Liquid Staking
Polkadot
Stake

Before you start

Ensure the following:

Install Polkadot.js wallet

  1. Go to the Chrome Store and access the Polkadot.js wallet (opens in a new tab).
  2. Click Add to Chrome.
  3. Ensure you follow master seed best practices and back up your master seed SECURELY offline.
  4. Generate a secure password and create your wallet.
  5. Give your wallet a name and select Any Chain.

Transfer DOT to your Polkadot.js wallet

Wallets to use to transfer Polkadot.
You can use Polka Wallet, Trust Wallet, Fearless Wallet, Polkadot.js to send DOT to your extension wallet.

  1. Connect your wallet to the Polkadot Account App (opens in a new tab) to view your balance or make a transfer to another account.
  2. Open the top left menu and:
    1. Select the Polkadot network.
    2. Click Switch to change to it (if required).
    Switch to Polkadot wallet
  3. You can then view your balance and/or make a transfer if required.

Connect your MetaMask wallet

  1. Visit Ankr Staking Dashboard (opens in a new tab). Connect wallet button
  2. Click Connect wallet in the top-right corner of the page. Connect wallet button
  3. Choose MetaMask. Connect wallet button
  4. If you have multiple accounts in MetaMask, choose an account to connect and click Next. Choose an account
  5. Click Connect and wait for a couple of moments till the connecting process is finished. Connect the account
  6. Successful connection to Ankr Staking is indicated at top right corner by the address of wallet you connected. Wallet connected
  7. If asked by Ankr Staking to switch networks, select a network of your choice. Select a supported network
  8. Click Switch network to confirm switching. Confirm switching networks

Connect your Polkadot.js wallet

  1. Visit Ankr Staking Dashboard (opens in a new tab). Connect wallet button
  2. Click Connect wallet in the top-right corner of the page. Connect wallet button
  3. Choose Polkadot.js. Connect wallet button
  4. Your Polkadot.js wallet may pop up requesting "authorization" to connect to Ankr Staking. Click to allow access.
  5. Successful connection to Ankr Staking is indicated at top right corner by the address of wallet you connected. Polkadot.js wallet connected

Stake DOT

Ankr auto-deducts a 2% technical service fee from your staking reward for the provided the services and operations, each reward cycle.
Remember to have a little amount of DOT and ETH to pay the gas fee for the staking and claiming transactions respectively.

  1. Visit Ankr Staking (opens in a new tab).
  2. Locate the Polkadot (DOT) box and click Stake in it. Locate DOT box and click Stake
  3. Enter the desired amount of DOT to stake, choose the token, and click Get aDOTb. Click Get
  4. Your Polkadot.js wallet pops up requesting authorization. Click Sign the transaction to authorize your staking. Click Sign the transaction
  5. On the next page, click Claim to claim aDOTb to the Ethereum network. Check the Ledger Nano X box if you have connected you're using your Polkadot address via a Ledger Nano X. Click Claim
  6. Your Polkadot.js wallet pops up requesting authorization. Click Sign the message to authorize your claiming. Click Claim
  7. Confirm the claiming transaction in MetaMask. Confirm claiming transaction
  8. On the next page, wait for the Stake successful status and click Add aDOTb to wallet to add the token to MetaMask. Click Add aDOTb to wallet
  9. Click Go to dashboard to see the added token. You may need to wait a little for the transaction to finalize and Dashboard to automatically update. Click Go to dashboard

To reflect your staking rewards, the balance of your aDOTb increases steadily.
To get more yield out of your Liquid Staking tokens, visit Ankr DeFi (opens in a new tab).

Don't see your aDOTb balance?

If you don't see your aDOTb balance in your wallet:

  1. Visit Ankr Staking Dashboard (opens in a new tab).
  2. Find your liquid staking token, click the three-dot menu, and click Token information. Click the three dot menu button and click Token information
  3. Click Add aDOTb to wallet. Click Add aDOTb to wallet

You can also manually import the token in your wallet and copy&paste the Contract address while doing it.

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