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# Stake GLINT

Stake Base GLINT for API quota, discounts and lower swap fees.

Stake GLINT to receive API benefits. This contract does **not** pay staking yield or mint stGLINT.

| Active stake        | Eligible calls per day | Paid API discount | Swap fee |
| ------------------- | ---------------------- | ----------------- | -------- |
| Below 100,000 GLINT | 0                      | 0%                | 0.10%    |
| 100,000 GLINT       | 200                    | 10%               | 0.10%    |
| 1,000,000 GLINT     | 2,000                  | 25%               | 0.05%    |
| 10,000,000 GLINT    | 20,000                 | 40%               | 0.03%    |

Quota applies only to eligible routes. Swap-route preparation, watch creation and distribution creation still require payment. Sign in with the staking wallet so the API can apply its tier. Anonymous calls use list prices.

## Stake

1. Open [Stake GLINT](https://app.beamswap.io/stake) and connect your wallet on Base.
2. Enter an amount and approve the token allowance if needed.
3. Confirm the stake transaction in your wallet. Allow up to five minutes for API tier caching to refresh.

## Withdraw

Request an unstake first. The amount leaves your active stake immediately and enters a **seven-day cooldown**. When that ends, return to withdraw it.

A second unstake request adds to the pending balance and restarts the cooldown for **the entire pending amount**. Review this before confirming.

The owner can pause new deposits. Users retain their exit and withdrawal path. Direct token donations to the staking contract have no recovery function.

Eligible snapshot claimants may receive tier 1 during the configured 90-day launch window. This is a temporary credit, not an additional stake or permanent benefit. The highest eligible tier applies.

[Verified Base contracts](https://docs.beamswap.io/contracts-base). Moonbeam stGLINT articles elsewhere in this documentation are legacy references.