You can stake ADA from any Cardano account in NUFI, hot wallet or hardware wallet. Your ADA stays in your wallet and remains spendable the whole time.
Before you start
- 2 ADA deposit: the first time you stake from an account, the blockchain takes a 2 ADA deposit, which you get back if you stop staking. You'll also pay a small network fee, so make sure you have a few ADA available on top of what you want to stake.
Steps
- Start staking. Either:
- click Stake Now next to ADA on the Home screen, or
- click Staking in the left-hand sidebar, then Start staking on Cardano.
- Choose the account you want to stake from, and click Stake. You can change it later with the account dropdown.
- Choose a stake pool. Scroll through the list, or search by ticker, name or pool ID.
- Click Continue and review the costs, including the deposit and network fee.
- Approve:
- Hot wallet: enter your NUFI password and click Submit.
- Hardware wallet: approve the staking transaction on your device.
- Done. NUFI confirms your staking is active. Your first rewards arrive in about 15–20 days, then every 5 days after that.
Switching pools
You can move to a different pool at any time, with no deposit the second time. Just go through the steps again and choose a new pool. Your ADA stays staked the whole time.