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Overview

Fantom uses a fluid staking model where stakers either can stake without a lock-up period for the minimum APR or select a lock-up period between 14 to 365 days for an increased APR.
The rewards percentage increases linearly with time, rewarding the most committed stakers more. This way, the reward schedule combines long-term sustainability for the network and flexibility for stakers.

Rewards

In the fluid staking model, your effective APR:
  • increases proportionally with your lock-up period
  • decreases proportionally with the average lock-up period of all stakers
  • decreases proportionally with the total amount of FTM staked by all stakers
To get an estimate for potential rewards, please use our reward calculator.

How to receive rewards

There are two ways to participate in staking
Comparison
Delegation
Validator Node
Passive
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Minimum requirements
1 FTM
500,000 FTM
Needed expertise
None
DevOps
Rewards
Staking rewards minus a 15% fee to delegated validator
Staking rewards plus a 15% fee from delegators' rewards
Running a validator node earns more rewards but requires active management and DevOps experience.