The Top 5 Staking Tokens

[JessicaVL]

If you’re familiar with cryptocurrencies, you’ve probably heard of staking. Staking is the act of holding your funds in a cryptocurrency wallet, to support the operations of a blockchain. So, you’re locking your crypto up to gain rewards, and help the network. In many scenarios, the process is reliant on crypto users using a personal crypto wallet to participate in the blockchain. Staking is an easy way to support your network of choice, and earn some passive income from your crypto. We’ll be taking a look at the top 5 staking tokens, and why you should consider staking. 

Top 5
Let’s take a look at the top 5 staking tokens.

5. Komodo (KMD)
Komodo is a one step blockchain solution. Consensus on the Komodo network is achieved via an Adaptive Proof of Work algorithm. Investors can participate via Automatic Reward Distribution, where they’ll earn 5.1% of their staked tokens per annum. The required minimum to stake is 10 KMD.

4. ICON (ICX)
ICON is a decentralized eco-system that allows different blockchains to interact with each other. Consensus is achieved via Loop Fault Tolerance, so investors can participate in the network either by creating blocks or by voting.

Staking ICX will give you an annual reward of 19.62% of your staked tokens, with a minimum of one ICX staked. Running a Sub P-REP Node will give you 16.35% per annum, and running a Main P-REP Node will reward you with 20.60% per annum.

3. Tezos (XTZ)
Tezos is an open-source platform for assets and applications, that is backed by a huge community of validators, researchers and builders. Tezos is a self-amending cryptographic ledger, that works on a liquid proof-of-stake consensus algorithm. At the moment, there are two ways investors can earn passive income from Tezos, either by Baking or Delegating.

For Baking, you’ll earn an annual reward of 7.11%, with an adjacent reward of +2.07%. For Delegating you can earn 6.40% per annum, with an adjacent reward of +1.35%.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=andKrImAfVE

2. Cosmos (ATOM)
Cosmos was launched in March 2019, and it’s already in the second position out of the top staking blockchains. Cosmos portrays itself as “the internet of blockchains”, and encourages blockchain interoperability. Cosmos is a network of connected blockchain ecosystems, that functions on the Tendermint consensus algorithm. Investors can participate in the network via staking, with 2 options to earn passive income.

Running a validator node will earn you 9.53% of your staked tokens in annual reward, with an additional +2.62% in adjacent rewards. The second option is to delegate cosmos, which will give you 8.76% annually, and +1.85% in adjacent rewards.

https://twitter.com/TrustWalletApp/status/1172929260958441478

Decred (DCR)
Since 2016, Decred has been operating as an autonomous digital currency. Built on open-source technology, Decred blockchain consensus is achieved via a hybrid algorithm of proof-of-stake and proof-of-work. Investors can participate in the network by Voting or Delegating.

Voting will earn you 9.29% per annum, with an adjacent reward of +4.40%. Delegating will reward you with 9.19% per annum, and an adjacent reward of +4.30%.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfB20ubG4fs

Why you should stake
Now that we’ve taken a look at the top 5 staking tokens, it’s pretty clear that you can earn a decent passive income via this method. However, sometimes we can forget that there are other benefits to staking. For example, contributing to a network that you endorse can be a great way to help it grow. Or staking your VTEX tokens to receive hefty reductions in your transaction fees when trading on Vertex.Market can be another great incentive. There really are loads of reasons why staking can be beneficial to you, and to the network.

https://medium.com/@official_83664/the-top-5-staking-tokens-b6abf71b9839

[Javi_Anibarro]

And the ranking is based on what? how about IOTX, VSYS, NAV, ARK? All of those are great projects based on proof of stake.

[passwordnow]

AFAIK, Dash is the best when it comes to staking. The investment needed is totally big but it much worth it than the others. I don't have the capacity to avail one but that's what I see because it has been suggested everywhere.
It's kind of surprising to see that it's not on the top 5 of your article.

