Stake activation time

Instant

Stake lock-up time

Variable

Auto-compounding

No

Rewards frequency

After cycle ends

Self-bond

Yes

Active set

2000 AVAX

Slashing

No automated slashing currently implemented in the protocol.

Relationship between validator stake balance and rewards

Linear. The more stake balance there is on the validator, the more rewards it will earn.

What is the staking process?

In order to stake AVAX you need to initiate a staking transaction that will lock the funds for the selected time. In order to initiate this transaction you'd need to enter a Node-ID which will be provided by Kiln

Can I keep staking/unstaking from/to the same wallet?

Yes you can add additional stake up to 5 times the initial staked amount as delegation to the same node

Can I select how much of my wallet balance I want to stake?

Yes, the minimum is 2000 AVAX

Can I unstake part of the staked balance?

You have to wait till the staking period ends. This period is defined by you when the staking starts and has a minimum of 2 weeks.

When can I withdraw my staked AVAX?

Once the staking cycle ends

When can I withdraw my rewards on staked AVAX?

Once the staking cycle ends

Stake activation time

0-1 day (end of current round) 1 round = 1 day (00:00:00 to 23:59:59 UTC)

Auto-compounding

No

Unbonding time

You select the time period to lock up the BTC. To earn rewards, you must stake for an entire round. Staking for less than 24 hours or only part of a round will not qualify for rewards. Once the period has ended, you must redeem your BTC. You can't redeem your coins beforehand. Unredeemed coins don't earn rewards.

Rewards Distribution

Daily. CORE rewards are generated on a daily / per round basis and available to claim the following day / round.

Active Set

Top 25 by Voting Power

Slashing

Only the validator's self-stake is at risk. The delegator's BTC can't incur slashing.

Stake activation time

0-1 day (end of current round) 1 round = 1 day (00:00:00 to 23:59:59 UTC)

Auto-compounding

No

Unbonding time

Instant

Rewards Distribution

Daily. CORE rewards are generated on a daily / per round basis and available to claim the following day / round.

Active Set

Top 25 by Voting Power

Slashing

Only the validator's self-stake is at risk. The delegator's CORE can't incur slashing.

What is the staking process?

What is the reward claim process?

NOTE: Ensure you have some CORE in your wallet to pay gas fees for the initial rewards claim.

What is Dual Staking?

Dual staking was introduced during Core's "Fusion Upgrade" released in November of 2024. It is a mechanism that incentivizes BTC stakers to stoke CORE in order to boost their BTC staking rewards. It does so by reducing the "base reward" on staked BTC to boost rewards of higher tiers.

How does it affect my rewards on my staked BTC?

Your BTC staking rewards are determined by your CORE:BTC staking ratio:

• If you stake less than 1,000 CORE per BTC: You receive the base rate

• If you stake 1,000-2,999 CORE per BTC: You receive Level 1 boosted yield

• If you stake 3,000-7,999 CORE per BTC: You receive Level 2 boosted yield

• If you stake 8,000+ CORE per BTC: You receive Level 3 (maximum) boosted yield

For example, if you stake 10 BTC, you would need:

• 10,000 CORE for Level 1 boost

• 30,000 CORE for Level 2 boost

• 80,000 CORE for Level 3 (maximum) boost

How is commission paid?

Commissions are paid to the validator at the same frequency as the reward distribution (every round).

Stake activation time

Instant

Auto-compounding

Unbonding time

21 days

Rewards Distribution

Rewards are distributed block-by-block

Active Set

Top 100 by Voting Power

Slashing

How does staking works?

On Cosmos Chains such as Celestia, token holders choose a validator to delegate a select amount of tokens to. The delegator initiates a delegation transaction, which involves locking their tokens in a smart contract. These tokens are then counted towards the validator's total stake.

What is the staking process?

After the delegation has been initiated, TIAs are changed to validator shares of the validator you delegate to.

Do funds move out to another wallet?

