Staking

How to stake and unstake JUP, the unstaking period, and staking benefits.

What staking does

Staking JUP locks your tokens in the governance smart contract. In return, you receive voting power to participate in DAO proposals and become eligible for Active Staking Rewards (ASR).

Staked JUP is not liquid. It remains locked until you go through the unstaking process.

How to stake

1. Connect your wallet

   Visit the governance platform at vote.jup.ag. You can use a desktop browser or your wallet’s dApp browser on mobile. Click the Connect button in the top right corner and select your wallet.

2. Enter the amount and stake

   Enter the amount of JUP you want to stake, then click “Stake” and confirm the transaction in your wallet.

3. Confirm your voting power

   Once confirmed, the JUP will leave your wallet and your Voting Power will update on the governance site. You can now vote on any live proposal.

You can add more JUP to your existing stake at any time without unstaking first.

Benefits of staking

Staking JUP allows you to:

• Participate in Jupiter DAO governance by voting on proposals.
• Earn Active Staking Rewards (ASR) each quarter, distributed based on time-weighted stake. See ASR for details.
• Access occasional community perks and airdrops.

Additional utility for JUP stakers is being explored across the Jupiter product suite.

How to unstake

Unstaking initiates a 7-day cooldown period. During this time, you can still vote on live proposals with your remaining voting power and qualify for rewards.

1. Go to the Unstake tab

   Connect your staking wallet to vote.jup.ag and select the Unstake tab below your Voting Power display.

2. Choose the amount and unstake

   Select the amount you want to unstake (or select MAX to unstake everything). Click “Unstake” and confirm the transaction.

3. Wait for the cooldown

   A 7-day countdown will begin. Your Voting Power will update to reflect the unstaking. You can cancel the process at any time by clicking “Cancel.”

4. Claim your tokens

   Once the 7-day period ends, click “Claim” and confirm the transaction. The tokens will be returned to your wallet.

Unstaking cannot be skipped or accelerated. You must wait 7 days before claiming your tokens.

Voting power during unstaking

When you unstake, your voting power is reduced based on the amount being unstaked:

• Partial unstake: voting power is reduced instantly by the unstaked amount.
• Full unstake: voting power decreases linearly over the 7-day unstaking period.

If you vote on a proposal while unstaking, your voting power is calculated based on what your staking account will hold at the end of the proposal. This prevents the same tokens from being used to vote more than once across different wallets.

Why is there a 7-day unstaking period

The 7-day cooldown exists to prevent gaming. Without it, users could stake before a distribution period to claim ASR and unstake immediately after, without any sustained commitment.

Check your staked balance

Since staked JUP is not liquid, some wallets may not display it correctly.

To check your accurate staked balance:

• vote.jup.ag (connect your wallet)
• jup.ag/portfolio

Claiming fails after unstaking

If your claim transaction fails after the 7-day period, it’s likely because your wallet no longer has an open JUP token account. This can happen if you’ve used a wallet cleanup service to burn empty token accounts.

1. Reopen the token account

   Buy a small amount of JUP (any amount) to reopen the JUP token account in your wallet.

2. Retry the claim

   Go back to vote.jup.ag and click “Claim” again. Make sure you have at least ~0.01 SOL for the transaction fee.