# How To: Stake VRSC

Earn block rewards by staking your VRSC coins — no special hardware needed.

Estimated time: 5 minutes to enable (first reward may take hours/days)
Cost: None (you keep your coins)
Difficulty: Beginner

# Prerequisites

Verus CLI installed and daemon fully synced
VRSC (or VRSCTEST) in your wallet
Coins must be mature (150+ confirmations, ~2.5 hours on mainnet)

# How Staking Works

Verus uses a hybrid PoW/PoS consensus. When you stake:

Your wallet automatically creates stake transactions using your mature UTXOs
Larger UTXOs = higher chance of being selected to stake a block (one large UTXO stakes better than many small ones of the same total)
There is no minimum balance requirement (technically 0.00000001 VRSC)
You earn the full block reward when you successfully stake
Your coins never leave your wallet — they're not locked or at risk

# Steps

# 1. Check Your Balance

./verus -testnet getbalance

Ensure you have coins available. For meaningful staking, more is better.

# 2. Verify Coins Are Mature

Coins need 150+ confirmations before they're eligible for staking:

./verus -testnet listunspent 150

This shows only UTXOs with 150+ confirmations. If empty, your coins aren't mature yet — wait.

# 3. Enable Staking

./verus -testnet setgenerate true 0

The 0 means zero mining threads — staking only, no CPU mining.

Expected output: (none — silence means success)

# 4. Verify Staking Is Active

./verus -testnet getmininginfo

Expected output:

{
  "blocks": 926961,
  "currentblocksize": 0,
  "currentblocktx": 0,
  "difficulty": 56478309.28295863,
  "stakingsupply": 31566038.74104909,
  "errors": "",
  "genproclimit": 0,
  "localhashps": 0,
  "networkhashps": 16857317,
  "pooledtx": 0,
  "testnet": true,
  "chain": "main",
  "generate": true,
  "staking": true,
  "numthreads": 0,
  "mergemining": 0
}

Key fields to check:

"generate": true — generation is enabled
"staking": true — staking is active
"numthreads": 0 — not mining (staking only)

# 5. Monitor for Rewards

Check your balance periodically:

./verus -testnet getbalance

Or check recent transactions:

./verus -testnet listtransactions "*" 10

Staking rewards appear as "category": "stake" or "generate" transactions.

# 6. Stop Staking (When Needed)

./verus -testnet setgenerate false

This stops both mining and staking.

# How Long Until My First Stake?

It depends on your balance relative to the total staking supply:

Your Balance	Network Staking Supply	Approx. Time Between Stakes
1,000 VRSC	30,000,000 VRSC	~42 days
10,000 VRSC	30,000,000 VRSC	~4 days
100,000 VRSC	30,000,000 VRSC	~10 hours
1,000,000 VRSC	30,000,000 VRSC	~1 hour

Formula: (Staking Supply ÷ Your Balance) ÷ 720 = days between stakes (720 = avg PoS blocks per day at 50/50 split). These are rough estimates — staking is probabilistic.

# Auto-Start Staking on Boot

Add to your Verus config file (~/.komodo/VRSC/VRSC.conf or ~/.komodo/vrsctest/vrsctest.conf):

gen=1
genproclimit=0

This enables staking every time the daemon starts.

# Pool Staking

You can also stake through non-custodial staking pools using VerusID. This lets you combine staking power with other users without giving up control of your coins:

Non-custodial (VerusID-based): Your coins remain in your wallet, but your VerusID delegates staking power to a pool. No trust required.
Custodial: You send coins to a pool operator (requires trust).

Check the Verus Discord for current staking pools (e.g., Synergy Pool).

# Troubleshooting

Problem	Cause	Solution
`"staking": false`	No mature coins or wallet locked	Check `listunspent 150`; wait for coins to mature
`"generate": false`	Staking not enabled	Run `setgenerate true 0`
No rewards after days	Balance too small relative to network	Normal — increase balance or be patient
`"stakingsupply": 0`	Node not fully synced	Wait for full sync (`getinfo` — blocks should match headers)
Wallet is encrypted	Locked wallet can't stake	Unlock: `walletpassphrase "YOUR_PASSPHRASE" 99999999 true` (the `true` = staking only)

# What Could Go Wrong

Nothing is at risk — staking doesn't spend your coins. If staking fails, your coins remain untouched.
Orphaned stakes — occasionally a stake gets orphaned (another block wins). The reward disappears but your coins are safe.
Daemon must stay running — if the daemon stops, staking stops. Use screen or systemd for persistence.

Last updated: 2026-02-07