Staked TIAs are not part of the balance anymore, but they don’t go to another address.

Can I keep staking/unstaking from/to the same wallet?

Yes, you can increase the staked amount or unstake part of it at anytime.

Can I select how much of my wallet balance I want to stake?

Yes, you select the amount of tokens you want to stake to earn rewards.

How does auto-compounding work?

How do I unstake?

You can unstake by unbonding your funds. After you initiated the process:

• You stop receiving staking rewards

• It will take 21 days for the amount to be liquid

• But you will be able to cancel the unbonding process anytime, as this chain currently supports the function

Can I unstake part of the staked balance?

Yes, you can select the amount of tokens you want to unstake (this takes 21 days).

How is my balance computed at epoch N for the rewards distribution?

The balance computed at block N for the rewards distribution is the balance at block N.

What is the slashing risk on Celestia?

Downtime: During a block window (5,OOO blocks) if a validator signed less than 75% of the blocks, he will get jailed for 1 min but will not incur a slashing penalty. No rewards can be earned during that jail time. Double signing: When a validator attests to two different blocks, it will face slashing. Stakers who have delegated to the slashed validator will incur a slashing penalty of 2% and the validator won't ever be able to earn rewards again. Delegators will have to redelegate to another validator in order for their stake to earn rewards again.

How is commission paid?

Commissions are paid to the validator at the same frequency than the reward distribution (every block).

Kiln

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Stake activation time

TBD

Stake lock-up time

TBD

Re-delegating activation time

Instant

Rewards frequency

Auto-compounding

Self-bond

No $BGT self-bond, but validators self-bond $BERA

Active set

Slashing

$BGT is not slashable. Self-bonded $BERA is slashable.

Relationship between validator stake balance and rewards

Linear. Based on the $BGT delegation weight of the validator selected to propose the block.

How can I get BGT to stake?

Stake your PoL-eligible assets in Reward Vaults to earn $BGT. The rewards you earn are based on your share of the total assets staked in the vault and the amount of $BGT rewards emitted to the vault. Validators direct $BGT emissions to specific Reward Vaults, and users can claim the earned rewards.

Do funds move out to another wallet?

No, when you delegate $BGT to a validator, the $BGT does not move out of your wallet. Delegation is a mechanism that allows you to assign your voting power to a validator without transferring the tokens themselves. Your $BGT remains in your wallet, and you retain ownership while the validator uses the delegated voting power to influence governance and emissions decisions.

Can I keep staking/unstaking from/to the same wallet?

Yes, you can delegate and undelegate $BGT to and from the same wallet as often as you like. This flexibility allows you to adjust your delegation based on your preferences or changes in validator performance. However, keep in mind that there might be specific rules or cooldown periods associated with delegation and undelegation, depending on the network's governance policies.

Can I select how much of my wallet balance I want to stake?

Yes, you can choose how much of your $BGT you want to delegate to a validator. You have the flexibility to delegate any portion of your $BGT holdings, allowing you to manage your voting power and influence over governance and emissions decisions according to your preferences.

How does auto-compounding work?

Who can withdraw staked BGT?

Only the original $BGT holder who delegated the tokens has the authority to undelegate them from a validator. This ensures that control over the delegation remains with the token holder, allowing them to manage their $BGT allocations as they see fit.

When can I withdraw my staked BGT?

You can undelegate your $BGT from a validator at any time. However, the specifics of when you can withdraw the $BGT after undelegating may depend on the network's governance and any applicable timelocks or waiting periods.

How do I unstake?

Can I unstake part of the staked balance?

Yes, you can undelegate part of your staked $BGT balance. The process typically involves specifying the amount you wish to undelegate when managing your delegations in the BGT Station dApp.

How is my balance computed at epoch N for the rewards distribution?

Your balance for rewards distribution is computed based on the amount of $BGT you have staked in the Reward Vaults. The rewards are distributed pro-rata based on your staked amount relative to the total staked amount in the vault.