[NoirSuccubus]

I just recently began to study staking tokens and so far I know very little about it. Why did you choose these tokens for your list? Anyway, thanks for the info.

[GucciBoy]

AFAIK, Dash is the best when it comes to staking. The investment needed is totally big but it much worth it than the others. I don't have the capacity to avail one but that's what I see because it has been suggested everywhere.
It's kind of surprising to see that it's not on the top 5 of your article.

DASH is not a Proof Of Stake coin buddy. It's a Proof Of Work with masternodes.

I'm a BIG fan of Blocknet, which currently yields 14% annually on staking, and slightly more if you run a service node.
There's a lot of decent projects mentioned here, but I hardly ever see Blocknet mentioned, which is insane considering what they want to do with their Xrouter, Xbridge, and Xcloud solutions.

The entry point to get a service node is pretty affordable now, so I'm planning to buy one very soon to cash in on the DEX hype in 2020

[cudora]

Sounds great in the theory, but why would you just not go and create a bank account and get the same 10 percent rewards for a year. Staking has a great idea, but profitability does not even compete with centralised bank accounts.

[0xcosmos]

i do not think you can say that they are the top 5 staking coins
it may be for you but you cannot say that for the rest of us
there are so many coins with pos concensus and everyone might have their pick on what they like
for instance i have good amount of holdings of xlr pivx ada and sem and i stake all of them

[ashmodeus]

well, soon we will see ETH will be top 1 on staking coins.
btw about staking , nowadays exchange also have staking program with varian coins/token which can be staked.
and also , why u not put NEO inside ? did NEO has no more profit for staking ?

[ATSgrowth]

My top staking coins are NEO, ICON, Vechain and in the future I believe that also Cardano and Ethereum become good staking coins.

But it is hard to choose which aspect is better: higher interest + higher inflation rate or or low interest and low inflation.

[bittraffic]

I have written an article about KMD when it was starting but I never knew we can actually stake it and it only require us to own 10KMD so we can stake, that's a sweet deal.  Its not going to be profitable for me if I only start with 10KMD though.  ICX would be a much profitable while the price of the coin isn't that pricey. These two are the perfect for those with less budget for investing into staking coins if you are not considering 32 ETH for passive income thru staking.

[Mammothcoin]

Staking these coins is actually a good source of passive income. The percentage return per annum is in addition to the potential appreciation in value that will occur overtime. I look forward to Ethereum successfully implementing staking(PoS).

[Pearls Before Swine]

well, soon we will see ETH will be top 1 on staking coins.

You're probably right about that whenever it manages to go proof of stake.  I'm looking forward to it.

And Neo?  Pivx?  Navcoin?  Those are all excellent pos coins, especially Neo. 

DASH is not a Proof Of Stake coin buddy. It's a Proof Of Work with masternodes.

Glad you clarified that for everyone, because owning a masternode is *not* the same thing as staking, though both are methods of earning income through crypto.  I've had an interest in that for quite a while and have fooled around with various pos coins over the past couple of years.  You really have to own a lot of coins in order to make a decent profit, and though I really like the concept of passive income I never had enough investment capital to sink into a coin in order to make it worthwhile.

[fudster]

My top staking coins are NEO, ICON, Vechain and in the future I believe that also Cardano and Ethereum become good staking coins.

But it is hard to choose which aspect is better: higher interest + higher inflation rate or or low interest and low inflation.

I am also going to wait for that Cardano to turn POS. Its not very valuable for now but its always been on top of the market which is why its does have potentials which most investors are actually watching it. Staking NEO wouldn't mean you earn NEO, its the GAS that they are distributing. Not that is bad but its best if its NEO that we earn.

[shinratensei_]

well, soon we will see ETH will be top 1 on staking coins.

You're probably right about that whenever it manages to go proof of stake.  I'm looking forward to it.

And Neo?  Pivx?  Navcoin?  Those are all excellent pos coins, especially Neo. 

