Frequently Asked Questions

A delegator is someone who stakes their RAMA tokens with a validator to help secure the Ramestta Network. By delegating, you participate in the Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism without running your own validator node. Delegators earn a share of the validator's rewards proportional to their stake, minus the validator's commission fee.

Delegation requires RAMA on Polygon. Connect your wallet, select a validator, review commission and health metrics, enter the amount, and confirm the delegation transaction on Polygon.

If your balance is currently RAMA on Ramestta, first move it to Polygon using the bridge flow: RAMA (Ramestta) → bridge to Polygon (Plasma bridge) → RAMA (Polygon) → Delegate.

After confirmation, your delegation is bonded to the selected validator and starts participating in reward distribution.

Your RAMA remains associated with your wallet, but it is bonded to the validator you selected. While bonded, it contributes to network security and can earn staking rewards. To move those tokens again, initiate undelegation and wait for the current exit window. New exits use the fast challenge window: 2,400 seconds half period and 4,800 seconds full period, approximately 1 hour 20 minutes. Older exits started before fast-exit activation may still follow the legacy window.

A validator runs infrastructure that produces blocks and participates in the Heimdall consensus layer. Validators are responsible for signing checkpoints, proposing blocks on Bor, and maintaining network integrity. They earn rewards from transaction fees and block rewards, sharing a portion with their delegators.

Review commission, live health, checkpoint participation, total delegated stake, and operational reputation. A low commission is useful only when the validator is reliable. A well-run validator should maintain strong uptime, consistent checkpoint participation, and transparent operations.

Becoming a validator requires reliable Heimdall and Bor infrastructure, fully synced nodes, a funded signer, the required stake, and validator registration through the portal. Validator operators should also maintain Heimdall fee balance, monitor signing health, and keep node software updated. Visit docs.ramestta.com for detailed setup instructions.

Rewards vary with validator performance, commission, total network stake, and protocol reward parameters. The dashboard and Rewards Calculator use a 15% to 65% APR scenario slider so you can compare expected earnings without treating a single APR as guaranteed.

Connect your wallet and open My Rewards. You can view delegated validators, staked amount, pending rewards, and available claim actions.

Delegation rewards are earned and claimed as RAMA on Polygon. Any claim, undelegation, and withdraw-unbonded flow is processed on Polygon.

If you want to use RAMA on Ramestta afterward, bridge your tokens back: RAMA (Polygon) → bridge to Ramestta → RAMA (Ramestta).

To withdraw staked RAMA, open the validator you delegated to, click Undelegate, enter the amount, and confirm on Polygon. New exits follow the fast challenge window: 2,400 seconds half period and 4,800 seconds full period (about 1 hour 20 minutes). After the claim window opens, use Withdraw Unbonded.

Important: delegation principal, rewards, claims, and undelegation withdrawals are all handled as RAMA on Polygon.

If you need tokens for Ramestta-side usage or market activity listed as RAMA on Ramestta, bridge from Polygon back to Ramestta after withdrawal.

There is no minimum staking duration. You can initiate undelegation at any time. Once undelegation starts, the tokens stop earning rewards and must wait for the protocol exit window before they can be claimed. New exits use the current fast window of 4,800 seconds, approximately 1 hour 20 minutes.

A checkpoint is a snapshot of the Bor execution-layer state submitted to the Polygon root chain by validators. Checkpoints provide finality for Ramestta network activity and are used by bridge and staking flows to prove state transitions. Validator performance is measured partly by consistent checkpoint participation.