What is the slashing risk on the Berachain?

BGT is not slashable. The validator’s self-bonded BERA is slashable.

How is commission paid?

Commissions on Berachain are typically paid in the form of fees collected from various activities such as trading, borrowing, or liquidating positions. These fees are then distributed among different participants like liquidity providers and BGT stakers.

How can I get testnet tokens?

How does staking works?

Aptos uses an owner-operator-voter model for staking. This model enables the creation of delegations and staking services by separating the account that holds the funds from other accounts responsible for managing those funds, such as operators and voters. This separation ensures that delegations of responsibilities can be made securely, without compromising the safety of the funds held in the account.

Owner: When someone creates an account on the Aptos blockchain, they become the owner of that account and the funds it contains.

Operator: An operator is the validator operator. The Owner can delegate the management of their funds to the Operator. The Owner can assign the accounts operator address to the Operator allowing for the account to participate in transaction validation on the chain.

Voter: The Owner can designate a Voter to participate in governance. The voter will use the voter keys to sign the governance votes. Traditionally, voter privileges are assigned to the Operator.

What is the staking process?

To start earning rewards, you will need to add your stake to the delegation pool

Do funds move out to another wallet?

Tokens do move out of your account but your accounts remains the only one that can operate an unstaking function. This enables you too keep the custody of your funds while they earn rewards.

Can I keep staking/unstaking from/to the same wallet?

Yes, you can increase the staked amount or unstake part of it at anytime.

Can I select how much of my wallet balance I want to stake?

Yes, you select the amount of tokens you want to stake to earn rewards.

How do I unstake?

You can unlock stake at any time. However, the stake will only become withdrawable after the delegation pool's lockup period expires (0-30 days). Unlocked stake will continue earning rewards until the stake becomes withdrawable.

Can I unstake part of the staked balance?

Yes, you can select the amount of tokens you want to unstake. The minimum amount to unstake is 10 APT.

How is my balance computed at epoch N for the rewards distribution?

The balance computed at epoch N for the rewards distribution is the balance at the beginning of epoch N-1.

What is the slashing risk on Aptos?

Currently, slashing is not implemented on Aptos.

How is commission paid?

Staking rewards are auto-compounded. The commission is paid when delegators unstake their positions.

How can I get testnet tokens?

Stake activation time

Instant

Stake lock-up time

21 days

Re-delegating activation time

Instant

Rewards frequency

First rewards: next block once stake is active (0-7 seconds). Rewards frequency: every block (7 seconds). Last rewards: last rewards earned before unstaking.

Auto-compounding

Self-bond

None

Active set

Slashing

Yes, delegators' staked tokens can be slashed.

Relationship between validator stake balance and rewards

Linear. The more stake balance there is on the validator, the more rewards it will earn.

How does staking works?

On Cosmos Chains such as the Cosmos Hub, token holders choose a validator to delegate a select amount of tokens to. The delegator initiates a delegation transaction, which involves locking their tokens in a smart contract. These tokens are then counted towards the validator's total stake.

What is the staking process?

After the delegation has been initiated, ATOMs are changed to validator shares of the validator you delegate to.

Do funds move out to another wallet?

Staked ATOMs are not part of the balance anymore, but they don’t go to another address.

Can I keep staking/unstaking from/to the same wallet?

Yes, you can increase the staked amount or unstake part of it at anytime.

Can I select how much of my wallet balance I want to stake?

Yes, you select the amount of tokens you want to stake to earn rewards.

How does auto-compounding work?

How do I unstake?

You can unstake by unbonding your funds. After you initiated the process:

• You stop receiving staking rewards

• It will take 21 days for the amount to be liquid

• But you will be able to cancel the unbonding process anytime, as this chain currently supports the function

Can I unstake part of the staked balance?

• Yes, you can select the amount of tokens you want to unstake (this takes 21 days). • Be aware that you can only unbond ATOM seven times with the same validator within a twenty-one day period.

