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Zilliqa (ZIL) Staking with a Ledger Nano


After reading @PVMihalache article on how to stake Zilliqa (ZIL) on Atomic Wallet, I discovered that Zilliqa offers good staking rewards.

So here is time for another staking tutorial, this time for ZIL.

You can expect currently a bit less than 32% by staking, as seen on stakingrewards.com website:
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As usual, I'm going to explain how to do this with a Ledger Nano device, but this shouldn't be that much different with another hardware wallet.

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First, you need to install the Zilliqa app on your Ledger Nano device.

Next, you need to go to the Zillet.io website and the various popups.

When done, you are presented a screen like this one:
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By clicking on the "Connect" button in the "Ledger" section, you're asked to unlock your Ledger Nano device and run the Zilliqa app on it:
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When done, proceed with the required steps on your Ledger Nano device. You should end up with something like this:
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Now that you know your public address for your ZIL wallet on your Ledger, you can transfer your ZIL from any CEX to your wallet. I transferred a bit more than 4.6K ZIL on my wallet (btw Binance fees are really small for ZIL withdrawals):
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It is a best practice to stake your ZIL across different SSN (Seed Node Operators). As 3 of them do not charge any fee for staking, I have simply split my ZIL crypto in 3 parts for each SSN, that is CEX.io, ViewBlock and Ezil.me.

There is more information on this Zillet support page regarding the various SSN with whom you can stake: https://support.zillet.io/staking-on-zillet/#what-are-the-benefits-of-delegating.

Let my illustrate how to do this with one of the SSN: go to the "Staking" tab then click on the "Stake button":
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Next, choose the SSN and the amount you want to stake with this SSN:
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After you click on the "Stake" button, you will have to confirm the transaction on your Ledger Nano device and you'll see the confirmation:
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It took quite a while for my first staking transaction to proceed. So long that I thought it did not make it, hence by retrying I ended up staking twice the amount I initially wanted. Hopefully, it is rather easy to transfer stake, even with partial amounts:5040496cc21ea31540d562fa0cd82aec174cead42be2fc538182504e1745e9de.png

Click on the "Transfer Stake" button, choose the SSN from which you want to transfer and the one to which you want to transfer:
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You'll have to wait a bit though otherwise, you'll end up with this error when trying to transfer your stakes:

You have buffered deposits in the selected node. Please wait for the next cycle before withdrawing the staked amount.

 

So now I just need to wait for my first rewards :)

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