Overview
Iagon Staking is an in-app staking feature that lets holders of the IAG token delegate their tokens to storage nodes and earn rewards. It suits IAG holders who want passive income from the Iagon network without buying or running any hardware. What sets it apart is the payout: instead of one reward stream, delegators earn a share of both the ADA that customers pay to store files and the IAG set aside for stakers.
IAG is the native token of Iagon, a network on Cardano where people rent out spare storage space to others, a bit like Airbnb for hard drives. The token has a capped supply of one billion. Staking happens inside the main Iagon app at app.iagon.com, which opens on a sign-in screen where you connect a Cardano wallet or use an email account. There is no separate staking website, and this listing covers the staking feature specifically rather than the wider storage product1.
Key Features
- Delegate without owning hardware. You back a storage node with your IAG straight from your wallet, and the node does the work of storing files while you share in what it earns1.
- Two reward streams from one stake. Delegators collect a portion of the ADA customers pay for storage, plus extra IAG drawn from a fixed release schedule reserved for stakers2.
- Switch nodes instantly. You can move your delegated IAG from one node to another at any time with no waiting period, so you are never locked into a single choice1.
- Sell your position instead of waiting. A full withdrawal has an unbonding period of around 90 days, but an in-app market lets you sell a staked position to another user and exit sooner1.
- Auto-match to strong nodes. A quick-delegate option picks well-performing nodes for you, based on factors like their fee and track record, so you do not have to compare them by hand1.
What to Expect
Getting started means connecting a Cardano wallet, and Iagon works with the common ones including Eternl, Lace, Nami, and Typhon. Once you are in, the dashboard shows the storage nodes you can back, each with details like its fee and reliability, and you delegate your IAG in a few clicks. Rewards accrue over each epoch, Cardano's roughly five-day cycle, and you claim them from the same screen.
The staking side of Iagon is one part of a larger storage network, so expect the app to also surface tools for storing files and running nodes. IAG token allocations are held by a community-run group rather than a single company, and Iagon labels its wallets so token movements can be followed on the Cardano blockchain3. Iagon also publishes a whitepaper aligned with the European Union's MiCA rules for crypto assets, which spells out how the token is structured4.
