Can someone actually explain to me how staking should work? Not the hand waivy stuff (i've already read and followed these
PDF instructions) - but actual process.
I tried a test with m-wallet, which has 94 XMG in it. The transaction that received the 94 XMG has had 520+ confirmations for more than 24h. However, m-wallet still says stake 0 and that "Total of coins that was stakes and do not yet count towards the current balance" is 0.0
Hi there - it usually takes about 8 hours for blocks to be eligible for staking, that eligibility is based on the weight of your block which is calculated by the age of your block and the number of coins in the block. I try and keep around 500XMG in each block and tend to stake pretty quickly. When I had a lower balance in the early days it used to take a few days between stakes and I'd have to sometimes send coins back to myself if they were above 10-15k confirmations.
If you want to know how it works in even more detail - look up the white paper on page 1 of this thread - it has some graphs and mathematical models detailing how it all works in great detail.
If all is working correctly, hover your mouse over the green mining symbol at the bottom of you screen and it should say something like 'Staking. Your Weight is XXXX, Network weight is XXXXXX, Expected time to earn reward is XX hours'
My network weight is 451211, if yours is much smaller then you could somehow be on an orphaned network.
Thanks for that. First, the tooltip over the green mining icon in my case says:
Staking
Your weight is 167
Network weight is 333560 <-- this has risen from 328480 as I was typing this
Expected time to earn reward is 2 days
I don't think I'm on an orphaned network - current block number says 1697314. Is that the current mainnet?
You said
"eligibility is based on the weight of your block which is calculated by the age of your block and the number of coins in the block. I try and keep around 500XMG in each block and tend to stake pretty quickly"Would you mind explaining what "weight of your block", "age of your block", "number of coins in the block" means? As well as "tend to stake pretty quickly" means? ... I seem to have little control over the process (not sure how I can stake more quickly as you claim - just get more coins?)
Also, if you look at my previous screenshot, why does it say "Stake: 0.00" (tooltip: total of coins that was staked, and do not yet count towards current balance). Does it take 2 days for that to become greater than 0.00?
Is there anything I need to do at this stage other than keep the wallet/node open and online?