Five minutes, a Web3 wallet, and some MON. That's all you need to start earning liquid staking rewards on Monad.
This guide walks through staking with Kintsu, the composable liquid staking protocol on Monad. You'll deposit MON, receive sMON, and your sMON will start earning network rewards automatically. No claim transactions, no manual restaking.
You can bridge or swap into MON on the Kintsu swap page. Once you've got MON in your wallet on Monad, come back here.
Head to the Kintsu staking page. Click “Connect” in the top right. Pick your wallet from the list and approve the connection.
If your wallet is on a different network, switch it to Monad now. Most wallets prompt automatically when the site asks.
Type the amount of MON you want to stake. There's no minimum on the protocol side, but you'll want to leave a small MON balance in your wallet to cover gas on this and future transactions.
The “Max” button is there for convenience. If you click it, the form leaves a small buffer for gas automatically. If you're staking a precise amount, type it.
Below the input, the page shows three things you should check before you sign:
If anything looks off, change the amount and re-check. Nothing is on-chain yet.
Click “Stake” and your wallet will pop up. Review the transaction details, including the gas estimate, then approve.
Monad confirmations are fast. You should see the transaction land within a few seconds.
That's it. Your sMON balance appears in your wallet immediately, and the staking dashboard updates to show your position.
From here, you've got three options:
When you want your MON back, head to unstaking. You'll burn sMON in exchange for MON, with a network-enforced cooldown before redemption.
Yes. You can unstake any amount, any time. There's a batched cooldown enforced by the Monad network before MON returns to your wallet. The exact duration is documented in the Kintsu unstaking guide.
The protocol doesn't enforce a minimum on Monad. Just keep enough MON in your wallet to cover gas for this and any later transactions.
Every era. Network rewards flow into the staking pool, and the sMON-to-MON redemption ratio updates automatically. You don't need to claim or restake. Holding sMON is enough.
Yes. The contracts have been reviewed by Spearbit and Nethermind. All audit reports are public on the Kintsu Audits repo. Audits reduce risk, but no smart contract is risk-free, so size your position accordingly.