Rewards FAQ

When will I be eligible for rewards?

You become eligible for rewards when your stake becomes active with a pool. If the pool generates blocks in an epoch you are active with them you will receive a share of the rewards from that block. The rewards are paid in the second epochs AFTER you are active, e.g. if you are active in epoch 250 and the pool earns rewards you will receive those rewards in epoch 252.

This means it will take 15-20 days to receive rewards from a pool you have delegated to, assuming they produce blocks in the epoch you become active.

Will I lose out on rewards if I change pools?

The short answer is no. Once you transition to a new pool you will continue to be eligible for rewards from previous epochs for pools you were active in. The assumption here is that the previous pool and new pool are minting blocks every epoch and therefore distributing rewards every epoch. The rewards are not guaranteed and are very much dependent on the total active stake a pool has per epoch.

For a worked example, let's assume LambdaStaker(LS) is an active delegate of GenesisPool and has been regularly receiving rewards.

LS decides to switch to CoolPool in epoch 250:

As can be seen, LambdaStaker receives rewards continuously each epoch.