🤝5. Delegating your ADA

Delegating your stake in Cardano is easy and rewards you for securing the network.

When you delegate your funds, these remain in your full control. Cardano also has no lock-in period.

Delegating to a Stake Pool

Now that you've created your wallet and funded it, you want to consider delegating to a Stake Pool.

There is no valid reason not to delegate your stake to a Pool and it can be done by following the steps below. If you would like to know more about Staking on Cardano, please refer to the original post by Prof. Aggelos Kiayias, Chief Scientist for Cardano.

Some exchanges offer Cardano staking services. It is always best to transfer your funds off exchanges and delegate to a Stake Pool instead. Learn why here.

Choosing a Stake Pool

Making recommendations about individual Stake Pools is not the scope of this guide. There are some excellent tips in Selecting a Pool for your Delegation.

You can also check out these Stake Pool Alliances if you wish.

Delegating from Daedalus

Navigate to (1) the Delegation Centre and choose (2) Stake Pools:

Search for the pool you wish to delegate to and select "Delegate to this pool":

In the following dialogue, select the wallet to delegate from:

You will now be prompted to enter your spending password to confirm delegation preferences:

Once delegation is successful you should see this dialogue box:

Delegating from Yoroi

From the "Delegation List" tab, 1) search for your selected stake pool and 2) click "DELEGATE":

Next, confirm the transaction. You will be asked to enter your spending password:

Once delegation is successful you should see this dialogue box:

Delegating from Eternl

The pools in the images below are intentionally deleted. Your staking page will look slightly different.

Click on Staking from your Wallet's page:

Type the name or ticker of the pool you wish to delegate to:

Type the name of your pool of choice
Click the Delegate button

In the dialogue that follows, enter your spending password and click Sign:

Congratulations!

Your ADA is now delegated to a stake pool 👏 : you are actively securing Cardano, while earning ADA rewards!

All changes in Cardano take 2 epochs to take effect (delegation, reward distribution, etc). More on this topic on Cardanians' Medium.

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