How is my balance computed at epoch N for the rewards distribution?

The balance computed at block N for the rewards distribution is the balance at block N.

What is the slashing risk on the Cosmos Hub?

Downtime: During a block window (10,000 blocks) if a validator signed less than 5% of the blocks, he will get jailed for 10 min and will incur a 0.01% slashing penalty. No rewards can be earned during that jail time. Double signing: When a validator attests to two different blocks, it will face slashing. Stakers who have delegated to the slashed validator will incur a slashing penalty of 5% and the validator won't ever be able to earn rewards again. Delegators will have to redelegate to another validator in order for their stake to earn rewards again.

How is commission paid?

Commissions are paid to the validator at the same frequency than the reward distribution (every block).

How can I get testnet tokens?

Stake activation time

Instant

Unbonding period

21 days

Auto-compounding

Self-bond

None

Active set

Top 70 by Voting Power

Slashing

Yes, delegators' staked tokens can be slashed.

Relationship between validator stake balance and rewards

Linear. The more stake balance there is on the validator, the more rewards it will earn.

How does staking works?

On Cosmos Chains such as Fetch.ai, token holders choose a validator to delegate a select amount of tokens to. The delegator initiates a delegation transaction, which involves locking their tokens in a smart contract. These tokens are then counted towards the validator's total stake.

What is the staking process?

After the delegation has been initiated, FETs are changed to validator shares of the validator you delegate to.

Do funds move out to another wallet?

Staked FETs are not part of the balance anymore, but they don’t go to another address.

Can I keep staking/unstaking from/to the same wallet?

Yes, you can increase the staked amount or unstake part of it at anytime.

Can I select how much of my wallet balance I want to stake?

Yes, you select the amount of tokens you want to stake to earn rewards.

How does auto-compounding work?

How do I unstake?

You can unstake by unbonding your funds. After you initiated the process:

• You stop receiving staking rewards

• It will take 21 days for the amount to be liquid

Can I unstake part of the staked balance?

Yes, you can select the amount of tokens you want to unstake (this takes 21 days).

How is my balance computed at epoch N for the rewards distribution?

The balance computed at block N for the rewards distribution is the balance at block N.

What is the slashing risk on Fetch.ai?

Downtime: During a block window (10,OOO blocks) if a validator signed less than 5% of the blocks, he will get jailed for 10 min and will incur a 0.01% slashing penalty. No rewards can be earned during that jail time. Double signing: When a validator attests to two different blocks, it will face slashing. Stakers who have delegated to the slashed validator will incur a slashing penalty of 10% and the validator won't ever be able to earn rewards again. Delegators will have to redelegate to another validator in order for their stake to earn rewards again.

How is commission paid?

Commissions are paid to the validator at the same frequency than the reward distribution (every block).

Stake activation time

Stake lock-up time

Rewards frequency

Auto-compounding

No

Active set

No

Slashing

Relationship between validator stake balance and rewards

A validator's balance is always 32 ETH and the rewards earned depend on the effective balance.

What is the staking process?

Do funds move out to another wallet?

Can I keep staking/unstaking from/to the same wallet?

Yes, you can stake / unstake multiple validators from the same wallet.

Can I select how much of my wallet balance I want to stake?

Yes, you can select a multiple of 32 ETH that you want to stake to earn rewards.

Can I unstake part of the staked balance?

Yes, you can select the number of validators (multiple of 32 ETH) you want to unstake.

Who can withdraw the staked ETH?

Only the wallet you use to issue your deposit can be used to withdraw your stake, and accrued rewards. Kiln or any other party cannot do that. This means you must ensure you retain control of the wallet you use to deposit your stake.

When can I withdraw my staked ETH?

You can withdraw your staked ETH anytime you want. Be aware that the duration of this action varies according to the network's exit queue.

When can I withdraw my rewards on staked ETH?

Both consensus and execution rewards are automatically distributed to your withdrawal wallet.

