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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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Liquid Stacking
Leverage your Stacked STX throughout the ecosystem while continuing to earn Stacking rewards.
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For institutions and large holders
Large Stacks holders may consider custody offerings from leaders in the digital asset management space.
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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.
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Dive deeper
Proof of Transfer
Learn about the novel consensus mechanism that makes Stacks work
Stacking SIP
Advanced reading on how Stacking works
Features
Learn about the Stacks technology: Proof of Transfer, Clarity smart contracts, DeFi on Bitcoin, and more
