Staking lets you earn passive rewards by delegating your CHZ to network validators. Your CHZ remains fully under your control while it helps secure the Chiliz Chain and generates returns. By staking, you also contribute to the network's governance and increase your chosen validator's voting power.

Rewards begin accruing immediately after staking and are distributed at the end of each epoch (approximately every 24 hours). Your rewards automatically compound to your staked CHZ balance, meaning your rewards generate additional rewards over time.

The network enforces a minimum stake of 100 CHZ. There's no maximum limit to how much you can stake.

Yes. Withdrawals initiate a cooldown period of 2 full epochs (approximately 3 days or 72,000 blocks) before your CHZ becomes claimable. During this time, your tokens appear as "Pending CHZ" on the dashboard. Once the cooldown completes, you can claim your tokens back to your wallet.

Rewards come from two sources: CHZ inflation generated each block and priority fees paid by network users. Validators receive 65% of block rewards (with 35% going to network development), which is then split between the validator and their delegators based on staked amounts. Your actual returns depend on validator performance, commission rates, and total network stake. For complete details, see the official Chiliz docs at https://docs.chiliz.com/learn/about-staking/staking-rewards.

Validators process network transactions and secure the Chiliz Chain using Proof of Staked Authority (PoSA) consensus. Our interface presents a curated list of validators, with a "Recommended" filter highlighting trusted validators. Each validator listing shows their commission rate, total CHZ staked, and voting power. The more CHZ staked with a validator, the higher their chance of creating blocks and earning rewards.

Staking on Chiliz Chain is designed with security as a priority, and your staked CHZ cannot be lost through the staking process itself. Key factors to understand: market volatility may affect the value of your underlying CHZ tokens, and validator performance impacts your reward rate. If a validator goes offline for more than 12 hours, epoch rewards may be removed as a penalty. We mitigate this by carefully curating our validator list to include only established and reliable operators.

An epoch on Chiliz Chain consists of 28,800 blocks and lasts approximately 24 hours. Epochs determine when rewards are compounded to your staked balance and when stake delegations or undelegations are processed. You can track epoch progress directly in your dashboard.

Validators charge a commission fee for their services, which is deducted from your share of the rewards before distribution. For example, if the delegator pool earns 20 CHZ and the commission rate is 10%, then 2 CHZ stay with the validator and 18 CHZ are distributed among delegators. Commission rates are displayed transparently for each validator—the lower the commission, the more you earn from the reward pool.