How it works.
Security and transparency by design.
ZEN staking is the official staking program for the Horizen chain. Fully on-chain and non-custodial. Your ZEN is locked only inside the public staking contract — no intermediary ever takes custody — and every balance, reward and transaction is verifiable on the block explorer.
Audited contracts
Built on Horizen's audited staker contracts, open-source and independently reviewed.
Non-custodial
Funds stay in your control at all times. You interact with the contract directly from your own wallet — there is no backend that can move your ZEN.
No lock-up
Stake, claim and withdraw whenever you want. Your principal is never frozen and rewards accrue continuously, block by block.
How rewards are accrued
Rewards are funded from multiple independent sources and streamed to stakers automatically — there is no manual allocation and no discretionary payout.
Varied rewards sources fund the contract
Varied rewards sources periodically top up the staking contract by sending ZEN through the on-chain reward-notification method (notifyRewardAmount). Every top-up is a public transaction, verifiable on the block explorer.
You accrue continuously, pro-rata
While the window is active, rewards accrue every block in proportion to your share of the total staked ZEN. Nothing needs to be done for them to grow — your balance updates automatically.
Claim anytime — nothing is lost
Accrued rewards are held for you on-chain and keep accumulating until you claim. There is no lock-up and no deadline: claim whenever you like.
Official contracts and network
Protect your funds! Only trust the original Horizen contracts listed here.