Polygon (POL, MATIC) Staking: Calculator, Yield & APY | Everstake

MATIC has officially been upgraded to POL as the native token for Polygon. POL now powers the Polygon PoS network, serving as the gas and staking token. Every transaction on the network is secured and fueled by POL.

For more details on the migration process, check out our guide: Seamlessly Transitioning: Your Guide To Migrating From MATIC To POL

Absolutely. Delegating your tokens to Everstake is entirely safe. When you delegate, you don't transfer ownership to any other party or send your tokens to someone else. Your tokens always remain under your control through your wallet and are accessible to you at any time, subject to applicable unstaking and withdrawal periods.

Connecting your wallet doesn't involve sending transactions; it simply provides the website with your wallet's public address and enables the website to request actions from your wallet. You, as a user, must manually approve these actions.

Please see the official Polygon Staking Dashboard.

In order to be accurate, please use the Polygon Rewards Calculator to estimate potential rewards. To approximately calculate your rewards, you can also use Everstake's calculator at the top of the page.

All staking transactions of POL happen on Ethereum for security reasons. The time it takes for a transaction to complete depends on the gas fees that you have allowed and also the network congestion of Ethereum mainnet at that point in time. You can always use the Speed Up option to increase the gas fees so that your transaction can be completed soon.

Centralized exchanges customers. US customers can buy, sell, and stake POL directly on the platform, but you should be aware of the risks associated with staking from centralized platforms. 

The main risk is your safety, because centralized exchanges are custodial. This means they own your private keys for you, and you have no way of knowing how safe your funds are or exactly how they are being used. Also, there may be risks of hacks and exploits, as well as increasing the level of centralization of the network is very harmful to its health.

Once you have done your delegation, wait for 12 block confirmations on Ethereum (~3-5 minutes) for the transaction to be confirmed. After that, your delegation will be displayed in the My Account section, which can be found in the upper left corner of the Polygon Staking Dashboard.

Available rewards should appear in the My Account section, which can be found in the upper left corner of the Polygon Staking Dashboard.

No, already received rewards will need to be restaked manually if necessary. To do this, find the Restake option in the My Account section.

You can also claim your rewards in the My Account section. All your active delegations will be displayed there, and by clicking Withdraw Rewards on any of them, the reward will be transferred to the address from which the delegation was made.

You will need to accumulate a minimum of 2 POL to claim rewards. If you have accumulated enough rewards, but you still can't withdraw - please contact the official Polygon Discord for help.

No, POL tokens should be on the Ethereum Network.

You do not transfer ownership of POL by delegating. As a validator, Everstake will never have the ability to move your tokens.

Please check if you have enough ETH for the gas fees. If you have enough ETH to pay for gas and the Confirm button still doesn't work - please contact the official Polygon Discord for help.

No. Once you unstake, you stop receiving rewards.

Unbonding can be also done in the My Account section. There you will see an Unstake button for each of the active delegations.