet's
`set_reject_locked_alpha(false)` sets bit 0 of the coldkey's
`AccountFlags` to opt in.

**Category:** Locks & conviction

## Parameters [#parameters]

| Parameter      | Type   | Description                                         |
| -------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------- |
| `coldkey_ss58` | string | Coldkey whose locked-alpha acceptance flag to read. |

## CLI [#cli]

```bash
btcli query accepts-locked-alpha --coldkey <ss58|name> --json
```

## Python [#python]

Namespace method (autocomplete, signature help):

```python
import bittensor as bt

sub = bt.Subtensor()
result = sub.locks.accepts_locked_alpha(coldkey_ss58="5F...")
```

Or dispatch by name, as an agent would:

```python
result = sub.read("accepts_locked_alpha", coldkey_ss58="5F...")
```

Async is the same surface awaited: `async with bt.Subtensor() as client:`.

## On-chain implementation [#on-chain-implementation]

* Storage [`SubtensorModule.AccountFlags`](/code/pallets/subtensor/src/lib.rs#L1374)

Every file is browsable under [/code](/code) exactly as built into the runtime.