# How to stake

## How to Stake

Navigate to the [staking section](https://app.badai.io/staking) and click the button STAKE ARCHAI.

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Type in your staking amount and hit APPROVE.

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You will be asked to sign an approval transaction. **This transaction is not staking**. You are signing a permission for staking contract to receive ARCHAI from your account. It also sets max amount of ARCHAI that you allow to stake to the contract from your wallet.

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You may manually edit spending cap in transaction parameters. Just consider that you'll have to sign another approval transaction once you reach the spending cap.

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Review the staking amount , estimated earnings and proceed by clicking STAKE.&#x20;

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Confirm the transaction in your wallet...

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... and enjoy your stake and and aquired Tier with all its benefits. ([what Tier?](https://archai.gitbook.io/archai/staking/tiers))

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## How to Unstake

Navigate to the [unstaking](https://app.badai.io/staking/unstake) section of the terminal. Type amount you want to unstake and assess your esimated earnings after unstaking. If you're happy with it, press UNSTAKE buttom and confirm the transaction in your wallet.

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