# Staking **What is Staking?** Staking is a process used to verify cryptocurrency transactions. It involves committing holdings to support a blockchain network and confirm the transactions. It also allows participants to earn passive income on their holdings at a verying percentage of what has been staked, known as the APY. **How to Stake** In order to stake, staking pools must be open or not be full. When there is a staking pool open, the process is very simple: {% hint style="success" %} The most important thing to remember is that Bloktopia currently runs on the Polygon network, thus you **must** always have Polygon as your selected network in the wallet you are using to connect to the staking pool. {% endhint %} 1. Select the staking pool you would like to contribute to (If the pool is closed it will say closed on its background) 2. You will then be asked to connect your wallet to the staking pool you have chosen by way of a pop up. (As previously mentioned, ensure you have selected Polygon as the network to use) 3. Once your wallet is connected to the staking pool you will see information such as APY, the [$BLOK](/bloktopia-public-1/bloktopia-introduction/usdblok.md#what-is-usdblok-and-token-utility) price and how much $BLOK has been locked up in that current staking pool. **Note:** If this is your first time at staking $BLOK in our pools, you will firstly need to allow your wallet to interact with the bloktopia staking pool and this is the first transaction of two that you will be asked to approve by your wallet. 4. Once approved, you are ready to decide how many $BLOK you want to stake. Type in the amount you want and then press stake. Your wallet will ask for approval for the second time. There is no minimum or maximum $BLOK set to stake into a pool. You have now staked $BLOK tokens and the pool will show you the date on which the staking pool matures. You will not be able to unstake your tokens earlier than this date. {% hint style="info" %} The staking pools for Bloktopia have been extremely popular and normally fill shortly after they open. Keep an eye out on our Telegram announcement channel and our Twitter feed for news of new staking pools opening. {% endhint %} **Types of staking pool** Currently, we only offer staking pools where you stake $BLOK and earn $BLOK as rewards. Typically, we launch staking pools in sets of three – 1\. A **20%** APY pool with a **90 day** maturity period 2\. A **40%** APY pool with a **180 day** maturity period 3\. A **60%** APY pool with a **360 day** maturity period {% hint style="warning" %} Pools are filled on a first come, first serve basis and once full or closed, there is no way to stake until the next staking period {% endhint %} **Difference between Staking and JOBE** Staking $BLOK in the staking pools means you receive more $BLOK at the end of the staking term. For example, if you stake say 10,000 $BLOK in the 20% APY 90 day maturity pool – After 90 days you will receive your initial 10,000 $BLOK back plus 493 BLOK you earnt as interest. Where as staking $BLOK in JOBEs means that you get a share of the rental income the JOBE produces. The maximum amount of $BLOK a single person can stake in a JOBE is 4,800. However, this 4800 stake can be repeated as many times as desired (up until the filling of the JOBE) and this returns 10% of the invested amount yearly. This is paid in $BLOK tokens. {% hint style="warning" %} Once $BLOK has been staked, it is fixed in the staking pool for the set period of time, where as you can withdraw from the JOBE at anytime, but will not receive any rewards if you have not staked for more than the threshold of 15 days. {% endhint %} {% embed url="" %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://bloktopia.gitbook.io/bloktopia-public-1/bloktopia-products/staking.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.