What are the risks associated with staking?

When you stake with this service, Kiln will operate validator(s) on your behalf. If these validators are incorrectly operated, it is possible for a portion of the funds you have staked to be slashed, meaning they are destroyed by the protocol. This is very rare in general and has never happened in Kiln’s history of operating Ethereum validators, our infrastructure is purpose-built to reduce this risk. You should however be aware that the risk is not 0. For more details and Kiln’s coverage please read our T&Cs or the Order Form you have signed with Kiln.

What validator clients does Kiln run?

Kiln runs a combination of Prysm, Teku and Lighthouse validator clients.

How can I get testnet tokens?

You can contact us to get some testnet ETH.

Mainnet

• 9911+ validator keys using Prysm

  • 317,152+ ETH

• 1710+ validator keys using Teku

  • 54,720+ ETH

Goerli

• 300 validator keys using Prysm

• 3000 validator keys using Teku

Sepolia

• 50 validator keys using Prysm

• 50 validator keys using Teku

Stake activation time

0-3.5 days (end of the current epoch)

Stake lock-up time

0-3.5 days (end of the current epoch)

Auto-compounding

Self Bond

The validator must self bond a minimum of 20M FLR.

How does staking works?

In the FTSO, staking involves delegating your tokens to data providers (signal providers). These providers submit data to the oracle, like cryptocurrency prices. Your stake contributes to the weight of their vote.

What is the staking process?

You choose a signal provider and delegate your tokens to them. This is done through the Flare interface or a compatible wallet. There's no need to transfer tokens; it's more like setting a preference.

Do funds move out to another wallet?

The funds technically leave your wallet to a smart contract that can only withdraw to your address.

Can I keep staking/unstaking from/to the same wallet?

Yes, you can continually stake and unstake to the same wallet.

Can I select how much of my wallet balance I want to stake?

Yes, you have control over how much of your balance you want to delegate to a signal provider

How do I unstake?

Unstaking usually involves removing the delegation from the signal provider. This can be done through the wallet or platform interface where you staked. This process takes O to 3.5 days.

Can I unstake part of the staked balance?

Yes, you can choose to unstake a portion of your delegated tokens.

How is my balance computed at epoch N for the rewards distribution?

Your reward is typically calculated based on the amount of your stake and the performance of your chosen signal provider at the beginning of the epoch.

What is the slashing risk on the FTSO chain?

Only the signal provider's tokens are subject to slashing.

How is commission paid?

Commissions are paid as rewards are earned.

Min Staked Amount

50,000 FLR

Stake activation time

Instant

Stake lock-up time

Delegation parameter: between 60 and 365 days

Auto-compounding

No

Self Bond

The validator must self bond a minimum of 6.25% of its total delegated amount

How does staking works?

Staking on the P-Chain involves locking funds for a period of time to support a specific network validator.

What is the staking process?

In order to stake FLARE you need to initiate a staking transaction that will lock the funds for the selected time. In order to initiate this transaction you'll need to enter the Node-ID provided by Kiln

Do funds move out to another wallet?

No, the funds are locked in the staking process but do not move to another wallet.

Can I keep staking/unstaking from/to the same wallet?

Yes you can add additional stake up to 5 times the initial staked amount as delegation to the same node. To unstake, you have to wait until your delegation cycle ends

Can I select how much of my wallet balance I want to stake?

Yes, the minimum is 50,000 FLR

How do I unstake?

You have to wait till the staking period ends. This period is defined by you when the staking starts and has a minimum of 2 weeks.

Can I unstake part of the staked balance?

You have to wait till the staking period ends. This period is defined by you when the staking starts and has a minimum of 2 weeks.

How is my balance computed at epoch N for the rewards distribution?

Rewards are distributed based on the amount staked at the last block.

What is the slashing risk on the P-chain?

There is no slashing on the P-Chain.

How is commission paid?

