Put your COCKROACH to work.
Delegate to a validator and earn a share of every block's rewards. No minimum, no lock-up beyond the 7-day unbonding period, and your tokens never leave your wallet's control.
Five steps, one wallet.
Choose a validator
Compare uptime and voting record. Commission is 10% for everyone.
Delegate
Stake from Keplr, Leap or MetaMask through the staking precompile.
Earn every block
Rewards and your share of gas fees accrue about every 5 seconds.
Claim any time
Withdraw rewards whenever you like, or restake them to grow your position.
Unbond in 7 days
Start unbonding whenever you want. Switching validators is instant.
What you earn, and why.
Every token staked with an active validator, or with a standby validator whose node is online, earns the same base rate. Validators keep a fixed 10% commission on rewards from tokens delegated to them.
| Role | Monthly at launch | Yearly |
|---|---|---|
| Delegator | 1.8% | 21.6% |
| Validator, own stake | 2.0% | 24.0% |
| Validator, commission | 0.2% | on delegated stake |
Reward estimate
Year-1 protocol rate, before your share of gas fees.
Estimates in COCKROACH. Rates are protocol parameters set by governance and can change; the token's market value is not guaranteed. Figures exclude slashing, downtime and tax. Risk disclosure
Rewards step down every year.
The base rate falls by 0.1% a month each year, without compounding, and stops at a 0.5% monthly floor in year 16. Governance can change the rate at any time, but never above 3% a month.
| Year | Monthly | Yearly | Delegator / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.0% | 24.0% | 1.80% |
| 2 | 1.9% | 22.8% | 1.71% |
| 3 | 1.8% | 21.6% | 1.62% |
| 4 | 1.7% | 20.4% | 1.53% |
| 5 | 1.6% | 19.2% | 1.44% |
| 10 | 1.1% | 13.2% | 0.99% |
| 16 onward | 0.5% | 6.0% | 0.45% |
Staking is not risk-free.
Slashing
If your validator signs two blocks at once, 5% of its stake, including yours, is burned. Long downtime costs 0.01% and a temporary jail.
Unbonding period
Unstaked tokens stay locked for 7 days and earn nothing while they unbond. Plan ahead if you may need them.
Market price
Rewards are paid in COCKROACH. Their value in any other currency rises and falls with the market.
Common questions
Is there a minimum stake?
No. You can delegate any amount, as long as it covers the small gas fee for the transaction.
Do my rewards compound automatically?
No. Rewards accrue to your account every block; you choose when to claim them and whether to restake.
Why is commission fixed at 10%?
A single rate removes the race to zero commission and lets delegators choose validators on reliability, not price.
Can I stake from MetaMask?
Yes. The staking precompile exposes delegate, undelegate and claim functions to any EVM wallet. Keplr and Leap offer the same actions natively.
What if my validator is not in the top 100?
It earns as a standby validator: the same rate for every hour its node sends a heartbeat, if it holds at least 5,000 COCKROACH of self-stake. If it is jailed, it earns nothing; you can redelegate to another validator instantly.
Who decides the reward rate?
COCKROACH stakers, by on-chain vote. The yearly step-down runs automatically unless a proposal changes it.