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# Staking

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Staking is only available to EVM wallets.
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**XTEN staking goes live at TGE.**

Staking XTEN does two things: it can earn staking rewards from the Emissions Reserve, and it places you in a [League](/extended-resources/xten/the-league.md) tier that sets your fee discount, your Vault Extra Yield Boost and your affiliate payout multiplier. League tiers start at 500 XTEN.

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#### How to stake <a href="#how-to-stake" id="how-to-stake"></a>

1. Open the Staking page in the Extended app.
2. Enter the amount of XTEN to stake and confirm.
3. Your League tier updates immediately and applies across all sub-accounts linked to the same wallet.

#### Staked XTEN <a href="#staked-xten" id="staked-xten"></a>

* Staked XTEN is non-transferable while staked.
* One staked balance counts across all sub-accounts linked to the same wallet.

#### Unstaking <a href="#unstaking" id="unstaking"></a>

1. **Request.** Choose the amount to unstake. A request cannot be cancelled once submitted.
2. **Wait 7 days.** Once you submit a request, that amount enters the 7-day unstaking queue. XTEN in the unstaking queue does not earn staking rewards or count toward your League tier, and it stays non-transferable until the queue ends.
3. **Claim.** After 7 days, claim your XTEN.

As soon as you submit a request, if the amount you unstake takes your remaining stake below a threshold, your tier drops to the one your remaining staked balance qualifies for.

#### Staking rewards <a href="#staking-yield" id="staking-yield"></a>

Staked XTEN can earn staking rewards, paid in XTEN.

The sole source of staking rewards is the 150,000,000 XTEN Emissions Reserve, part of the Ecosystem allocation. Rewards are released from the fixed genesis supply. No new XTEN is created, and the reserve is never replenished. Once it is spent, emissions stop.

**Timing**

* Emissions begin at the first daily epoch after TGE.
* Until validators are activated, eligible staked positions receive staking rewards through a default prover responsible for settling all transactions on Arc. No validator assignment is required during this period.
* Once validators are activated, you must manually delegate your staked XTEN to a validator of your choice to continue earning staking rewards. See [Validators and delegation](#validators-and-delegation) below.
* The emission schedule will be published before TGE.

Staking rewards are variable and not guaranteed.

#### Validators and delegation <a href="#validators-and-delegation" id="validators-and-delegation"></a>

Validator activation, the validator set and the delegation process will be announced separately before activation. To become a validator, an operator must self-stake at least 5,000,000 XTEN.

Until then, staking rewards are credited through a default prover responsible for settling all transactions on Arc, and stakers are not required to delegate their tokens.

Once validators are activated, you must manually delegate your staked XTEN to a validator of your choice to continue earning staking rewards. Staked XTEN that is not delegated to a validator keeps its League tier but earns no staking rewards from that point.

Validators may charge a commission of up to 10% of staking rewards, reducing the effective rewards received by delegators.

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Watch official Extended channels for the activation notice. Delegation will not be required until it is announced.
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*Regulatory Information*

*The offeror of XTEN is Extended Ecosystem Limited, whose contact details are as follows: <legal@extended.exchange> | +1 284 394 4030.*

*The XTEN crypto-asset white paper and information about the offeror are available* [*here*](/extended-resources/xten/issuer-and-white-paper.md)*.*

*This crypto-asset marketing communication has not been reviewed or approved by any competent authority in any Member State of the European Union. The offeror of the crypto-asset is solely responsible for the content of this crypto-asset marketing communication.*