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# Staking $BNRY

### **Staking Model**

You can earn $BNRY points by staking $BNRY on our platform. Here you just need to lock up your $BNRY on our platform. The longer you stake, the more points you earn.

### **How are $BNRY points calculated in Staking Model?**

* Points Earning: Users earn points based on their proportion of the total $BNRY Tokens
* Formula: If a user contributes x amount of $BNRY tokens, and the total $BNRY tokens in the pool is total, then the user's points for that hour are calculated as

                                                                     x/ total \* 10

* Snapshots of user's balance is take hourly and points are allocated hourly on the basis of those snapshots.

### How to Stake <a href="#how-to-stake" id="how-to-stake"></a>

#### 1. Choose a Wallet

To stake your BNRY tokens, connect to your existing wallet or create a new one using the **GET** option provided by one of the following providers:

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Make sure your wallet has BNRY tokens to perform the stake operation. Use [Uniswap](https://app.uniswap.org/add/ETH/0xa724ad0C59f178C3d291081b8aE06d3d23Eb5383) or [MEXC Exchange](https://www.mexc.com/exchange/BNRY_USDT?_from=search) to obtain more tokens.

#### 2. Add Optimistic Network and BNRY Token (Metamask for example)

Connect to your **Metamask** wallet and click on **Add Network**

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Choose **OP Mainnet** and click **Approve**

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Next, switch to **OP Mainnet** and click on **Import tokens**

Token Address: 0xB5090D514BcacA7daFB7E52763658844121f346d

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#### 3. Stake BNRY

After successfully importing the BNRY token, go to the[ $BNRY website](https://www.bnrytoken.com/) and click **Stake Now** to begin.

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Upon clicking on stake now button, a pop-up will appear where you can enter the desired BNRY value to stake.&#x20;

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Once you have entered your value, click **Approve Staking.**

You will receive confirmation and a signer request on **Metamask** to approve the transaction. Please ensure that you have enough gas fee to perform the transaction.

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After your transaction is approved on **Metamask**, you will receive a confirmation popup on the website to complete your stakes.

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Then you will  receive a confirmation request on **Metamask** to confirm the transaction

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After confirming your transaction on **Metamask**, you will be redirected back to the website and your stake will be updated instantly on the webpage

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Next Modules contain how to Stake and Unstake $BNRY