Immutable Staking Calculator
Estimate Immutable (IMX) staking rewards over any period. Prefilled with a typical IMX reward rate and the live IMX price — edit both to match your validator.
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Using the Immutable Staking Calculator
This calculator estimates what staking IMX pays over a period you choose, in both coins and dollars. The reward rate is prefilled at 2% — low, and it depends directly on how much trading the games actually generate — but treat that as a starting point, not a quote: staking rates move with participation and with validator commission, so put in the rate your own validator advertises.
How you stake IMX: Stake IMX on Immutable to earn a share of the protocol fee taken on marketplace trades. Liquidity matters as much as the rate. Rewards are distributed per period, and you must hold through the period to qualify. A high advertised rate on a coin you cannot exit quickly is a different product from the same rate on a liquid position, and that difference shows up exactly when you need it — during a sharp drawdown.
Two things the dollar figure cannot tell you. First, rewards are usually taxable as income when you receive them in most jurisdictions, at the value on the day — see the tax guide for your country. Second, IMX rises and falls with the gaming narrative, which has been one of the most cyclical in crypto. A 2% yield does not protect you from a price move several times that size, so judge staking on total return, not on the APR alone.
What 2% actually compounds to on IMX
- Reward rate
- 2% (low, and it depends directly on how much trading the games actually generate)
- First year on 1,000 IMX
- 20 IMX
- Monthly-compounded 1y
- 20.18 IMX
- Compounded 5y
- 105.08 IMX
At 2% (low, and it depends directly on how much trading the games actually generate), staking 1,000 IMX pays about 20 IMX in the first year simple. Compounded monthly that becomes 20.18 IMX, and left to compound for five years, 105.08 IMX — the gap widens the longer your IMX stays put, which is where the lockup matters: Rewards are distributed per period, and you must hold through the period to qualify.
Staking is native to Immutable, so you are securing the protocol directly rather than trusting a wrapper. Rewards arrive in IMX, so their dollar value rides the price — a 2% yield is no defence against a price move several times that size, so judge the position on total return rather than the headline rate.
Figures are derived from IMX's own daily closes over the window shown and are bounded by it — not all-time values. Prices move; treat them as context, not a forecast.
Immutable at a glance
- Launched
- 2021
- Type
- Ethereum scaling for games — validium plus an EVM chain
- Max supply
- 2,000,000,000 IMX
- Fee
- A protocol fee on trades, shared with stakers
- Focus
- Gas-free NFT minting and trading for game studios
- Native staking
- Yes — stake IMX for a share of protocol fees
Frequently asked questions
- How much can I earn staking Immutable?
- At roughly 2% a year, staking 1,000 IMX earns about 20 IMX over twelve months before commission. Enter your own amount and rate above for the exact figure, in coins and at the live IMX price.
- Is my IMX locked while staking?
- Rewards are distributed per period, and you must hold through the period to qualify.
- Are IMX staking rewards taxed?
- In most countries staking rewards are income at the moment you can access them, valued in your local currency on that date, and then a second capital-gains event when you later sell. A few treat them differently — Germany, for instance, has its own allowance for staking income. Check our tax guide for your jurisdiction.
- How are staking rewards calculated?
- Rewards ≈ amount staked × annual reward rate × (days ÷ 365). This is a simple (non-compounded) estimate.
- APR vs APY for staking?
- APR is the flat annual rate. If you restake (compound) rewards, your effective APY is higher — see the APY calculator.
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For educational purposes only. Rates, fees and protocol parameters change — verify current figures with your exchange or validator before acting. Not financial advice.