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How to Natively Stake SOL
This guide will show you how to natively stake from a funded Solflare wallet. There are two different ways you can stake SOL – liquid staking, and natively staking. Natively refers to traditional staking.
This guide will show you how to natively stake your SOL.
There is a temporary Solana network fee of 0.002 SOL to open each SOL staking account. Once you withdraw and close your stake account, you are refunded back the fee.
Step 1
- Access your wallet and click on the Solana coin that is the first on your assets list.
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Step 2
- Click on the Stake button.
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Step 3
- Set the amount you would like to stake.
- You will be displayed the breakdown of the APY, estimated Annual return, Total stake, and the validator’s current Performance.
- Click Stake to continue.
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Step 4
- Once you’re all set, click Confirm.
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Staking Notes:
- This guide delegates your SOL to a validator. The validator then adds your stake to its pool of SOL and this process can take up to 3 epochs which translates to roughly 6 days. Your rewards won’t start accruing until the moment your SOL is added to a validators stake pool.
- Make sure you set up an amount higher than 0.01 SOL as currently, that is the limitation set by the Solana network.
You’re all set.
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Remember, delegated SOL is not immediately effective. Depending on network activity, there may be a 2-3 day delay before your delegated SOL is earning rewards.
You’re still able to undelegate during this timeframe.