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# Registering a New Wallet for Staking

A wallet that has never staked needs a one-time registration. VESPR registers it as part of your first delegation.

1. Open the VESPR app and tap the **Rewards** tab in the bottom menu.
2. A few slides explain staking. Tap **Next** to move through them.
3. On the last slide, **Start earning now!**, tap **Start earning!** to stake with a pool VESPR suggests, or **Find a pool** to browse pools and choose your own (see [Staking with a Registered Wallet](/vespr/user-guide/the-basics/staking/staking-with-a-registered-wallet.md) from step 2). If your balance is too low to stake, the button reads **Insufficient balance**.

<figure><img src="https://1666257432-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FxmgYWup0cXQteeId2qIa%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-ee0a43e2666e619d027d882b39ec818ad5bb698f%2Fstaking-start-earning-ios.png?alt=media" alt="The Start earning now! slide with the Start earning! and Find a pool buttons" width="300"><figcaption><p>Tap <strong>Start earning!</strong> or <strong>Find a pool</strong>.</p></figcaption></figure>

4. Review the confirmation screen. It shows the stake pool, the amount to stake (your whole wallet balance), when your first rewards arrive, the estimated returns as APY, the **ADA Deposit** and the network **Fee**. Tap **Start earning!** to confirm, or **Dismiss** to go back.

<figure><img src="https://1666257432-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FxmgYWup0cXQteeId2qIa%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-3edd0d59986cb1295f06108bb41bfa59d768da87%2Fstaking-confirm-deposit-ios.png?alt=media" alt="Confirm stake screen showing the stake pool, amount to stake, estimated returns, a 2 ADA deposit and the fee" width="300"><figcaption><p>The confirmation screen for a new wallet includes the 2 ADA deposit.</p></figcaption></figure>

{% hint style="info" %}
The 2 ADA deposit is set by Cardano's protocol parameters, not by VESPR, and is paid whenever a wallet that isn't registered for staking registers. It is returned when the wallet is deregistered (unstaked). If you register the wallet again later, you pay the deposit again. Changing pools doesn't need a new deposit. Unstaking isn't available inside VESPR yet. If a dApp offers it, VESPR shows the request as **Stop Earning** for you to approve.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="info" %}
VESPR stakes your entire wallet balance with one pool. Partial delegation (staking only part of a wallet's ADA) isn't supported. To use different pools, use separate wallets.
{% endhint %}

5. The success screen shows the stake pool you're now staked to. Tap **OK** to go to the Rewards dashboard.
6. The dashboard shows when your first reward arrives, your rewards so far, how much ADA is staked, your APY, your stake pool and the day of the current epoch. The first rewards usually arrive about 15 to 20 days after you stake.

{% hint style="info" %}
Each "epoch" is a 5-day period during which blocks are produced and transactions added to the blockchain.
{% endhint %}