One of the most highly requested features at the end of 2018 was to add the ability to stake ONT from the O3 wallet. Over the holidays we were busy in the kitchen cooking something up for you all, and today we are proud to announce that staking as officially been added!

Supported Features

Browsing of available Ontology consensus and candidate nodes

Managing stake using your NEO compatible addresses (including Ledger)

Authorizing new ONT stakes

Withdrawing previously staked ONT

Claiming ONG staking rewards

Claiming ONG normally accrued for each ONT staked

O3 connected dApp

The staking feature is implemented as an Ontology dApp using the dAPI protocol from within your O3 wallet. While the staking methods are not currently a part of the dAPI protocol, the O3 dAPI implements an enhanced version of this protocol to provide developers with support for the standard plus a little extra.

The dApp is called Staketology, and can be found in the relatively new Apps section of the O3 wallet. The dApp has it’s own custom interface and interacts with the funds in your O3 wallet with a signing protocol similar to the experience of using web3 in a browser for Ethereum. Anytime the dApp would like to execute a transaction on your behalf, you will be prompted to confirm the details from within the O3 wallet.

On initial release, the Staketology dApp will be available to use in the O3 desktop app, version 1.2.0+, with support for the O3 iOS and Android apps coming soon!

User Guide

For more information and an in depth tutorial on getting started with staking in O3, please head over to our new user guides page!

If your like like to get more information about creating your own O3 connected Ontology or NEO dApp, please feel free to browse our dAPI documentation and reach out to us for a featured spot in our Apps marketplace!

If have have any other questions or suggestions, please feel free to reach out to the O3 community or at support@o3.network.

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