# How Staking Works **Understanding Staking in MAXX Finance** Staking in the MAXX ecosystem involves users depositing their liquid MAXX tokens into a contract where they remain locked for a set duration. In return, users receive shares determined by the principal amount, stake duration, and any applicable bonuses. These shares calculate the stake's guaranteed interest rate and may offer future benefits, like weighted voting. Upon maturity, stakes can be withdrawn, returning the principal and interest to the user's wallet, while the shares are burned. A decreasing ShareFactor encourages early staking for potentially higher APY.\ \ All of this process is completely decentralized at no point does anyone have access to the tokens and staking & unstaking must be done by the person who has access to the wallet. ### How much can I earn from Staking MAXX? Let's say you buy 1,000,000 MAXX tokens at a hypothetical price of $0.0001 for a total of $100. **If you stake it for a 1 year period, in the first few days of the launch, you will get a fixed 24.26% APY rate, earning you 242,637 MAXX over the duration.** \ If the price is exactly $0.0001 after a year, your holdings are now worth $124.26\ If the price has climbed to $0.01 after a year, your holdings are now worth $12,426.37 **If you stake it for a 2 year period, you will get a fixed 30.27% APY rate, earning you 605,359 MAXX over the duration.** \ If the price is exactly $0.0001 upon withdrawal, your holdings are now worth $160.63\ If the price has climbed to $0.01 upon withdrawal, your holdings are now worth $16,063.59 **If you stake for the maximum of 3333 days (9.1 years), you will get a fixed 73.09% APY rate, earning you an impressive 7,673,967 MAXX over the duration.** \ Your total holdings are now 8,673,967 MAXX. \ If the price is exactly $0.0001 upon withdrawal, your holdings are now worth $867.39\ If the price has climbed to $0.01 upon withdrawal, your holdings are now worth $86,739.67 Whilst we cannot guarantee or speculate on the future value of the MAXX token, we can guarantee the payouts in MAXX that you will be earning. Other similar projects have done a 10,000x in price from launch, so the 100x in the above examples is a very mild example. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.maxx.finance/features/staking-maxx/how-staking-works.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.