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Fix: staking doesn’t start (enable staking + unlock)

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Applies to: v4.22.x (desktop)

Symptoms

  • Wallet is synced but shows not staking
  • The anvil icon is present but staking stays disabled
  • You upgraded and staking behavior seems “different”

Two-step enablement (v4)

Admin guidance repeatedly describes staking as a two-step process:

  1. Unlock the wallet “for staking only” (top menu: Settings)
  2. Click the anvil icon (bottom-right) → Enable staking 1

Known quirk: v4.22.8 staking toggle

A v4.22.8-specific quirk was noted: if staking won’t start, toggle it off/on using the anvil icon after unlocking. 2

Admin-verified

  • “Unlock for staking only” + “Enable staking (anvil)” is the baseline v4 recipe. 1
  • v4.22.8 may need a toggle cycle. 2

Footnotes

  1. Telegram export (ReddCoinOfficial), obito, 29 Jan 2026 07:15 UTC-05, message2038537 (messages992.html). (Staking does not start by default; unlock + anvil icon.) ↩↩

  2. Telegram export (ReddCoinOfficial), obito, 25 Feb 2025 09:56 UTC-05, message2017279 (messages973.html). (v4.22.8 staking bug; toggle staking after unlock.) ↩↩