NEAR's mainnet launch is live! Are you ready to stake? Here's what to expect.
In short, transfers are currently enabled, and rewards are estimated to be enabled on October 19, 2020.
Token transfers were enabled by validators on October 13, 2020 via on-chain vote. Staking rewards we expect to be enabled after we have upgraded the network on or around October 19, 2020.
If you are an institutional investor looking for third-party custody solutions, Figment has partnerships with all of the custodians that are supporting NEAR. Contact us for more information.
If you plan to self-custody, NEAR supports Ledger hardware devices, which we recommend. This is how to install the NEAR Ledger app.
You can use the command-line interface (CLI) if you are technically inclined. There's also the Trust Token wallet for mobile.
We recommend using the user-friendly NEAR Wallet. Head to https://wallet.near.org to access the web interface provided by the NEAR team. Here you can use your Ledger hardware device (recommended), or you can recover your account with your 12-word seed phrase, email address, or phone number. Know that your seed phrase essentially controls your funds, so take great care not to expose this unless you absolutely must.
The NEAR Wallet doesn't yet allow you to create a new wallet. If you have a NEAR token allocation of NEAR tokens, ask either CoinList or the NEAR Foundation to send you a NEAR Drop and follow this guide.
Now that the NEAR mainnet staking is enabled, you will be able to earn staking rewards. Use the NEAR Wallet to delegate to the Figment staking pool: figment.poolv1.near
As per the NEAR team's guide:
Now that NEAR's mainnet has launched, we will update this guide as more tools, features, and information become available.