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Delegating with One Click Guardian Nodes

Before to select a Guardian Node, check its reputation on guardianmonitor.io and click the One Click Guardian Nodes tab. Its uptime must be a least Bronze for a decent Guardian Node.

For a similar reputation, select one with the lowest total staked amount in order to help the Theta Network not to depend too much on a few Guardian Nodes with impressive total staked amounts.

Be aware that some are Off Line and keep receiving new delegation stakes from uninformed users. Don't delegate on them. You won't receive any rewards. It's like a 100% cut.

The minimum token amount to stake is 1,000 Theta.

From docs.thetatoken.org documentation, Guardian Node TFuel earnings are awarded every 100 blocks or approximately every 10 minutes in a probabilistic method. At each 100 block checkpoint, there are 200–300 stakers randomly selected (weighted by their stake) to divide the block rewards. A large staker (ex. with 100k+ Theta stake) should expect to receive a reward every 2.5–3 hours or so (not guaranteed, just expectation). A 100k staker should have at least 98% likelihood to receive a reward every 10 hours. Conversely, a 1,000 Theta staker may only see a TFuel reward once per month. For the same block though, two stakers with the same stake may NOT receive the same amount of reward. While all nodes will earn TFuel proportional to their stake over time, it means there can be significant variations in the timing and size of Tfuel rewards between different users.

A Guardian Node may be shutdown at any time, for whatever reason. As your identity is concealed when staking on it, you won't be warned of such event as you cannot be reached. You must check regularly that the Tfuel balance of your wallet increases. Write down the Guardian Node Address (Holder) to be able to unstake in the event it is unlisted and keep it in a safe place.

 

Please note than some of these Guardian Nodes take a cut of a few percent. Otherwise, you'll get the same rewards whatever the size of the total staked amount or the number of stakeholders on the Guardian Node, the uptime being 100% On Line.

Things to known

Theta and Tfuel tokens are not ERC-20 tokens even if their address looks identical. They have their own blockchain. Therefore, they shouldn't be moved to an ETH wallet. If so, they'll be stuck at a Theta/Tfuel address on the Theta blockchain and not on the ETH blockchain in your ETH wallet.

On the Theta wallet, Theta and Tfuel tokens share the same public address. You can send any of them to that address.

The minimal amount to stake is 1,000 Theta tokens per wallet. You can have many wallets, each with this amount or more, and spread those wallets on the same Guardian Node or on different Guardian Nodes.

To add more Theta tokens for staking, you can add them with a minimum of 1,000 Theta each time.

If you want to add less than 1,000 Theta, you must unstake the full amount of the wallet and restake the new amount.

Why would you stake your Theta tokens on an unsecured Theta Guardian Node?

When staking 1,000 Theta tokens or more on a wallet, your Theta tokens remain on the wallet and are not send to the Guardian Node wallet. You keep at all time the full control of your Theta tokens, even if the Guardian Node computer is stolen, compromised or just turned off. In the worst case, you won't earn any rewards for that wallet and you are still able to unstake your Theta tokens and find another host.

To protect you that your wealth is not exposed in the open if all your Theta tokens are staked on a single Guardian Node with just a single wallet.

It's not a good idea to have a few Guardian Nodes with a lot of wallets staked on them with a very high accumulated balance. It's too concentrated and not the best for the security of the network. It's better to have 1,000 Guardian Nodes or more than just a few. It provides a more distributed amount of Theta tokens per Guardian Nodes.

A Guardian Node would not work properly in rural zone with poor Internet speed or in congested downtown condos with only Wi-Fi for access.

At current market value, it costs more in electricity for most of us to run a Guardian Node computer than the rewards you'll get from a 1,000 Theta wallet for the same period.

For those having more than just one wallet, if a Guardian Node goes down, you still get rewards for the other wallets staked on different Guardian Nodes at other locations.

The Guardian Node computer must be online 24/7 to earn rewards.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently asked questions found on Discord and Slack (edited)

You cannot see the Guardian Node Summary of the Guardian Nodes addresses, that I want to choose from the list in Explorer and stake my Theta tokens?

You can run your own Guardian Node, delegate to someone you know that already has a Guardian Node, use the built-in function One Click Guardians Nodes Delegation or join a commercial pool.

