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# Create Stake

`POST /staking/stakes`

Creates a new stake.

{% hint style="info" %}

* User action signature required. See [User Action Signing](/d/api-docs/authentication/user-action-signing.md) for more information.
* Request headers required. See [Request Headers](/d/advanced-topics/authentication/request-headers.md) for more information.
* Authentication required. See [Authentication Headers](/d/advanced-topics/authentication/request-headers.md#authentication-headers) for more information.
  {% endhint %}

## Required Permissions

| Name            | Conditions      |
| --------------- | --------------- |
| `Stakes:Create` | Always Required |

## Parameters <a href="#parameters.1" id="parameters.1"></a>

## Body <a href="#request-body" id="request-body"></a>

<table><thead><tr><th width="141">Property</th><th width="121">Required/Optional</th><th width="258.01953125">Description</th><th width="80">Type</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>walletId</code> <mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>Required</td><td>Id of the Dfns wallet making the deposit.</td><td>String</td></tr><tr><td><code>amount</code> <mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>Required</td><td>Transaction amount denominated in min units</td><td>String</td></tr><tr><td><code>provider</code></td><td>Optional</td><td>Staking Provider, Eg "Figment"</td><td>String</td></tr><tr><td><code>protocol</code> <mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td>Required</td><td>Staking Protocol, Eg "Babylon", "Iota",..</td><td>String</td></tr></tbody></table>

Currently, only two kind are possible: `LockedNative` for vested staking on IOTA and `Native` otherwise.

Depending on the protocol, some arguments are required when creating a stake:\\

#### Babylon

| fields                                       | Type   |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------ |
| `duration`<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | number |

#### Iota

| fields                                        | Type      | Remarks            |
| --------------------------------------------- | --------- | ------------------ |
| `validator`<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | string    |                    |
| `amount`                                      | string    |                    |
| `lockedIotas`                                 | string\[] | for vested staking |

**Example**

```json
{
  "walletId": "wa-fd328-9v5a8-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "provider": "Figment",
  "protocol": "Babylon",
  "duration": 150,
  "amount": "50000"
}
```

## Response <a href="#response" id="response"></a>

### Response example <a href="#response-example" id="response-example"></a>

```json
{
  "id": "stk-5q230-nl4b0-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "provider": "Figment",
  "providerStakeId": "1dd3b430-729e-4935-8da1-bc7af56a4e7a",
  "walletId": "wa-fd328-9v5a8-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "protocol": "Babylon",
  "status": "Active",
  "requester": {
    "userId": "us-3htce-s75t3-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "tokenId": "to-72305-jh38s-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  },
  "requestBody": {
    "amount": "50000",
    "walletId": "wa-fd328-9v5a8-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "provider": "Figment",
    "protocol": "Babylon",
    "duration": 150
  },
  "dateCreated": "2024-11-27T19:05:33.551Z",
  "actions": [
    {
      "id": "stktx-7cmu5-u8pct-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
      "stakeId": "stk-5q230-nl4b0-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
      "transactionId": "tx-4j1md-uperm-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
      "kind": "Stake",
      "requester": {
        "userId": "us-3htce-s75t3-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
        "tokenId": "to-72305-jh38s-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
      },
      "requestBody": {
        "amount": "50000",
        "walletId": "wa-fd328-9v5a8-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
        "provider": "Figment",
        "protocol": "Babylon",
        "duration": 150
      },
      "dateCreated": "2024-11-27T19:05:33.551Z"
    }
  ] 
}
```

## Remarks <a href="#response" id="response"></a>

When creating a stake it will implicitly create a `StakeAction` with kind `Stake`


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