Staking MON means delegating it to a validator from your own wallet: the tokens stay under your address and start earning at the next epoch. This guide walks through the three steps with the LUX8 validator (validator ID 111) as the example. APY and commission below are live.
Live figures fetched from lux8.net/data.json, the same feed used on the homepage. No fixed promises — APY and commission can change.
You delegate directly from your own wallet using Monad's native staking contract. Custody of your MON never changes hands; LUX8 only operates the validator node that produces blocks on your behalf.
Hardware runs in enterprise-grade data centers with 24/7 monitoring and automated failover — the same operational standard as LUX8's other validators.
APY, commission, and total delegated stake are published live and used by this page — no stale marketing figures.
LUX8 also runs validators for Solana, NEAR, Kusama, X1, and Pactus — see the full list on the homepage.
mon.stake-manager.net is the Stake Manager app for Monad. Connect a wallet that holds MON, such as MetaMask or Phantom.
Search the validator list for LUX8 (validator ID 111) or the address 0xc869F4CE49e0c56E04321C646DdDa65eA1C30778 and select it.
Enter the amount of MON to delegate and sign the transaction. Your stake becomes active at the next epoch boundary. A Monad epoch lasts a few hours (about 4 hours as of October 2026).
Your MON never leaves your wallet or moves to LUX8. Delegation on Monad works by calling the protocol's delegate function from your own address to a validator; the tokens stay under your control the whole time. LUX8 only operates the validator node that produces blocks on your behalf.
0xc869F4CE49e0c56E04321C646DdDa65eA1C30778. Look for this exact validator address in the Stake Manager app or on MonadVision when choosing where to delegate.
Commission is shown live at the top of this page, sourced directly from lux8.net/data.json. It can change over time, so check the live value before delegating.
Monad unstaking is a two-step protocol process: you undelegate first, then withdraw once the network's withdrawal delay has passed. Both delegation and withdrawal take effect at epoch boundaries, so unstaking typically takes roughly one to two epochs. An epoch lasts a few hours (about 4 hours as of October 2026). This is a network-level rule and applies regardless of which validator you delegate to.
Open the Stake Manager app, connect a wallet that holds MON, search for the LUX8 validator address 0xc869F4CE49e0c56E04321C646DdDa65eA1C30778, and delegate the amount you want.
Yes. Open mon.stake-manager.net, connect MetaMask or Phantom with the account that holds your MON, pick a validator and confirm the delegation in your wallet. The wallet only signs the transaction; your MON never leaves your address.
Most charge 15%: as of October 2026 that is the rate of 87% of active Monad validators, and the median as well. A few charge less. Commission is taken from rewards, not from your stake, and the APY figures on this page and in the Monad validator comparison are already net of it.
Compare commission, uptime, and how the validator handles your funds. Favor a sustainable commission (0% is usually promotional, not permanent), a solid uptime history, and infrastructure spread across regions rather than one data center. Most importantly, use native, non-custodial delegation — your MON stays under your own address and never moves to the validator. LUX8's live commission, APY, and total stake are shown at the top of this page, sourced directly from data.json. For a side-by-side table of the largest Monad validators with live commission, APY and reliability figures, see how to choose a Monad validator.