IOTA Staking Support

This new feature allows developers, fintechs and institutions using Dfns wallet platform to participate in IOTA’s native staking mechanisms, earning rewards while continuing to store tokens on our secure infrastructure. Whether you’re running a DeFi application, managing treasury, or building infrastructure for digital assets, staking IOTA is now just a few lines of code away.

What is IOTA staking?

IOTA staking is a mechanism that allows IOTA token holders to earn rewards by supporting the network’s consensus and ecosystem development. It works differently from traditional Proof-of-Stake (PoS) systems: rather than validating blocks, stakers in IOTA contribute to the approval of specific projects or token distributions launched within the IOTA ecosystem, like Assembly (ASMB) or Shimmer (SMR) tokens. By staking IOTA, users lock up their tokens for a period of time and receive token rewards from the respective initiative, all without losing ownership of their original IOTA balance.

IOTA staking is a mechanism that allows IOTA token holders to earn rewards by supporting the network’s consensus and ecosystem development. It works differently from traditional Proof-of-Stake (PoS) systems: rather than validating blocks, stakers in IOTA contribute to the approval of specific projects or token distributions launched within the IOTA ecosystem, like Assembly (ASMB) or Shimmer (SMR) tokens. While tokens are not technically locked and can be withdrawn at any time, users can opt to stake vested tokens (also known as Timelocked IOTAs) and receive token rewards from the respective initiative — all without losing ownership of their original IOTA balance.

How Dfns makes it work

With our staking integration, you can now initiate and manage staking for IOTA directly through the Dfns Wallet-as-a-Service platform (API and dashboard). This includes:

• Opting in to staking periods by registering your wallet to participate in a specific token distribution.
• Tracking staking rewards across supported initiatives (e.g., Assembly or Shimmer).
• Unstaking at the end of a campaign or after a holding period.
• Automatic handling of necessary payloads, messages, and address indexing—so you don’t have to build that infrastructure yourself.

Everything is built on top of the same secure wallet infrastructure that powers all Dfns wallets. That means no private keys to manage, no staking contracts to deploy, and no manual monitoring.

Why this can benefit you

IOTA is an innovative ecosystem in crypto, with a unique directed acyclic graph (DAG) structure instead of a traditional public blockchain. By supporting staking, Dfns enables institutions and developers to take a more active role in the growth of IOTA’s ecosystem either by participating in token launches or earning rewards for holding IOTA. Adding staking to Dfns wallets makes it easier for businesses to:

• Earn yield on idle IOTA assets
• Support ecosystem projects through token distributions
• Automate staking logic inside their apps or backend services
• Remove operational friction, thanks to a robust API and security-first design

Getting started today

If you're using Dfns wallets and hold IOTA in any of them, you can start staking them today. Our API documentation has been updated with clear endpoints and usage examples to help you get up and running quickly. 

If you're new to Dfns, reach out or create an account to start building with secure, programmable wallets that now support staking on IOTA and much more.