Nosana Staking

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Nosana Staking

The staking program allows users to stake NOS tokens for a variable amount of time.

The staking dashboard can be found here: https://explorer.nosana.io/stake/open in new window

There are 2 values associated with a users stake:

Staked NOS
xNOS (Staked NOS x duration)

The staked NOS is the amount of tokens that the vault actually holds for the user that can be slashed or unstaked,
while xNOS is a value indicating a users rank for purposes like giveaways and voting.

Program Information

Info	Description
Type	Solana Programopen in new window
Source Code	GitHubopen in new window
Build Status	Anchor Verifiedopen in new window
Accounts	`3`
Instructions	`10`
Types	`0`
Errors	`13`
Domain	`nosana-staking.sol`
Address	`nosScmHY2uR24Zh751PmGj9ww9QRNHewh9H59AfrTJE`open in new window

Instructions

A number of 10 instruction are defined in the Nosana Staking program.

To load the program with Anchoropen in new window.

const programId = new PublicKey('nosScmHY2uR24Zh751PmGj9ww9QRNHewh9H59AfrTJE');
const idl = await Program.fetchIdl(programId.toString());
const program = new Program(idl, programId);

Init

Initialize the SettingsAccount.

Account Info

The following 4 account addresses should be provided when invoking this instruction.

Name	Type	Description
`settings`		The SettingsAccount address.
`authority`		The signing authority of the program invocation.
`systemProgram`		The official Solana system program address. Responsible for system CPIs.
`rent`		The official Solana rent address. Responsible for lamports.

Solana Dispatch ID

The Solana dispatch ID for the Init Instruction
is dc3bcfec6cfa2f64,
which can also be expressed as an 8 byte discriminator:

[220,59,207,236,108,250,47,100]

Example with Anchor

To invoke the Init Instruction
with Anchor TSopen in new window.

let tx = await program.methods
  .init()
  .accounts({
    settings,          // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    authority,         // ✓ writable, ✓ signer
    systemProgram,     // 𐄂 writable, 𐄂 signer
    rent,              // 𐄂 writable, 𐄂 signer
  })
  .signers([authorityKey])
  .rpc();

Stake

Create a StakeAccount and VaultAccount.
Stake amount of NOS tokens for duration fo seconds.

Account Info

The following 8 account addresses should be provided when invoking this instruction.

Name	Type	Description
`mint`		The token Mint address for this instruction.
`user`		The user token account that will debit/credit the tokens.
`vault`		The VaultAccount address.
`stake`		The StakeAccount address.
`authority`		The signing authority of the program invocation.
`systemProgram`		The official Solana system program address. Responsible for system CPIs.
`tokenProgram`		The official SPL Token Program address. Responsible for token CPIs.
`rent`		The official Solana rent address. Responsible for lamports.

Arguments

The following 2 arguments should also be provided when invoking this instruction.

Name	Type	Size	Offset	Description
`amount`	`u64`	`8`	`0`	The number of tokens.
`duration`	`u128`	`16`	`8`	The duration of the stake.

Solana Dispatch ID

The Solana dispatch ID for the Stake Instruction
is ceb0ca12c8d1b36c,
which can also be expressed as an 8 byte discriminator:

[206,176,202,18,200,209,179,108]

Example with Anchor

To invoke the Stake Instruction
with Anchor TSopen in new window.

let tx = await program.methods
  .stake(
    amount,            // type: u64
    duration,          // type: u128
  )
  .accounts({
    mint,              // 𐄂 writable, 𐄂 signer
    user,              // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    vault,             // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    stake,             // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    authority,         // ✓ writable, ✓ signer
    systemProgram,     // 𐄂 writable, 𐄂 signer
    tokenProgram,      // 𐄂 writable, 𐄂 signer
    rent,              // 𐄂 writable, 𐄂 signer
  })
  .signers([authorityKey])
  .rpc();

Unstake

Start the unstake duration.

Account Info

The following 3 account addresses should be provided when invoking this instruction.

Name	Type	Description
`stake`		The StakeAccount address.
`reward`		The RewardAccount address.
`authority`		The signing authority of the program invocation.

Solana Dispatch ID

The Solana dispatch ID for the Unstake Instruction
is 5a5f6b2acd7c32e1,
which can also be expressed as an 8 byte discriminator:

[90,95,107,42,205,124,50,225]

Example with Anchor

To invoke the Unstake Instruction
with Anchor TSopen in new window.

let tx = await program.methods
  .unstake()
  .accounts({
    stake,             // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    reward,            // 𐄂 writable, 𐄂 signer
    authority,         // 𐄂 writable, ✓ signer
  })
  .signers([authorityKey])
  .rpc();

Restake

Make a stake active again and reset the unstake time.

