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What is Cardano Staking
Staking is a process by which you delegate your ADA to one or more Stake Pools. In return you are rewarded a percentage of your stake every 5 days (an epoch) directly to your wallet. This mechanism is know as non custodial staking, unique to the Cardano blockchain.
Most users are concerned with the following: You stake your ADA to any Pool, you do this from websites like this or a wallet. You remain in full custody of your ADA, and can re-delegate / remove your stake at any time.
You receive rewards directly into your wallet when you’re delegated to a block producing pool, on average 3%.
Stake with Upstream
Connect your wallet, delegate to Upstream, start earring rewards today!
Why Upstream Stake Pool
You can choose to stake with any Stake Pool, and understanding the operator is at the heart of your choice.
Upstream Stake Pool operates on a professionally secure, bare metal infrastructure. Maintained by in house 10+ year experienced web engineers, using top of the range hardware, maintainable and scalable to suit the protocols demands. Running with redundancy, multiple relays and 24/7 monitoring and alerting, Upstream is your trusted Stake Pool Operator.
Generating additional rewards for our delegators and giving you that little extra;
Upstream operates Starch company and miners, Blockfrost Icebreaker, DBSync (Mainnet and SanchoNet) supplying custom Cardano data endpoints for data vendors and operating Mithril signers. Maintaining Stake Pools on Preview, PreProd and SanchoNet testnets, and building governance tooling at Cardano Connect ensures Upstream remains at the fringe, and in the know, for Cardano’s Network requirements.
Upstream Stake Pool Network
Mainnet Pool / cardano-node 10.3.1 / View mainnet pool
PreProd Pool / cardano-node 10.4.1 / View preprod pool
Preview Pool / cardano-node 10.4.1 / View preview pool
SanchoNet Pool / cardano-node 10.4.1 / View sanchonet pool
Staking rewards
You earn on average 3% as a delegator, and we receive rewards as a Stake Pool Operator. Your staking rewards are paid directly from the network to your wallet and are free to spend or save as you see fit. 100% of Upstream Stake Pool Operator rewards are reinvested back into our Stake Pool infrastructure, operational costs, and organising events.
More than a Stake Pool
Get more from your ADA delegation! We give extra to our delegators by providing Cardano infrastructure and returning these profits to our delegators. Delegating to Upstream enables us to enhance our infrastructure, continue organising events, and help us grow Cardano with robust hardware and regular events.
Midnight Validator
(Preview testnet)
Blockfrost
Icebreaker #34
Starch Company
Miner #EBB258
Mithril
Signer
How to Stake
Getting started is one of the main challenges you face when first entering the world of staking. There are 4 main steps to get you up and staking on the Cardano network:
1. Get some
ADA
First you must get some ADA, go to any exchange sign up and verify your account and buy your first ADA. We recommend doing research to make sure you chose an exchange suitable for your country.
Your ADA will be stored in your exchange account and they keep hold of it until you transfer it to your own wallet.
3. Transfer ADA to your wallet address
Now the fun part, transfer your ADA from your exchange account to your wallet address, make sure you input the correct address and have enough ADA for the small network fees.
Congratulations! you are now if full control of your ADA and can choose to stake it to a Cardano Stake Pool.
4. Delegate your ADA to UPSTR
Connect your wallet and stake to Upstream directly here, or search for pools on our pool search tool. You can change your pool any time and always retain control of your ADA!
Your ADA is NEVER locked and always yours when staking with a Cardano Stake Pool.