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Custody is the act of managing your ICP. There are many options, each with different security and usability trade-offs.  
 
Custody is the act of managing your ICP. There are many options, each with different security and usability trade-offs.  
  
Below is a summary of the range of options available to you depending on your comfort level.
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For a summary of the range of options available to you depending on your comfort level, see [[ICP custody options]].
  
* [[ICP custody options]]
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Seed round participants who wish to claim their neurons should first see: [[How-To: Claim neurons for seed participants]].
* [[How-To: Claim neurons for seed participants]]
 
  
 
==Staking==
 
==Staking==

Revision as of 19:56, 7 January 2022

The governance of the Internet Computer depends on people staking their ICP and voting on proposals.

To do this, there are four steps (each with different sets of options):

1. Buy/Sell ICP 2. Choose a custody method for your ICP 3. Stake your ICP by creating neurons 4. Vote on NNS proposals with your neurons

Buy/Sell ICP

You can buy/sell ICP at the following exchanges:

Custody

Custody is the act of managing your ICP. There are many options, each with different security and usability trade-offs.

For a summary of the range of options available to you depending on your comfort level, see ICP custody options.

Seed round participants who wish to claim their neurons should first see: How-To: Claim neurons for seed participants.

Staking

Once you decide on your custody, staking is the action of locking ICP within a neuron with a dissolve delay. By staking you can vote on NNS Proposals and collect NNS rewards. There are many options for staking, each with different security and usability trade-offs. See ICP staking options.

Voting

Voting is the act of voting on NNS proposals using neurons.

ICP voting options

External links