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Unstaking begins the exit. It does not move your tokens yet — it starts your tier’s cooldown and flips the position to unstaking.

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What happens when you unstake

1

Status flips

Your position moves from active to unstaking.
2

Unlock time is set

The engine snapshots an absolute unlock time = now + your tier’s cooldown (Compute 1d · Validator 2d · Yield 12h). This value is fixed and can’t be changed on you later.
3

Rewards settle

Everything you’ve accrued so far is locked into your owed balance and stays claimable. New rewards stop accruing — an unstaking position no longer earns.

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Important details

  • You keep accrued rewards. Unstaking snapshots what you’ve earned; you can still claim it. You just stop earning new rewards from that position.
  • Your principal stays in the vault during the cooldown — it isn’t returned until you withdraw after the unlock time.
  • Unstaking is always available — even if the program is paused, exits are never blocked.
  • You can’t unstake twice. A position already unstaking is in motion; the next step is to withdraw.
An unstaking position earns no new rewards. If you change your mind, withdrawing and re-staking opens a fresh position whose rewards start from that point — there’s no way to “resume” the old reward stream.
Next: Withdraw once the cooldown elapses.