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# Celo staking

> Lock CELO and vote for a validator group with a 1-day warmup and 3-day unbonding period on exit.

Stake CELO by locking tokens and voting for a validator group. A new account is created and CELO locked before the vote is cast; exiting unlocks CELO after a 3-day period.

## Yields

| Yield ID | Staking type | Provider | Validator selection |
| - | - | - | - |
| `celo-celo-native-staking` | Native | Any active validator group | Required |

## Key facts

| | |
| - | - |
| Network ID | `celo` |
| Staked token | CELO |
| Unbonding / cooldown | 3 days |
| Warmup | 1 day |
| Rewards | Auto, credited to the locked balance periodically |

## Enter and exit

Celo requires an account to exist before CELO can be locked, and CELO to be locked before it can be voted to a validator group. The first enter action returns three ordered transactions: create account, lock CELO, and vote (delegate) with `amount` and `validatorAddress`.

Exiting returns two transactions: revoke the vote from the validator group, then unlock the CELO. The unlocked balance enters a 3-day unbonding period before it can be withdrawn.

## Managing the position

| Action | What it does |
| - | - |
| `STAKE_LOCKED` | Retry voting a `locked` balance that did not get delegated (for example after a failed vote transaction) |
| `UNLOCK_LOCKED` | Start unlocking a `locked` balance that is not currently voted |
| `WITHDRAW` | Withdraw the unlocked balance after the 3-day unbonding period |

## Related

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  <Card title="EVM staking coverage" icon="layer-group" href="/documentation/earn/staking/evm/index">
    All EVM native staking integrations.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Preferred validators" icon="user-check" href="/documentation/earn/staking/validators/preferred-validators">
    How validator selection and preferred validators work.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Actions" icon="arrow-right-arrow-left" href="/documentation/earn/core-concepts/actions">
    The enter, exit, and manage action model.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>


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