Got my coins in my wallet and been opened for almost 9 hours but staking doesn't seem to have started yet. How do you your wallet is staking? The little icon at the bottom right corner for staking is not even there.
Wallet is unlocked, unencrypted so that's not the problem.
Am I missing something?
Staking is a random process, but the older your coins are, and the more coins you have, the more likely you are to stake.
Minimum age is 8 hours, so with 9 hour old coins it's not very likely to stake yet, considering other people have several-week old coins.
Just wait and you'll eventually stake.