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I have Theta tokens in my wallet and want them to move to an existing Guardian Node. How to proceed?

You need the Guardian Node Summary for that Node or use the built-in function One Click Guardians Nodes Delegation and go into your wallet and click the stake tab and put in that Guardian Node Summary, and how much you want to stake. You need also enough TFuel to cover the transfer cost.

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Can I add more Theta tokens to an existing Guardian Node?

Yes, it just has to be in increments of 1000 Theta or more.

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Does anyone know how I can get a tiny amount of Tfuel to send a staking transaction?

There was a Tfuel faucet in the Theta web wallet at https://wallet.thetatoken.org/ but this function has been decommissioned.

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Is the summary address same as the Guardian Node address?

No, the summary address is the address you stake to your Guardian Node. It's different but it starts with the Guardian Node address and it's longer.

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Just to be sure, the Guardian Node Holder (Summary) is the same as the Guardian Node address, correct?

No, the Guardian Node address is different from the Guardian Node Summary given to you by your Guardian Node that you stake to through your wallet.

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I already have more than 1000 Theta staked. If I wanted to add more to the Guardian Node, but less than 1000 Theta, do I need to unstake?

Unfortunately right now, you need to unstake first. It may be changed in the future.

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How long does it take to unstake Theta tokens?

It will take around 60 hours to be fully withdrawn for you to be able to send it out of your wallet.

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What is the minimum amount of Theta tokens to stake?

You need 1000 Theta tokens for your own Guardian Node or to delegate. If you have less then pool with a trusted friend is your best bet.

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I don't know anyone who has a Guardian Node and I am not sure if my bag is worth running my own Guardian Node.

I have more than enough Theta tokens, but I heard the cost of running own GN is high and doesn't worth it for couple of 1000 Theta tokens.

If you leave your computer on all day anyways then it doesn't really cost anything extra to run a Guardian Node, but if you're not someone who leaves their computer on all the time, then it does cost more.

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I already have a running Guardian Node and would like to send more Theta tokens to the Node. Can I do this without unstaking and then re-staking?

Currently, the only way to add to your position is to add 1000 Theta tokens or more.

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Ok, so you would be "delegating" this means no need to run a Guardian Node anymore... and you earn the same as when you are running a Gardian Node?

Same steps in your wallet as you do to run your own GN. You just use the Summary of somebody else or use the built-in function One Click Guardians Nodes Delegation and no need to run a Guardian Node.

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Is there any benefit to stake in a new Guardian Node or better to build the balance higher on the existing Guardian Nodes?

It's always better to have fewer strong Guardian Nodes then several weak Guardian Nodes. If you delegate, it's better to spread multiple 1000 Theta tokens batches on different Guardian Nodes in case of Internet or power outage to minimize your rewards losses.

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When Theta Labs gonna raise staking yield?

Unlike other staking protocols, Theta has a two token system where both THETA (that you stake) and TFUEL (that you earn and also can been staked) are traded assets. This means Theta Labs can't arbitrarily raise the staking yield as simply as you could if you were earning in the same token that you are staking. Theta Labs are continuing to look into potential changes, but it's a different situation than other staking protocols and one that can't use as simple of a fix.

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How much TFUEL is used to send Theta tokens from one wallet to another?

At the moment, it's 0.3 TFuel. BTC and ETH are slower than Theta blockchain (1-2 seconds) which is the cheapest.

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If you have two different deposits that are over 1000 Theta tokens each, and they are in the same address, does this mean you could unstake one deposit without affecting the other?

You can as long as they came from different wallets. The unstaking command comes from the Theta wallet, and will unstake any tokens from a given node address.

Yeah I have done it and still get paid for the other addresses while unstaking from the other address. It's true if they are staked from two different wallets to same or different Guardian node(s).

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I am trying to add 100 Theta tokens to my stake. Can I only add a minimum of 1000 Theta tokens in order to add to my stake? This seems to be what the system is telling me. Can't I add a smaller amount once I have my initial 1000 tokens staked?

At this time, you can add only 1000 or more to stake at any time. You can also unstake all and then restake the 1100 or what.

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