How ZEN staking works.
ZEN staking on Horizen is fully on-chain and non-custodial. Your ZEN is locked only inside the public staking contract - no intermediary ever takes custody - and every balance, reward and transaction is verifiable on the block explorer.
Audited contracts
Built on Horizen's audited Staker contracts, open-source and independently reviewed.
Non-custodial
Funds stay in your control at all times. You interact with the contract directly from your own wallet — there is no backend that can move your ZEN.
No lock-up
Stake, claim and withdraw whenever you want. Your principal is never frozen and rewards accrue continuously, block by block.
How rewards are accrued
Rewards are funded from multiple independent sources and streamed to stakers automatically.
Varied rewards sources fund the contract
Varied rewards sources periodically top up the staking contract by sending ZEN to the staking rewards pool.
Rewards accrue continuously
When you stake, rewards accrue every block in proportion to your share of the total staked ZEN. Your balance updates automatically.
Claim anytime
Accrued rewards are held for you on-chain and keep accumulating until you claim. There is no lock-up and no deadline: claim whenever you like.
Official contracts and network
Protect your funds! Only trust the original Horizen contracts listed here.