Everstake Validator Address
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Delegation to Everstake is non-custodial: the XTZ never leaves the delegator’s wallet, where Everstake runs the baker but cannot move or spend delegated tokens.
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XTZ stays liquid, with no lock-up and no slashing risk.
Rewards are paid every 1-day cycle, the first about 5–6 days after delegating. Everstake keeps a 15% fee.
Rewards come straight from the protocol, start accruing immediately, and carry 3Ă— the baking weight of delegated XTZ.
XTZ must be delegated before it can be staked.
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Delegated Proof-of-Stake is a consensus model where token holders elect a small group of validators to produce blocks. Networks like EOS, TRON, Tezos, Cosmos, and Cardano use DPoS or close variants to balance speed against decentralization.
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Table of Contents
Delegate or stake XTZ: which Tezos option fits you
Delegating XTZ to Everstake: 15% fee, no lock-up, and the Tezos staking calculator
Everstake's Tezos baker: address, custody and how to start
Risks of delegating and staking XTZ
What Tezos is: liquid proof-of-stake, on-chain governance and formal verification
Interested in staking more than $500k of XTZ?
Difference between delegation and staking
Delegate XTZ to Everstake when the XTZ must stay spendable at any moment and carry zero slashing risk.
Stake XTZ with Everstake when a higher reward per XTZ is the priority over instant liquidity: staked XTZ counts 3 times as much as delegated XTZ toward the baker's baking power, but it is frozen while staked and takes up to 4 days to release.
Holders can also split a balance: stake the part held long term, keep the rest delegated. For a full walkthrough, see Everstake's introduction to Tezos staking.
Delegating XTZ to the Everstake baker pays rewards once per cycle, with no lock-up and no slashing exposure. Delegated XTZ stays spendable; any transfer out reduces the delegated balance.
| Parameter (delegation) | Value |
|---|---|
| Everstake fee (delegation) | 15% of rewards |
| Rewards paid by (delegation) | The Everstake baker |
| Cycle duration (delegation) | 1 day |
| First reward (delegation) | About 5 to 6 days after delegating |
| Reward frequency (delegation) | Once per cycle |
| Compounding (delegation) | Automatic, no re-delegation needed |
| Minimum to delegate | None |
| Locking period (delegation) | None, XTZ is transferable immediately after undelegating |
| Slashing (delegation) | None, delegated XTZ is not at stake |
The Tezos staking calculator on this page estimates delegation rewards at the 15% Everstake fee, using the current delegation rate, it does not model staking.

Wallet-specific delegation guides:
Everstake is a baker, Tezos's term for a validator: it produces and attests blocks with the stake assigned to it and never takes custody of that stake.
Delegating and staking XTZ with Everstake are both non-custodial. The XTZ stays in the holder's own wallet, and Everstake, as baker, can bake with that stake but cannot move or spend it.
Risks for delegation and staking differ.
Tezos is a smart-contract blockchain that upgrades itself through on-chain votes, without hard forks. It uses liquid proof-of-stake: XTZ holders delegate or stake with bakers, who produce blocks and vote on protocol upgrades with the combined weight of their delegators. Tezos also supports formal verification of smart contracts.
The protocol parameters on this page reflect Ushuaia, the 21st Tezos upgrade, active since 30 June 2026. Recent upgrades shaped them: Rio (May 2025) cut cycles to 1 day and unstaking to 4 days, and Tallinn (January 2026) cut block time to 6 seconds.
Everstake is happy to discuss special staking conditions & services we provide for institutions and large investors. Please contact us for any additional details.
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