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# Staking walkthrough

To stake your tokens head to the Dashboard, and click on the staking tab.

You'll see the following details:

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The Total PEAR is how many PEAR tokens are in your wallet.\
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Click on "STAKE" and it will open this modal.

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Note: you'll have to sign two transactions - one to approve the use of your PEAR, and one to actually stake.&#x20;

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Once you've approved and staked, you will now hold a corresponding number of StPear. You can unstake those at any time, subject to the penalties.

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As the protocol accrues trading fees from GMX, Vertex and SYMM - you can claim these in ETH. Additionally, as people leave the staking pool before 30 days, their foregone stPEAR in the form of penalties will be pro-rata available to you to claim. Both buttons are below:\ <br>

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Note: the staking contract updates in real time with block times and as such you may have to wait a few minutes until the Claimable Rewards updates.
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