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Daomaker staking provides DAO Power for private SHO access under each network's staking rules

Daomaker staking supplies DAO Power for private Strong Holder Offering (SHO) participation through DAO token commitments. Ethereum also calculates DAO rewards using staking shares. BNB Smart Chain uses a withdrawal cooldown, while Solana staking requires wallet linking for DAO Power recognition. Reward weight and private-sale eligibility follow different rules.

DAO rewards and private-sale access

DAO Power supports private offerings, while Ethereum reward shares determine DAO payouts. BNB Smart Chain staking primarily serves DAO Power access. A longer Ethereum commitment adds reward weight. Private offerings also use contributed DAO, so a stake and an offering contribution serve different functions. The project's token allocation belongs to the offering; DAO rewards belong to the stake. Funding a sale therefore requires considering the DAO contribution alongside the DAO already committed to staking.

What makes a stake count toward DAO Power?

A DAO stake supplies base DAO Power, and Solana additionally requires the profile to connect the staking wallet with a BNB Smart Chain wallet.

Base power and allocation multipliers

Ethereum and BNB Smart Chain staking credit one base DAO Power per DAO staked. The DAO Power multiplier schedule applies a zero multiplier below 250 base DAO Power and reaches 1.3 in its highest band. The staked DAO amount, final DAO Power and Ethereum reward-share balance therefore describe separate quantities. Allocation multipliers affect DAO Power; staking-duration bonuses affect reward shares.

Solana wallet linking

Solana uses the BNB Smart Chain staking settings. Its DAO Power setup also requires signing with both a Solana wallet and a BNB Smart Chain wallet. The profile links those wallets after staking. This link lets Daomaker associate the Solana stake with its DAO Power calculation.

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Ethereum reward shares and daily funding

Ethereum assigns reward shares using the DAO amount, commitment length and Share Rate. The calculation adds base and bonus shares, then divides that total by Share Rate. The resulting shares set the stake's proportion of each day's reward pool.

Term and amount bonuses

Ethereum staking accepts commitments from 30 to 1,095 days. The term bonus adds 600% in shares per committed year, up to 1,800% for three years. Stakes between 50,000 and 1,000,000 DAO also qualify for a size bonus ranging from 0% to 50%. These percentages describe additional share weight. The payout also reflects the rewards available to distribute and the total participating shares.

Share Rate and daily rewards

Ethereum calculates a stake's daily reward as the day's total rewards multiplied by its share fraction. That fraction is user shares divided by the day's total shares. Daily reward funding can vary. Share Rate affects the shares that a new stake receives, so a later commitment can have different reward weight despite an unchanged DAO amount and term. Adding the actual daily rewards gives the period's accrued DAO reward.

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How much DAO can an early Ethereum exit consume?

After Ethereum's 15-day initial hard lock, early withdrawal can consume accrued rewards and some principal if the penalty exceeds those rewards. The charge uses the rewards attributable to Fee Days, which cover half the committed term subject to a minimum. Ethereum applies a minimum of 30 Fee Days when calculating an early-unstake penalty. A withdrawal before those Fee Days have elapsed needs an average-reward calculation, because the full reward interval hasn't occurred yet.

For that earlier exit, the fee equals accrued rewards multiplied by Fee Days and divided by elapsed staking days. The returned DAO reflects the original stake plus its payout, less the applicable penalty. A longer commitment can therefore increase both reward weight and the fee interval relevant to an early withdrawal.

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Withdrawal paths and their prerequisites

Withdrawal timing changes the charge attached to the same DAO stake. Ethereum compares the exit with its selected term. BNB Smart Chain and Solana distinguish a completed cooldown from an expedited withdrawal. An unfinished cooldown leaves a choice between waiting and an expedited exit with its charge. The relevant comparison is the net DAO return for the selected timing.

Daomaker staking: DAO for Private SHO Access

• How much DAO can an early Ethereum exit consume?
• Withdrawal paths and their prerequisites
• When does DAO Power fall after unstaking?
• DAO Power commitments during token vesting

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Table: Withdrawal paths and their prerequisites

Withdrawal choice	Staking charge	Required stake state
Ethereum at scheduled maturity	No early-exit penalty	Committed term has just finished
Ethereum before maturity	Reward-based early penalty	Initial hard lock ended; term unfinished
BNB Smart Chain after cooldown	No cooldown penalty	Unstake request's 15-day cooldown completed
BNB Smart Chain expedited exit	15% of staked DAO	15-day cooldown hasn't completed
Solana after cooldown	No cooldown penalty	Unstake request's 15-day cooldown completed
Solana expedited exit	15% of staked DAO	15-day cooldown hasn't completed
Timing determines the path	The applicable staking rule determines the charge	The stake's term or cooldown status governs withdrawal timing

Ethereum's getStakeStatus reports a return estimate, payout and penalties for a specific stake. Before ending the stake, compare that estimate with the DAO amount that you intend to recover. A completed StakeEnd event records that stake's payout, penalty and served days. Changing the withdrawal day can alter the estimate through further rewards or an early-exit charge. The November 9, 2021 Venture Yield announcement also described a late-withdrawal fee beginning more than 30 days after maturity. Under that rule, the fee would increase linearly over 100 late days to consume the entire stake plus rewards, leaving 0 DAO to withdraw. The Ethereum staking code includes a late-penalty calculation, but the newer guide doesn't specify its grace period or calculation scale. The completed record and actual DAO return establish the withdrawal outcome independently of a displayed annual percentage rate (APR).

When does DAO Power fall after unstaking?

Unstaking DAO on Ethereum removes the stake's associated DAO Power; the BNB Smart Chain rule removes power 15 days after an unstake request. Allocation multipliers also influence the resulting total. A withdrawable stake can therefore have a different status from the DAO Power that an offering requires. The withdrawal schedule controls access to staked DAO, while the offering's maintenance rule controls eligibility for later project-token releases.

DAO Power commitments during token vesting

Private SHO participation carries a continuing DAO Power requirement for future project-token unlocks. A participant whose DAO Power falls below the level used for an offering has three days to restore the missing power. Failing to restore it causes the participant to lose all future token unlocks from that project. Daomaker displays a notification when the participant needs to increase DAO Power to preserve that eligibility.

An offering's refund terms govern the project-token purchase. Staking withdrawal terms govern the DAO commitment. A completed staking term can still support an unfinished vesting schedule, so an exit requires considering the DAO Power obligations attached to those future releases. Before retaining a mature Ethereum stake, confirm its applicable late-withdrawal deadline and penalty. Before using stakeGoodAccounting to retain DAO for future releases, confirm whether the accounted stake still contributes the required DAO Power. After maturity, anyone can call stakeGoodAccounting to stop that stake's late penalty increasing. Accounting leaves the stake in the contract; its owner must call stakeEnd to withdraw any remaining DAO.

Updated: Tuesday 13 October 2026