The Graph Staking Calculator
Estimate The Graph (GRT) staking rewards over any period. Prefilled with a typical GRT reward rate and the live GRT price — edit both to match your validator.
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Using the The Graph Staking Calculator
This calculator estimates what staking GRT pays over a period you choose, in both coins and dollars. The reward rate is prefilled at 8% — high single digits, before the delegation tax and the Indexer's own cut — 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 GRT: Delegate GRT to an Indexer; you earn a share of their query fees and indexing rewards. Liquidity matters as much as the rate. Undelegating goes through a thawing period of about 28 days before the tokens are free. 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, GRT trades on general dapp activity rather than on any single catalyst, which has made it a slow, high-beta follower of the market. A 8% 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 8% actually compounds to on GRT
- Reward rate
- 8% (high single digits, before the delegation tax and the Indexer's own cut)
- First year on 5,000 GRT
- 400 GRT
- Monthly-compounded 1y
- 415 GRT
- Compounded 5y
- 2,449 GRT
At 8% (high single digits, before the delegation tax and the Indexer's own cut), staking 5,000 GRT pays about 400 GRT in the first year simple. Compounded monthly that becomes 415 GRT, and left to compound for five years, 2,449 GRT — the gap widens the longer your GRT stays put, which is where the lockup matters: Undelegating goes through a thawing period of about 28 days before the tokens are free.
Staking is native to The Graph, so you are securing the protocol directly rather than trusting a wrapper. Rewards arrive in GRT, so their dollar value rides the price — a 8% 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 GRT'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.
The Graph at a glance
- Launched
- December 2020
- Role
- Decentralised indexing and querying for blockchain data
- Max supply
- No hard cap — ~3% annual issuance, partly offset by burning
- Roles
- Indexers, Curators and Delegators, each staking GRT
- Delegation tax
- A percentage is burned when you delegate
- Native staking
- Yes — delegate to an Indexer
Frequently asked questions
- How much can I earn staking The Graph?
- At roughly 8% a year, staking 5,000 GRT earns about 400 GRT over twelve months before commission. Enter your own amount and rate above for the exact figure, in coins and at the live GRT price.
- Is my GRT locked while staking?
- Undelegating goes through a thawing period of about 28 days before the tokens are free.
- Are GRT 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.