Staking is important because it shows real commitment to a project by voting with your FAN tokens in support of it. This not only boosts the project’s Go Score, increasing its chances of success and being greenlit, but also earns you Superfan Points that help raise your leaderboard rank and qualify you for exclusive perks, as well as more FAN tokens in the form of FGR rewards.
Am I spending my FAN Tokens?
Nope. You never lose control over your staked tokens. When you stake to a project, it removes them from your available balance and applies them to that project, however, you can always unstake from a project and they will be immediately returned to your available balance.
Staking Dialogue
When you click on the stake button on a project, you will open the project's wallet page. Here you will be able to enter a number of FAN Tokens to stake on the project.
The dialogue will let you know how much FAN you can stake to the project.
In the top right of your screen, you'll next see a dialogue box where the platform is creating a smart contract and writing your stake to the blockchain.
This process can take a few seconds or longer depending on the traffic on the blockchain, but you can close the staking dialogue and continue navigating the platform. The dialogue box is just informational.
Blockchain Record
Once your FAN Tokens have been staked, you will see your account name and the total on the project page. You will also notice the word "unstake." This is the process by which you reclaim your tokens.
If you click on the hash record under the Transaction column, you can see where your stake was written to the blockchain.
Personal Wallet
Your token stake is also recorded in your personal wallet. You can find this by navigating to your profile through the top navigation avatar. Click on the Wallet tab and view your recent activity.