Stacking

Earn BTC by participating in consensus

Hold and temporarily lock STX, Stacks’ native currency, and support the network’s security & consensus. As a reward, you’ll earn BTC.

How much can you earn?

For Stacking
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STX
USD
you’ll earn
Reward earned
BTC
USD
each cycle
1 cycle ≈ 2 weeks
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For Stacking
1 STX you’ll earn =
2
USD
0.00003223
BTC
For Stacking
1 USD you’ll earn =
1
USD
0.000016
BTC

What is Stacking?

A way to earn bitcoin

When you Stack, you’ll earn bitcoin that miners transfer as part of Proof of Transfer, Stacks’ unique consensus mechanism.

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Simple, but flexible

Stacking providers have made it easy for you to participate in a way that fits your needs best, from non-custodial to enterprise-grade options for institutions and large holders.

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Support for the network

By locking up STX tokens on the network, or 'Stacking', you provide valuable security benefits to the network. Your reward is bitcoin yield.

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Start Stacking

There are multiple ways to stack and earn bitcoin: on an exchange, in a non-custodial pool, or by yourself. Which way is right for you, depends on how experienced with crypto you are and how many STX you have available.

On an exchange

New to crypto? These custodial exchanges will make Stacking easy for you. They’ll hold your STX for you and pool it together with other stackers.

In a pool

These services will pool your Stacks with others and pay your rewards out at the end of each cycle. You can access these pools directly, and some are additionally available via Lockstacks.com.

Liquid Stacking

Leverage your Stacked STX throughout the ecosystem while continuing to earn Stacking rewards.

For institutions and large holders

Large Stacks holders may consider custody offerings from leaders in the digital asset management space.

On your own

If you have enough Stacks to meet the protocol minimum (generally above 100,000 STX), you can enter Stacking without joining a pool. In order to Stack indendently, you must also run a Signer.

Dive deeper

Proof of Transfer

Learn about the novel consensus mechanism that makes Stacks work

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Stacking SIP

Advanced reading on how Stacking works

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Features

Learn about the Stacks technology: Proof of Transfer, Clarity smart contracts, DeFi on Bitcoin, and more

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