# ALEPH ZERO staking guide 

**Published by:** [anthony](https://paragraph.com/@fundbaron/)
**Published on:** 2023-04-07
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@fundbaron/aleph-zero-staking-guide

## Content

ALEPH ZERO staking guide ***By delegating your AZERO tokens to the Validator, ***you get stable and honest performance! Calculate your expected returns at: https://alephzero.org/staking/*For the highest returns, take advantage of compounding by withdrawing your rewards!-*Validators and their nominator’s reward bucket are proportional to the validator’s uptime. -Validators and all their nominator’s reward bucket is currently not proportional to the validator’s stake. This is a temporary situation and will change after the next update. The consequence is that it is more profitable to nominate validators that currently have fewer nominations in total ! Follow the below steps to setup your wallet and delegate to start earning today!Open the Accounts tab and create your wallet https://azero.dev/#/accounts( you can study a detailed guide on installing a wallet on the official websitehttps://support.alephzero.org/en/articles/5772641-how-to-set-up-or-recover-your-aleph-zero-wallet-on-the-mainnet )Now test that you can login to the wallet, by opening the “My Wallet” dropdown and selecting “Unlock Wallet” if you already have an account then - Here we upload the .json wallet file we previously downloaded and enter our password set at the beginning of this guideNow let’s transfer and stake to earn some rewards.**2. **How to send and receive AZERO tokensNow that you have a secure wallet, it is time to transfer some tokens.To deposit: take note of your unique wallet address and copy it into your withdrawal section of the exchange you have purchased AZERO tokens( mexc or gate.io )https://www.gate.io/ruhttps://www.mexc.com.To transfer: input the address you wish to transfer to, the amount of tokens3. How stake and earn $AZERO rewardsNow you have some AZERO in your wallet, go to the “Staking” tabyou will see a list of active validatorsThe next crucial element to go over is the “Account actions” view. Accessing this view will allow you to validate, and nominate, via UI.further tab on the right — Nominator4 make a betOn the first screen, you will choose your Stash Account, Controller Account, and the number of tokens you wish to bond. Once you submit your answers, you will proceed to the next screen in which you will choose your Validator. And finally, the last view of the pop-up will ask you to authorize the transaction with your password.**then choose a validator ( **at the moment all validators are issued by the team and have a commission of 0 ) thanks for watching / we hope we helped you AZERO oficial Website https://alephzero.org/https://linktr.ee/alephzero Twitter https://twitter.com/Aleph__Zero Discord https://discord.com/invite/4KAa9H5j2G

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