Once the staking cycle ends

Stake activation time

5-10 days (end of current epoch and one other)

Stake lock-up time

Instant

Re-delegating activation time

5-10 days (end of current epoch and one other)

Rewards frequency

First rewards: 2 epochs after stake is active (5-10 days + 10 days). Rewards frequency: beginning of every epoch (5 days). Last rewards: 3 epochs after the end of the unstaking epoch (15-20 days)

Auto-compounding

Yes

Self-bond

None

Active set

None

Slashing

No automated slashing currently implemented on Cardano.

Relationship between validator stake balance and rewards

Almost linear. The more stake balance there is on the validator, the more rewards it will earn.

Note that:

• more a validator pldege, more rewards are received.

• there is a saturation of 70M ADA. Above this amount of delegated tokens on the same validator, rewards are capped (not able to grow further).

What is the staking process?

The ADA wallet is delegated to a pool id and all the tokens contained inside this wallet are staked on the pool. The rewards go to the stake address of your wallet and must be withdrawn to receive them on your wallet.

Do funds move out to another wallet?

No, ADAs never leave your wallet.

Basically you keep the assets on your ada wallet and receive rewards on the stake address of your wallet.

Can I keep staking/unstaking from/to the same wallet?

Yes, by transferring in and out tokens, you need to withdraw available rewards.

Can I select how much of my wallet balance I want to stake?

All the ADA inside a delegated wallet are staked. All tokens in a delegated wallet are taken into account in the staked amount.

Can I unstake part of the staked balance?

No, if you unstake it's the whole wallet. But you can transfer out of your wallet any amount of ADA to unstake a part of it.

How is my balance computed at epoch N for the rewards distribution?

The balance computed at epoch N for the rewards distribution is the balance at the beginning of epoch N-2.

Is there a minimum stake amount needed?

Please ensure to stake at least 4 ADA. When you first stake, 2 ADA will be held as a deposit (which is refundable when you deregister), and there will be a small transaction fee, usually between 0.17 and 0.3 ADA.

As a result, if you start staking 4 ADA, only around 1.7 ADA will actually be used for staking.

How can I get testnet tokens?

Stake activation time

Instant

Stake lock-up time

21 days

Auto-compounding

Rewards Distribution

Rewards are distributed block-by-block

Active Set

Top 100 by Voting Power

Slashing

Yes

How does staking works?

On Cosmos Chains such as Kava, token holders choose a validator to delegate a select amount of tokens to. The delegator initiates a delegation transaction, which involves locking their tokens in a smart contract. These tokens are then counted towards the validator's total stake.

What is the staking process?

After the delegation has been initiated, KAVAs are changed to validator shares of the validator you delegate to.

Do funds move out to another wallet?

Staked KAVAs are not part of the balance anymore, but they don’t go to another address.

Can I keep staking/unstaking from/to the same wallet?

Yes, you can increase the staked amount or unstake part of it at anytime.

Can I select how much of my wallet balance I want to stake?

Yes, you select the amount of tokens you want to stake to earn rewards.

How does auto-compounding work?

How do I unstake?

You can unstake by unbonding your funds. After you initiated the process:

• You stop receiving staking rewards

• It will take 21 days for the amount to be liquid

• But you will be able to cancel the unbonding process anytime, as this chain currently supports the function

Can I unstake part of the staked balance?

Yes, you can select the amount of tokens you want to unstake (this takes 21 days).

How is my balance computed at epoch N for the rewards distribution?

The balance computed at block N for the rewards distribution is the balance at block N.

What is the slashing risk on Kava?

Downtime: During a block window (10,000 blocks) if a validator signed less than 5% of the blocks, he will get jailed for 10 min and will incur a 0.01% slashing penalty. No rewards can be earned during that jail time. Double signing: When a validator attests to two different blocks, it will face slashing. Stakers who have delegated to the slashed validator will incur a slashing penalty of 5% and the validator won't ever be able to earn rewards again. Delegators will have to redelegate to another validator in order for their stake to earn rewards again.

