How to Stake AVAIL Token Using Staking Rewards

TL;DR

Staking Rewards has integrated the Avail network, offering detailed insights and tools for optimizing staking strategies.
By staking, one may earn up to 10.8% APR while securing the Avail network.
Two staking options: Directly nominating validators (minimum 1,000 AVAIL) or joining nomination pools (minimum 100 AVAIL).
Use Staking Rewards tools like the AVAIL Rewards Calculator, Validator Research, and Network Health Metrics to manage returns.
Learn how to track and maximize rewards using the Avail staking dashboard and Staking Rewards analytics.

Introduction

Staking Rewards, the leading platform for staking data and insights, has integrated the Avail Network. With this integration, Avail stakers gain access to real-time reward tracking, validator performance analysis, and advanced staking tools to make informed decisions and maximize their rewards.

This guide will walk you through staking AVAIL tokens, understanding the available staking options, calculating rewards, and ensuring you’re making the best choices for your staking strategy.

But before that, dive into what Avail is and why you should stake the AVAIL token.

What is Avail?

In today’s fragmented blockchain landscape, interoperability and scalability remain critical challenges. Avail is solving these issues by creating a unified ecosystem where different blockchains, rollups, and dApps can seamlessly interact while maintaining security and decentralization. This is a game-changer for developers and users alike, unlocking new possibilities in DeFi, gaming, and beyond.

Avail is a horizontally scalable, trust-minimized blockchain infrastructure network enabling seamless crosschain interaction with native liquidity interoperability.

The three pillars of Avail include:

Avail DA: A zero-knowledge-powered data availability layer with KZG commitments and Data Availability Sampling (DAS) for trust-minimized verifications.
Avail Nexus: A permissionless interoperability layer enabling seamless cross-rollup and sovereign chain communication. Avail Nexus unlocks liquidity access across multiple ecosystems, enabling a true cross-chain economy.
Avail Fusion: A shared security layer leveraging multi-asset re-staking to provide security for modular blockchains. This mechanism improves Avail security by allowing multiple assets, including BTC, ETH, SOL, and ERC-20 tokens, to be staked, creating a diverse security model where developers gain access to shared crypto-economic security while users unlock new earning opportunities.

Staking is a key component of Avail’s security model, ensuring decentralization, network integrity, and economic incentives for participants. By staking AVAIL, you are not just earning rewards; you are actively securing a network that is redefining the future of Web3 by building the verifiable internet for blockchain ecosystems. Avail is connecting blockchain architectures, solving fragmentation, and addressing security limitations, paving the way for the next wave of adoption in mass consumer decentralized applications.

How to Stake AVAIL

Step 1: Choose Your Staking Method

Avail offers two staking options:

1. Direct Nomination (For experienced stakers)

Select and rank validators manually.
Higher potential rewards but requires active monitoring.
Minimum stake: 1,000 AVAIL.

2. Nomination Pools (For beginners and passive stakers)

Delegate tokens to a pool operator who handles validator selection.
Lower barrier to entry (minimum 100 AVAIL).
No need for active management, but a small fee goes to the pool operator.

Use the Avail Provider Dashboard to find your ideal AVAIL Staking Provider.

Step 2: Select a Validator

Choosing the right validator is crucial for maximizing rewards. When selecting a validator, consider:

Performance: High uptime and strong track record.
Commission Fees: Lower fees mean higher returns for you.
Network Share: Delegating to smaller validators helps decentralization.
Staking Rewards Verified Providers (VSPs): Trusted and audited validators.

You can research key metrics such as validator performance, commission rates, and more using the Avail Provider Dashboard on Staking Rewards.

Step 3: Stake Your AVAIL

Access Avail Staking Dashboard with a compatible wallet. To stake AVAIL, you may use any compatible wallets, including Subwallet, Nova Wallet, Talisman, Klever Wallet, PolkaSafe, Avail Space, and Binance. Once chosen, fund your wallet with AVAIL tokens; you may acquire AVAIL tokens from supported exchanges.
Choose between direct nomination or a staking pool.
Confirm your stake and delegate your tokens.
Monitor your rewards using Staking Rewards tools.

“Stake Once, Secure Many”. Staking helps strengthen the security and supports the entire Avail ecosystem, benefiting various blockchain use cases across sectors like gaming, DeFi, and decentralized streaming.

How to Track Your Staked Avail

Staking Rewards allows you to track your annualized reward rate, monitor historical trends, and compare staking returns across networks.

Current Reward Rate: Up to 10.8% APR.
Factors Affecting Rewards: Inflation, network participation, validator performance.

Using the AVAIL Rewards Calculator

The Avail Rewards Calculator on Staking Rewards helps you estimate potential earnings. The calculator provides detailed estimates, including daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly returns. You can estimate earnings based on:

Customizable Staking Amounts: Enter your AVAIL token holdings or USD equivalent to see projected earnings over time.
Compounded vs. Non-Compounded Rewards: Compare how staking with or without reinvesting rewards impacts your returns.
Validator and Provider Comparisons: Assess how different validators affect your rewards based on their commission rates, performance history, and staking terms.
Dynamic Scenario Analysis: Use adjustable network parameters, such as the staking ratio, to visualize the impact of shifting network conditions on your rewards.

Calculate AVAIL Staking Rewards (Source: Staking Rewards)

The calculator allows for future planning as well by making available flexible time frames for price projections. Adjust the staking period (from days to several years) and input your expected future token prices to simulate returns that include both staking rewards and price appreciation. Built-in performance charts visually represent the total rewards over your chosen time frame, reflecting how early price changes can flatten out as the staking period concludes.

Network Health Metrics

Understanding the health of the Avail staking ecosystem is crucial for long-term decision-making. Here’s how you can evaluate its status using key metrics:

Staking Market Cap: This represents the total value of AVAIL tokens currently staked on the network. It is calculated by multiplying the number of staked tokens by their current market price. A high staking market cap signals strong user confidence and security for the network.
Staking Ratio: This metric measures the percentage of the total circulating AVAIL supply that is currently staked. A higher staking ratio typically enhances network security and stability, as more tokens are locked in to support the blockchain’s consensus mechanism. Tracking this ratio allows you to understand staking participation levels and how they compare to other networks.
Net Staking Flow: This tracks the balance between the amount of AVAIL tokens being staked versus those being unstaked over a given period. A positive net staking flow indicates growing confidence in staking, as more tokens are being locked in than withdrawn. Conversely, a negative net staking flow could suggest a shift in market sentiment, potentially due to changing reward rates, market conditions, or user liquidity needs.

You can monitor these metrics in real-time using the Avail Asset Page on Staking Rewards, helping you stay informed about the overall network health and staking trends.

Maximize Your Staking Strategy

By using Staking Rewards tools, you can:

Optimize your validator selection with in-depth analysis.
Simulate different staking strategies with the rewards calculator.
Track staking trends and make data-driven decisions.

Whether you are new or experienced at staking, the integration of Avail with Staking Rewards provides all the necessary insights to stake confidently and maximize your returns.

Learn more on how to mint staked AVAIL using AVAIL or any other ERC-20 token to access various DeFi primitives and liquid staking initiatives, details here.