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# How to stake

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### Verify your email and your wallet

On the Wallet page, sign one message. Your verified wallet is the **only** withdrawal destination.
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### Deposit USDC

Get your deposit address, unique to your account, on **Base Sepolia** during staging, and send USDC to it.

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Your deposit balance is staked **in full** on your next stake. Size the deposit to size the stake.
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### Stake

Stake from the dashboard Stakes tab. Per-round limits are shown live, and there is one stake per round.
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### Claim and withdraw

Rounds close, score, and settle after an on-chain soak window. **Claim** returns funds to your deposit address; **withdraw** sends them to your verified wallet, after a 24h cooling period following verification.
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