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Staking NEAR Tokens

Updated 01-11-2026

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Learn how to stake NEAR, delegate to validators, track rewards, and withdraw staked tokens safely.

You can delegate NEAR tokens to a validator to help secure the network and earn staking rewards.

This tutorial shows you how to stake tokens, check balances, unstake, and withdraw using the NEAR CLI.

[!NOTE]

Contract source code

You can review the Staking pool smart contract source code in this GitHub repository.

Delegate NEAR tokens

Before delegating, you need to choose a validator (a node that participates in staking).

Check NearBlocks, Pikespeak or Near Staking, and look for validators with a good track record, uptime, and reasonable commission rates.

[accordion] List validators using CLI

If you prefer, you can get the list of current validators by using the near-validator CLI:

near-validator validators network-config mainnet now

Stake Tokens

[tab] Staking CLI

near staking delegation <user-account.near> deposit-and-stake '100 NEAR' <my_validator> network-config mainnet sign-with-keychain

[tab] Function Call

near call <my_validator> deposit_and_stake --useAccount <user-account.near> --deposit 100

[tab] Lantstool

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You will start earning staking rewards after the next epoch

Staked Balance

To check your staked balance on the <my_validator> pool for the <user-account.near> account, run the following command:

[tab] Staking CLI

near staking delegation <user-account.near> view-balance <my_validator> network-config mainnet now

[tab] Function Call

near view <my_validator> get_account_staked_balance '{"account_id": "<user-account.near>"}'

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[accordion] Staking pool balances

You can view additional information and balances from the staking pool using the following CLI commands:

Total staked balance of the entire pool

[tab] 🖥️ CLI

near view <my_validator> get_total_staked_balance '{}'

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Owner of the staking pool

[tab] 🖥️ CLI

near view <my_validator> get_owner_id '{}'

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Current reward fee

[tab] 🖥️ CLI

near view <my_validator> get_reward_fee_fraction '{}'

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Owner's balance

[tab] 🖥️ CLI

near view <my_validator> get_account_total_balance '{"account_id": "owner"}'

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Staking key

[tab] 🖥️ CLI

near view <my_validator> get_staking_key '{}'

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Withdrawing Staked Tokens

To withdraw your staked tokens, you will first need to "un-delegate" them from the validator.

Your tokens will enter a 4-epoch unbonding period before they can be withdrawn.

Unstake Tokens

[tab] Staking CLI

near staking delegation <user-account.near> unstake '1 NEAR' <my_validator> network-config mainnet sign-with-keychain

[!NOTE]

Use the unstake-all command to unstake all tokens at once:

near staking delegation <user-account.near> unstake-all <my_validator> network-config mainnet sign-with-keychain

[tab] Function Call

near call <my_validator> unstake '{"amount": "100000000000000000000000000"}' --useAccount <user-account.near>

[!NOTE]

Call the unstake_all method to unstake all tokens at once

[tab] Lantstool

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Query Unstaked Balance

[tab] Staking CLI

near staking delegation <user-account.near> view-balance <my_validator> network-config mainnet now

[tab] Function Call

near view <my_validator> get_account_unstaked_balance '{"account_id": "<user-account.near>"}'

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Withdraw Tokens

Once the unbonding period has passed, you can withdraw your unstaked tokens:

[tab] Staking CLI

near staking delegation <user-account.near> withdraw '1 NEAR' <my_validator> network-config mainnet sign-with-keychain

[!NOTE]

If you want to withdraw all available tokens, you can use the withdraw-all command:

near staking delegation <user-account.near> withdraw-all <my_validator> network-config mainnet sign-with-keychain

[tab] Function Call

near call <my_validator> withdraw '{"amount": "100000000000000000000000000"}' --useAccount <user-account.near>

[tab] Lantstool

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