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Staking & Collators

PezkuwiChain is secured by TNPoS (Trust-enhanced Nominated Proof-of-Stake). You can take part in three ways: nominate (easiest), validate, or run a collator.

Staking lives on Asset Hub now

After the Asset Hub Migration (AHM), NPoS staking moved from the relay chain to Asset Hub. Nominate, check staking.counterForNominators, and read staking figures on Asset Hub (wss://asset-hub-rpc.pezkuwichain.io), not the relay chain.

Nominators back one or more validators with their staked HEZ and earn a share of the rewards those validators produce. You don't run any infrastructure.

In broad strokes:

  1. Hold HEZ in your account.
  2. Bond an amount for staking.
  3. Nominate a set of validators you trust.
  4. Earn rewards each era; unbond later (subject to an unbonding period) to free your funds.

Tip

Spread your nomination across several reliable validators rather than one. Rewards depend on the validators you pick actually being elected and staying online.

Validating

Validators run a node, are elected into the active set via TNPoS, and produce and finalize relay-chain blocks. They put up their own stake and attract nominations. Misbehavior (e.g. going offline or equivocating) can be slashed, so validating is an operational commitment.

Because TNPoS is trust-enhanced, on-chain reputation is a factor in selection — not just raw stake.

Running a collator

Collators are the block producers for the parachains (Asset Hub, People Chain). They collect transactions, build parachain blocks, and submit them with proofs to the relay chain's validators.

  • Collators are listed via collatorSelection.invulnerables (the configured, trusted collator set) on each parachain.
  • At the network's current stage the collator set is intentionally small and curated across Asset Hub and the People Chain.

Rewards & the halving

Staking rewards come from HEZ issuance, which follows a 48-month synthetic halving schedule — the reward rate steps down over time, similar in spirit to Bitcoin's halving, to balance early-network security incentives with long-term scarcity.

Operator details

Exact bonding minimums, era lengths, unbonding periods, and node setup instructions are version-specific. Check the current on-chain constants and the SDK docs before committing real funds or infrastructure.