Tutorials for acquiring, managing, and staking ICP

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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

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