Account Info

The following 3 account addresses should be provided when invoking this instruction.

Name	Type	Description
`vault`		The VaultAccount address.
`stake`		The StakeAccount address.
`authority`		The signing authority of the program invocation.

Solana Dispatch ID

The Solana dispatch ID for the Restake Instruction
is 61a1f1a70620d535,
which can also be expressed as an 8 byte discriminator:

[97,161,241,167,6,32,213,53]

Example with Anchor

To invoke the Restake Instruction
with Anchor TSopen in new window.

let tx = await program.methods
  .restake()
  .accounts({
    vault,             // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    stake,             // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    authority,         // 𐄂 writable, ✓ signer
  })
  .signers([authorityKey])
  .rpc();

Topup

Top-up amount of NOS of a StakeAccount.

Account Info

The following 5 account addresses should be provided when invoking this instruction.

Name	Type	Description
`user`		The user token account that will debit/credit the tokens.
`vault`		The VaultAccount address.
`stake`		The StakeAccount address.
`authority`		The signing authority of the program invocation.
`tokenProgram`		The official SPL Token Program address. Responsible for token CPIs.

Arguments

The following 1 arguments should also be provided when invoking this instruction.

Name	Type	Size	Offset	Description
`amount`	`u64`	`8`	`0`	The number of tokens.

Solana Dispatch ID

The Solana dispatch ID for the Topup Instruction
is 7e2a314ee197634d,
which can also be expressed as an 8 byte discriminator:

[126,42,49,78,225,151,99,77]

Example with Anchor

To invoke the Topup Instruction
with Anchor TSopen in new window.

let tx = await program.methods
  .topup(
    amount,            // type: u64
  )
  .accounts({
    user,              // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    vault,             // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    stake,             // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    authority,         // 𐄂 writable, ✓ signer
    tokenProgram,      // 𐄂 writable, 𐄂 signer
  })
  .signers([authorityKey])
  .rpc();

Extend

Extend the duration of a StakeAccount.

Account Info

The following 2 account addresses should be provided when invoking this instruction.

Name	Type	Description
`stake`		The StakeAccount address.
`authority`		The signing authority of the program invocation.

Arguments

The following 1 arguments should also be provided when invoking this instruction.

Name	Type	Size	Offset	Description
`duration`	`u64`	`8`	`0`	The duration of the stake.

Solana Dispatch ID

The Solana dispatch ID for the Extend Instruction
is e47f0001e39a36a8,
which can also be expressed as an 8 byte discriminator:

[228,127,0,1,227,154,54,168]

Example with Anchor

To invoke the Extend Instruction
with Anchor TSopen in new window.

let tx = await program.methods
  .extend(
    duration,          // type: u64
  )
  .accounts({
    stake,             // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    authority,         // 𐄂 writable, ✓ signer
  })
  .signers([authorityKey])
  .rpc();

Close

Close a StakeAccount and VaultAccount.

Account Info

The following 5 account addresses should be provided when invoking this instruction.

Name	Type	Description
`user`		The user token account that will debit/credit the tokens.
`stake`		The StakeAccount address.
`vault`		The VaultAccount address.
`authority`		The signing authority of the program invocation.
`tokenProgram`		The official SPL Token Program address. Responsible for token CPIs.

Solana Dispatch ID

The Solana dispatch ID for the Close Instruction
is 62a5c9b16c41ce60,
which can also be expressed as an 8 byte discriminator:

[98,165,201,177,108,65,206,96]

Example with Anchor

To invoke the Close Instruction
with Anchor TSopen in new window.

let tx = await program.methods
  .close()
  .accounts({
    user,              // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    stake,             // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    vault,             // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    authority,         // ✓ writable, ✓ signer
    tokenProgram,      // 𐄂 writable, 𐄂 signer
  })
  .signers([authorityKey])
  .rpc();

Withdraw

Withdraw NOS that is released after an unstake

Account Info

The following 5 account addresses should be provided when invoking this instruction.

Name	Type	Description
`user`		The user token account that will debit/credit the tokens.
`vault`		The VaultAccount address.
`stake`		The StakeAccount address.
`authority`		The signing authority of the program invocation.
`tokenProgram`		The official SPL Token Program address. Responsible for token CPIs.

