Cardano staking

Delegate ADA to a stake pool with no unbonding period and manually claimed epoch rewards.

Delegate ADA to a Cardano stake pool through the Yield API. Cardano staking has no unbonding period: undelegating is immediate at the protocol level.

Yields

Yield ID	Staking type	Provider	Validator selection
cardano-ada-native-staking	Native	yield.xyz	Required

Key facts

Network ID	cardano
Staked token	ADA
Unbonding	None
Warmup	None
Minimum	5 ADA
Rewards	Claimed manually with a pending action; accrue per epoch

Enter and exit

Enter takes an optional amount (minimum 5 ADA when set) and a required validatorAddress, the stake pool ID. Exit takes an optional amount with no validator argument: it undelegates the account’s whole stake in one action.

Managing the position

Action	What it does
CLAIM_REWARDS	Claims accrued rewards once the claimable balance reaches 1 ADA
STAKE	Re-delegates rewards back into the position

Related

Non-EVM staking coverage

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Preferred validators

How stake pool selection works for this yield.

Actions

Enter, exit, and manage a position through the Yield API.

Networks

Non-EVM network reference.