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Kava’s Transition to a Zero-Inflation Token Model
Kava Chain shook things up by going zero inflation! Read on to discover the impact on rewards, community, and more.
JAN 29, 2024
Stake Kava with Everstake
Everstake Validator Address
kavavaloper1f94frmnhd9wfa7jg26egnqmymc4cpamlw5ezq7
TL;DR
Non-custodial Kava staking with Everstake means delegating KAVA to Everstake's validator on the Kava network while the tokens stay in the delegator's own wallet.
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Everstake charges a 10% commission, deducted from staking rewards only.
The current APR is {{APR}}.
Rewards start from the first block after delegation, accrue with every block (about 6 seconds), and are paid in KAVA.
Kava has minted no new KAVA since 1 January 2024. Rewards now come from the community-owned Kava Strategic Vault and from transaction fees.
Undelegating starts a 21-day unbonding period that generates no rewards and cannot be withdrawn early.
Kava sets no protocol minimum stake, while users should have at least 0.1 KAVA in the wallet to cover transaction fees.
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Table of Contents
Kava staking with Everstake
How Everstake's Kava validator generates KAVA staking rewards at 0% inflation
Stake KAVA with Everstake supported wallets, validator address
Slashing and 21-day unbonding: what a KAVA delegator risks with Everstake
Delegating more than $500,000 of KAVA with Everstake
About Kava: a Cosmos SDK and EVM co-chain with zero inflation since 2024
Kava staking with Everstake
Three numbers differ between Kava validators: commission, uptime, and total stake. Unbonding and slashing rules are set by the network and are the same for every validator.
| Parameter | Everstake on Kava |
|---|---|
| Everstake commission | 10%, deducted from rewards only |
| Unbonding period | 21 days, no rewards, no early withdrawal |
| Minimum stake | None set by the network; about 0.1 KAVA recommended for fees |
| Reward frequency | Every block (about 6 seconds), generated in KAVA |
| Stake activation | Instant |
| Custody | Non-custodial |
| Slashing | 5% double-sign, 0.01% downtime |
| Validator address | kavavaloper1f94frmnhd9wfa7jg26egnqmymc4cpamlw5ezq7 |
Estimate KAVA staking rewards
The calculator on this page applies Everstake's 10% commission at the current APR. It excludes KAVA price changes, compounding, and future changes to the reward rate set by Kava governance.
How Everstake's Kava validator generates KAVA staking rewards at 0% inflation
KavaDAO passed Proposal 141 in May 2023, and the Kava 15 upgrade followed in December 2023. The last inflationary KAVA was minted in the final block of 2023, and Kava's mint inflation and community tax have both been 0% since.
Delegator rewards now come from the Kava Strategic Vault, a community pool stewarded by KavaDAO. Staking rewards are generated at a per-second rate set in the chain's parameters, which governance can change.
Network transaction fees are added to that. Everstake deducts its 10% commission from the reward, while the delegated KAVA stays intact.
The protocol does not compound rewards. Delegators claim them in the wallet, and some wallets, such as Keplr, offer auto-compounding.
The APR could change when governance changes the reward rate or when total bonded stake changes. Everstake documented the move to a fixed supply in Kava's transition to a zero-inflation token model.
Stake KAVA with Everstake supported wallets, validator address
Open Keplr with Everstake's Kava validator pre-selected. In any other wallet, paste the validator address kavavaloper1f94frmnhd9wfa7jg26egnqmymc4cpamlw5ezq7; delegation needs native KAVA on Kava Chain.
- Keplr Wallet: Keplr staking guide for KAVA
- Exodus: Exodus staking guide for KAVA
- Trust Wallet, Cosmostation, Ledger Live.
Learn more about the details of Kava staking parameters at Everstake staking documentation.
Slashing and 21-day unbonding: what a KAVA delegator risks with Everstake
Double-signing: 5% of the validator's bonded stake is slashed, and the validator is permanently tombstoned.
Downtime: If a validator signs fewer than 5% of the last 10,000 blocks, 0.01% is slashed and the validator is jailed for 10 minutes. It generates no rewards while jailed.
Scope: Penalties apply to all KAVA bonded to the validator, including delegators' share. They also apply to KAVA that is unbonding or redelegating, if the infraction happened before that process started.
Unbonding: Unbonding takes 21 days, with no rewards and no early withdrawal. There is a limit of 7 concurrent unbonding entries per validator.
Redelegation: Moving stake to another validator is instant. KAVA redelegated to a validator can be moved on from it again once 21 days pass.
Active set: Kava's active set is capped at 100 validators.
Delegating more than $500,000 of KAVA with Everstake
Delegations above $500,000 in KAVA are handled by Everstake's team of institutional professionals. Options include a dedicated Kava validator through Validator-as-a-Service.
About Kava: a Cosmos SDK and EVM co-chain with zero inflation since 2024
Kava is a Layer-1 network with a co-chain architecture: a Cosmos SDK chain and an EVM chain running side by side. KAVA is its native token, used to secure the network through staking and to vote in KavaDAO.
Everstake's article on KAVA essentials covers Kava's architecture and token in detail. Everstake also runs a validator on Cosmos Hub, another Cosmos SDK network: delegate ATOM with Everstake on Cosmos Hub.
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