How is commission paid?

Commissions are paid to the validator at the same frequency than the reward distribution (every block).

Stake activation time

Instant

Unbonding period

21 days

Auto-compounding

No

Self-bond

None

Active set

Top 60 by Voting Power

Slashing

Yes, delegators' staked tokens can be slashed.

Relationship between validator stake balance and rewards

Linear. The more stake balance there is on the validator, the more rewards it will earn.

How does staking works?

On Cosmos Chains such as Injective, token holders choose a validator to delegate a select amount of tokens to. The delegator initiates a delegation transaction, which involves locking their tokens in a smart contract. These tokens are then counted towards the validator's total stake.

What is the staking process?

After the delegation has been initiated, INJs are changed to validator shares of the validator you delegate to.

Do funds move out to another wallet?

Staked INJs are not part of the balance anymore, but they don’t go to another address.

Can I keep staking/unstaking from/to the same wallet?

Yes, you can increase the staked amount or unstake part of it at anytime.

Can I select how much of my wallet balance I want to stake?

Yes, you select the amount of tokens you want to stake to earn rewards.

How do I unstake?

You can unstake by unbonding your funds. After you initiated the process:

• You stop receiving staking rewards

• It will take 21 days for the amount to be liquid

• But you will be able to cancel the unbonding process anytime, as this chain currently supports the function

Can I unstake part of the staked balance?

Yes, you can select the amount of tokens you want to unstake (this takes 21 days).

How is my balance computed at epoch N for the rewards distribution?

The balance computed at block N for the rewards distribution is the balance at block N.

How is commission paid?

Comissions are paid to the validator at the same frequency than the reward distribution (every block).

Stake activation time

6 hours

Stake lock-up time

7 days

Auto-compounding

Yes

Stake activation time

Instant

Stake lock-up time

8 days

Auto-compounding

Coming soon on the Kiln Validator.

Rewards Distribution

Rewards are distributed block-by-block

Active Set

Top 13 by Voting Power (subject to expand in the future)

Slashing

Yes

How does staking works?

On Cosmos Chains such as Mantra, token holders choose a validator to delegate a select amount of tokens to. The delegator initiates a delegation transaction, which involves locking their tokens in a smart contract. These tokens are then counted towards the validator's total stake.

What is the staking process?

After the delegation has been initiated, OMs are changed to validator shares of the validator you delegate to.

Do funds move out to another wallet?

Staked OMs are not part of the balance anymore, but they don’t go to another address.

Can I keep staking/unstaking from/to the same wallet?

Yes, you can increase the staked amount or unstake part of it at anytime.

Can I select how much of my wallet balance I want to stake?

Yes, you select the amount of tokens you want to stake to earn rewards.

How do I unstake?

You can unstake by unbonding your funds. After you initiated the process:

• You stop receiving staking rewards

• It will take 8 days for the amount to be liquid

• But you will be able to cancel the unbonding process anytime, as this chain currently supports the function

Can I unstake part of the staked balance?

Yes, you can select the amount of tokens you want to unstake (this takes 8 days).

How is my balance computed at epoch N for the rewards distribution?

The balance computed at block N for the rewards distribution is the balance at block N.

What is the slashing risk on Mantra?

Downtime: During a block window (1,OOO blocks) if a validator signed less than 50% of the blocks, he will get jailed for 1 min and will incur a slashing penalty of 0.1%. No rewards can be earned during that jail time. Double signing: When a validator attests to two different blocks, it will face slashing. Stakers who have delegated to the slashed validator will incur a slashing penalty of 5% and the validator won't ever be able to earn rewards again. Delegators will have to redelegate to another validator in order for their stake to earn rewards again.

How is commission paid?

Commissions are paid to the validator at the same frequency than the reward distribution (every block).

Stake activation time

Wait for the end of the current epoch (max 18 hours)

Stake lock-up time

7 epochs (~ 5 days and 6 hours)

Auto-compounding

No