PIVX is a masternode coin and it can be considered as a fork coin of dash coin consider PIVX was using the same mechanism that already used on dash coin.

I just recently began to study staking tokens and so far I know very little about it. Why did you choose these tokens for your list? Anyway, thanks for the info.

it caused by OP listed the coins based on the score that has already published in https://www.stakingrewards.com/assets
You can visit it directly and see what kind of coins are listed at the top of staking coin. Again, everyone must know the differences between staking and masternode.

[Aabcde]

I'm a little more concerned with stake coins than I have been on the IEO lately. With this thread, I want to find out more info about good coins in return. And I pay attention to Tezos and Decred for now. Thank you for the info, OP.

it caused by OP listed the coins based on the score that has already published in https://www.stakingrewards.com/assets
You can visit it directly and see what kind of coins are listed at the top of staking coin. Again, everyone must know the differences between staking and masternode.

Wow, nice web. I can see all the details there, just like CMC. Let me learn first.

[NathanJB]

well, soon we will see ETH will be top 1 on staking coins.
btw about staking , nowadays exchange also have staking program with varian coins/token which can be staked.
and also , why u not put NEO inside ? did NEO has no more profit for staking ?

Most probably. Ethereum is going to become the most powerful POS coin in the coming months. We will wait for it and perhaps start stocking up ETH already in our wallets while the price of ETH is still affordable. Tezos (XTZ), ICON (ICX), and Komodo (KMD) are my choices of other POS coins in the list. I can see coins following the staking path in the coming years. POS is the most convenient option of coins in the future. Expensive rigs and electricity are the main reasons why.

[bitsurfer2014]

I believe OP should have included Minter Network  because their staking program is excellent as I've already received more than 9 percent interest on my staked BIP tokens within just a period of 23 days and counting!

Staking rewards are accumulated by the minute and it could be exciting to see your assets grow everyday as I find it a great way to earn passive income.

[Drai]

You covered the top ones, I could mention atleast 10 more staking Cryptocurrencies that I know but I cannot guarantee that they wouldn't turn out to be shitcoins in the end, earning from staking requires a large amount of funds and usually when your token comes out, the value is far lower than it was when it got in so I usually don't see this as a viable investment method for me even with the huge returns it gives when compared to what you would get from a the traditional banking system.

[tinyteapot]

AFAIK, Dash is the best when it comes to staking. The investment needed is totally big but it much worth it than the others. I don't have the capacity to avail one but that's what I see because it has been suggested everywhere.
It's kind of surprising to see that it's not on the top 5 of your article.

I though Dash coin will be among the top 5 staking coins but i am surprised that it does not met up with the top 10 list here https://gocryptowise.com/10-best-staking-coins-of-2019.

Dash coin could be exempted because the price is too high and it shall cost a lot of money to set it up ( My personal opinion ) most of the listed coin have a very low return per year but cheaper to buy and implement.

[passwordnow]

AFAIK, Dash is the best when it comes to staking. The investment needed is totally big but it much worth it than the others. I don't have the capacity to avail one but that's what I see because it has been suggested everywhere.
It's kind of surprising to see that it's not on the top 5 of your article.

DASH is not a Proof Of Stake coin buddy. It's a Proof Of Work with masternodes.

Oh my, thanks for that clarification GucciBoy!

I though Dash coin will be among the top 5 staking coins but i am surprised that it does not met up with the top 10 list here https://gocryptowise.com/10-best-staking-coins-of-2019.

Dash coin could be exempted because the price is too high and it shall cost a lot of money to set it up ( My personal opinion ) most of the listed coin have a very low return per year but cheaper to buy and implement.

You should refer yourself to the quote of GucciBoy, he has explained the difference of PoS and PoW masternodes and Dash belongs to the PoW masternodes and that's why we share sentiment about it being the number 1 if we'll search it on https://masternodes.online/