Solana Dispatch ID

The Solana dispatch ID for the Withdraw Instruction
is b712469c946da122,
which can also be expressed as an 8 byte discriminator:

[183,18,70,156,148,109,161,34]

Example with Anchor

To invoke the Withdraw Instruction
with Anchor TSopen in new window.

let tx = await program.methods
  .withdraw()
  .accounts({
    user,              // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    vault,             // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    stake,             // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    authority,         // ✓ writable, ✓ signer
    tokenProgram,      // 𐄂 writable, 𐄂 signer
  })
  .signers([authorityKey])
  .rpc();

Slash

Reduce a StakeAccount's NOS tokens.
Slashing is a feature used by the Nosana Protocol to punish bad actors.

Account Info

The following 6 account addresses should be provided when invoking this instruction.

Name	Type	Description
`vault`		The VaultAccount address.
`stake`		The StakeAccount address.
`tokenAccount`		The token account where slash deposits will go.
`settings`		The SettingsAccount address.
`authority`		The signing authority of the program invocation.
`tokenProgram`		The official SPL Token Program address. Responsible for token CPIs.

Arguments

The following 1 arguments should also be provided when invoking this instruction.

Name	Type	Size	Offset	Description
`amount`	`u64`	`8`	`0`	The number of tokens.

Solana Dispatch ID

The Solana dispatch ID for the Slash Instruction
is cc8d12a108b15c8e,
which can also be expressed as an 8 byte discriminator:

[204,141,18,161,8,177,92,142]

Example with Anchor

To invoke the Slash Instruction
with Anchor TSopen in new window.

let tx = await program.methods
  .slash(
    amount,            // type: u64
  )
  .accounts({
    vault,             // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    stake,             // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    tokenAccount,      // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    settings,          // 𐄂 writable, 𐄂 signer
    authority,         // 𐄂 writable, ✓ signer
    tokenProgram,      // 𐄂 writable, 𐄂 signer
  })
  .signers([authorityKey])
  .rpc();

Update Settings

Update the Slashing Authority and Token Account.

Account Info

The following 4 account addresses should be provided when invoking this instruction.

Name	Type	Description
`newAuthority`		The new authority of the SettingsAccount.
`tokenAccount`		The token account where slash deposits will go.
`settings`		The SettingsAccount address.
`authority`		The signing authority of the program invocation.

Solana Dispatch ID

The Solana dispatch ID for the Update Settings Instruction
is 51a633d59e549d6c,
which can also be expressed as an 8 byte discriminator:

[81,166,51,213,158,84,157,108]

Example with Anchor

To invoke the Update Settings Instruction
with Anchor TSopen in new window.

let tx = await program.methods
  .updateSettings()
  .accounts({
    newAuthority,      // 𐄂 writable, 𐄂 signer
    tokenAccount,      // 𐄂 writable, 𐄂 signer
    settings,          // ✓ writable, 𐄂 signer
    authority,         // 𐄂 writable, ✓ signer
  })
  .signers([authorityKey])
  .rpc();

Accounts

A number of 3 accounts make up for the Nosana Staking Program's state.

Settings Account

The SettingsAccount struct holds the information about the
slashing authority and token account.
The total size of this account is 72 bytes.

Name	Type	Size	Offset	Description
`authority`	`publicKey`	`32`	`8`	The signing authority of the program invocation.
`tokenAccount`	`publicKey`	`32`	`40`	The token account where slash deposits will go.

Anchor Account Discriminator

The first 8 bytes, also known as Anchor's 8 byte discriminator, for the Settings Account
are 3f59cb9b4ced733a, which can also be expressed in byte array:

[63,89,203,155,76,237,115,58]

Stake Account

The StakeAccount struct holds all the information for any given stake.
The total size of this account is 121 bytes.

Name	Type	Size	Offset	Description
`amount`	`u64`	`8`	`8`	The number of tokens.
`authority`	`publicKey`	`32`	`16`	The signing authority of the program invocation.
`duration`	`u64`	`8`	`48`	The duration of the stake.
`timeUnstake`	`i64`	`16`	`56`	n/a
`vault`	`publicKey`	`32`	`72`	The VaultAccount address.
`vaultBump`	`u8`	`1`	`104`	The bump for the VaultAccount.
`xnos`	`u128`	`16`	`105`	n/a

Anchor Account Discriminator

The first 8 bytes, also known as Anchor's 8 byte discriminator, for the Stake Account
are 509e437c32bdc0ff, which can also be expressed in byte array:

[80,158,67,124,50,189,192,255]

Vault Account

The VaultAccount is a regular Solana Token Account.

Errors

A number of 13 errors are defined in the Nosana Staking Program.

