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Staking Flow

Stake (delegation)​

Staking on Cosmos Hub involves delegating ATOMs, the native cryptocurrency of the Cosmos network, to a validator. Validators participate in consensus and governance. By staking your ATOMs, you help secure the network and earn rewards.

  1. Delegate Tokens: Use the delegate function to allocate a specific amount of ATOMs to the chosen validator.
  2. Transaction Confirmation: Once submitted, the transaction will be validated and included in a block. You are now officially staking and will begin to accumulate rewards based on the validator's performance.

Unstake (Undelegation)​

Unstaking in Cosmos Hub is called undelegation. It is the process of withdrawing staked tokens from a validator, which is subject to an unbonding period.

  1. Initiate Undelegation: Use the undelegate function to start the process of withdrawing your staked ATOMs from the validator.
  2. Unbonding Period: Undelegated tokens are locked for a 21-day unbonding period, during which they do not earn rewards and cannot be transferred.
  3. Completion: After the unbonding period, tokens are released and can be freely transferred or restaked.

Claiming Rewards​

Rewards generated from staking are not automatically added to your wallet; they must be claimed manually.

  1. Check Accumulated Rewards: Verify your accumulated rewards through the rewards function or just check the explorer.
  2. Claim Rewards: Use the withdraw_rewards function to transfer your accumulated staking rewards into your wallet.
  3. Reinvestment or Transfer: After claiming, rewards can be reinvested by staking them with a validator or used for other transactions.

Extra information​

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You can have a look to Protocol-staking-CosmosHub detailed information .