Stake and Unstake NLS

Staking NLS is straightforward and works through several interfaces. The Nolus Web App is the simplest place to start.

Connect your non-custodial wallet and open the Stake section in the left sidebar. You will see Stake and Unstake buttons. Click Stake to open a pop-up, enter the amount of NLS you want to stake, review the details, click Stake again, and confirm the transaction in your wallet. Your tokens are then staked and earning rewards.

Unstaking works the same way. Go back to the Stake section, click Unstake, enter the amount, and sign the transaction. Unstaking starts a 21-day unbonding period, during which the tokens are locked and do not earn rewards.

Staking always happens on the Nolus network, and you can reach it from a Solana session. A Solana session (Solflare or Phantom) also carries a Nolus account derived from the same key, and your Solana wallet extension signs the staking transaction, so no Cosmos wallet is needed.

NLS also trades on Solana, and that is where the one extra step comes in: NLS sitting in your Solana wallet, whether you bought it there or moved it across from Nolus, is not staked and earns nothing. Move it into your Nolus account first, using Fund on NLS, and stake it once it shows up there. Several unrelated tokens use the NLS ticker on Solana; the app recognises only the NLS issued through the protocol's transfer channel, which is the one Jupiter marks as verified.

The Keplr Dashboard lets you connect your wallet, switch to the Nolus network, and manage staking from there, including viewing active stakes and rewards.

Ping.pub offers a more detailed interface. Connect to the Nolus endpoint, click Staking in the sidebar, and browse the validator list. When you click Stake on a validator, the pop-up shows its commission rate, voting power and the 21-day unbonding period. If you pick a validator ranked in the top 10 by voting power, Ping.pub suggests considering a smaller validator to help keep the network decentralized. Enter your amount, click Stake, then approve the transaction in Keplr.

The REStake App also supports Nolus staking.

Do your own due diligence before delegating. Useful signals are the bonded amount, the commission rate and uptime history. Validators that act maliciously or go offline for long stretches can be slashed, which affects the tokens staked with them.

Moving your stake to a different validator is instant, but once you redelegate from the same wallet you cannot move that stake again for 21 days. Plan validator changes with that in mind.

Because of the fee model, staking rewards can arrive in more than one asset. Users can pay their fees on the Nolus network in any of the supported assets (NLS, cbBTC, HYPE, SOL, USDC, USDC_NOBLE and wETH), so your rewards may come in NLS or in any of the others. Rewards are claimed manually and can be restaked to compound.