Stake Table Contract

The stake table contract maintains the canonical stake table for HotShot. It manages validator registration and stake delegation, and is the source of truth for the active validator set in each epoch.

Anyone holding $ESP can delegate to a validator and earn a share of rewards. In each epoch (~24 hours), the top 100 validators with the most delegated stake form the active participation set.

The contract handles:

• validator registration and deregistration

• stake delegation, undelegation and withdrawal

For the current Mainnet and Decaf stake table addresses (and the official staking UI), see Networks.

Learn more

• How the Stake Table Contract Works — design, architecture, restaking, and consensus sync

• Rewards — staking rewards formula, distribution, and undelegation