Staking.

Staking lets PEA holders earn a share of the protocol fee. Deposit PEA into the staking pool and your position starts earning from the next buyback; withdraw whenever you like.

Where the yield comes from

The 10% protocol fee on every round buys back PEA on the open market. 95% of that PEA is burned and the remaining 5% is streamed to the staking pool, so the APR you see is backed by real activity, not emissions. When mining is busy, yield rises; when it cools, yield follows. The APR shown on the Stake page is estimated from a 7-day rolling average.

Depositing and withdrawing

There is no lock-up and no unbonding period. The contract sets a minimum deposit. A deposit takes two transactions when you have not already approved enough PEA: an approval, then the deposit. If an earlier approval still covers the amount, it is one. Yield is not compounded for you and the quoted APR assumes no compounding, though you can compound what you have accrued in one transaction.