How to Stake on peaq: Native and Liquid Staking Explained

Staking your PEAQ tokens isn’t just about rewards — it’s about supporting the Machine Economy.

There are two ways to stake your PEAQ tokens:

• Native staking, via peaq portal
• Liquid staking, via Parasail

Whichever option you choose, whether to stake natively or use liquid staking for more flexibility, you’re helping secure peaq and make it more decentralized and censorship-resistant. You’re also supporting the Machine Economy — a new type of economy where machines and humans thrive together.

And you’re getting rewarded for your efforts.

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Native Staking — How to Stake your $PEAQ on peaq portal?

The most direct way to stake $PEAQ is through the peaq portal. It’s non-custodial, easy to use, and lets you earn rewards by delegating your PEAQ to a validator. No technical knowledge or complicated node setups required. 

How to stake natively:

1. Go to the staking dashboard on peaq Portal
2. Connect your wallet
3. Click the “Stake” button next to your chosen validator
4. Enter the amount of PEAQ tokens you would like to stake. Please note that the minimum amount is 100 PEAQ tokens
5. Click the “Stake” button and confirm your transaction

Key things to know:

• Minimum stake: the minimum amount to stake is 100 $PEAQ
• Commission and APR: Validators can set their own commission and APR. Do your own research when choosing which validator to stake your tokens with.
• Cooldown period: If you choose to unstake your tokens, they will be locked for a 7-day cooldown period. Once that period passes, you will have full access to your unstaked tokens.
• Regular rewards: you receive your rewards directly in your wallet, without any locking periods, about every four hours — every network epoch, to be more precise

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Liquid Staking — How to Stake your $PEAQ via Parasail

When you stake through Parasail, you receive $stPEAQ — a liquid version of your staked $PEAQ. $stPEAQ keeps earning staking rewards while you are free to move it around and use it in other DeFi protocols.

How to stake with Parasail:

1. Go to the Parasail staking interface
2. Connect your wallet
3. Enter the amount of $PEAQ you would like to stake
4. Click “Deposit” and confirm the transaction

Key things to know:

• Bonus rewards: You can receive a time-limited bonus reward rate of up to 13% by connecting your socials (as human verification) and activating the bonus reward rate. 
• Redeeming $PEAQ from $stPEAQ: You can redeem $PEAQ from the $stPEAQ you gain as rewards on Parasail’s website. If you acquire $stPEAQ from a DEX or another platform, you can also redeem $PEAQ from it on Parasail’s website. That said, if you transfer or sell your $stPEAQ, you will no longer be able to redeem it or get any future rewards from these tokens.

For more information about the tokenomics, staking and unstaking process, and contract addresses of stPEAQ, please refer to Parasail's documentation and this blog. 

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