6000

Nosana Error

`6000` - Amount Not Enough

This amount is not enough.

6001

Nosana Error

`6001` - Already Initialized

This stake is already running.

6002

Nosana Error

`6002` - Already Claimed

This stake is already claimed.

6003

Nosana Error

`6003` - Already Staked

This stake is already staked.

6004

Nosana Error

`6004` - Already Unstaked

This stake is already unstaked.

6005

Nosana Error

`6005` - Not Unstaked

This stake is not yet unstaked.

6006

Nosana Error

`6006` - Locked

This stake is still locked.

6007

Nosana Error

`6007` - Duration Too Short

This stake duration is not long enough.

6008

Nosana Error

`6008` - Duration Too Long

This stake duration is too long.

6009

Nosana Error

`6009` - Does Not Exist

This stake account does not exist.

6010

Nosana Error

`6010` - Decreased

This stake is not allowed to decrease.

6011

Nosana Error

`6011` - Has Reward

This stake still has a reward account.

6012

Nosana Error

`6012` - Invalid Stake Account

This stake does not belong to the authority.

Diagram

xNOS calculation

For people that like to know exactly how Nosana calculate a stakers's $x N O S$ score,
we've written it down as a function $f (N O S) = x N O S$ .
Where $N O S$ denotes the number of Nosana Tokens a staker has staked in the Nosana Staking Program.

\begin{aligned} f (N O S) & = x N O S \\ = 1 \frac{s}{10512000} \times N O S \\ s . t . & {s \in Z ∣ 1209600 \leq s \leq 31536000} \end{aligned}

The $s$ parameter denotes time in seconds,
which represents the duration a staker has staked his or her tokens.
The parameter $s$ is subject to a setopen in new window.
The stake duration $s$ belongs to the set of integers $Z$ ,
such that $s$ is greater than or equal to $1209600$ seconds and less than or equal to $31536000$ seconds.

Because it's somewhat difficult to intuitively understand numbers of this magnitude,
we can simplify above function to use days rather seconds, which are denoted $d$ .

\begin{aligned} x N O S & = 1 \frac{d}{121 \frac{2}{3}} \times N O S \\ s . t . & {d \in N ∣ 14 \leq s \leq 365} \end{aligned}

The stake duration $d$ belongs to the set of natural numbers $N$ ,
such that $d$ is greater than or equal to $14$ days and less than or equal to $365$ days.

In more simple phrasing.
A staker can stake Nosana Tokens for a minimum of two weeks and a maximum of one year.
The longer the duration of a stake, the higher the multiplier against the number of tokens in stake.
The maximum multiplier is this system is $4$ , because $1 \frac{365}{121 \frac{2}{3}} = 4$ .

On the Nosana website you can find a xNOS calculatoropen in new window.

Nosana Staking

# Nosana Staking

# Program Information

# Instructions

# Init

# Account Info

# Stake

# Account Info

# Arguments

# Unstake

# Account Info

# Restake

# Account Info

# Topup

# Account Info

# Arguments

# Extend

# Account Info

# Arguments

# Close

# Account Info

# Withdraw

# Account Info

# Slash

# Account Info

# Arguments

# Update Settings

# Account Info

# Accounts

# Settings Account

# Stake Account

# Vault Account

# Errors

# 6000 - Amount Not Enough

# 6001 - Already Initialized

# 6002 - Already Claimed

# 6003 - Already Staked

# 6004 - Already Unstaked

# 6005 - Not Unstaked

# 6006 - Locked

# 6007 - Duration Too Short

# 6008 - Duration Too Long

# 6009 - Does Not Exist

# 6010 - Decreased

# 6011 - Has Reward

# 6012 - Invalid Stake Account

# Diagram

# xNOS calculation

Nosana Staking

Program Information

Instructions

Init

Account Info

Stake

Account Info

Arguments

Unstake

Account Info

Restake

Account Info

Topup

Account Info

Arguments

Extend

Account Info

Arguments

Close

Account Info

Withdraw

Account Info

Slash

Account Info

Arguments

Update Settings

Account Info

Accounts

Settings Account

Stake Account

Vault Account

Errors

`6000` - Amount Not Enough

`6001` - Already Initialized

`6002` - Already Claimed

`6003` - Already Staked

`6004` - Already Unstaked

`6005` - Not Unstaked

`6006` - Locked

`6007` - Duration Too Short

`6008` - Duration Too Long

`6009` - Does Not Exist

`6010` - Decreased

`6011` - Has Reward

`6012` - Invalid Stake Account

Diagram

xNOS calculation