Delegate stake to a collator

Understanding the terms in the display

Before staking, it is important to get acquainted and be familiar with the terms used in the Stake page.

• Total Staked - The total amount of $EWT you have actively staked across all collators.

• Total Rewards - The total amount of $EWT you’ve earned from staking and delegation so far.

• Est. Rewards - An estimated reward rate based on current network conditions. Rewards are variable, not guaranteed, and may change via on‑chain governance.

• Available to Stake - The amount of $EWT in your wallet that can be staked.

• Collator - Nodes that maintain the EWX parachain by producing block candidates and submit them for validation.

• My Stakes - The amount of $EWT you have currently staked with your chosen collator(s).

• Pending Unstake - $EWT currently in the unstaking process. After the cooldown, you’ll be able to claim it from the Pending tab.

• Transaction Cost - Network fee required to process the staking transaction.

Stake EWT to nominate a collator for delegation

Ensure that there is enough EWT in the connected EWX wallet account. For EWX wallet accounts with insufficient EWT, tokens can be bridged from EWC and ETH networks using the official EWX Bridge Web App.

To stake, choose from the list of collators available to nominate for delegation.

Only collators which you don't have any pending unstake can be nominated for delegation.

Choose a collator to delegate the stake

Input the amount to stake and click the "Stake" button.

Staking locks your EWT for an unbonding period (currently 2 eras). Slashing risk applies: if a selected collator malperforms, a portion of your stake may be slashed. Rewards are not guaranteed.

Input amount to stake

A confirmation screen will be displayed. Review the details as displayed and ensure that the checkbox is ticked. Click the "Confirm" button to initiate the transaction.

Staking confirmation dialog

Confirm the transaction in your wallet.

Stake transaction is pending approval

Stake transaction is executing

Stake transaction is submitted

After successfully executing the transaction, Total Staked and Available to Stake amounts will be updated. The staked amount will also be listed in My Stakes column in the collators list.

Updated total stake amount

Top-up Stake Amount

Topping-up stake amount in the current active stakes is very straightforward. Simply choose a collator which you have active stakes.

Only collators which you don't have any pending unstake can be selected.

Select a collator to top-up stake

Input the amount to top-up and click the "Increase Stake" button.

Input top-up amount to increase stake

A confirmation screen will be displayed. Review the details as displayed and ensure that the checkbox is ticked. Click the "Confirm" button to initiate the transaction.

Confirmation dialog showing active stake and amount to increase

Confirm the transaction in your wallet.

Top-up stake is pending approval

Top-up stake is executing

Top-up stake is submitted

After successfully executing the transaction, Total Staked and Available to Stake amounts will be updated. The topped-up amount will also be reflected in My Stakes column in the collators list.

Stake balance is updated