Staking Vaults
If a token launched with a Staking Vault, you can stake your tokens and earn a share of its trading fees - paid in more of the token and in ETH. Withdrawals have a short cooldown, so the vault can't be raided in a flash.
The idea
A creator can give their token a Staking Vault at launch. Once the token graduates, a slice of every swap fee flows into the vault, and everyone staking shares it.
The yield comes entirely from real trading activity. No emissions, no inflation, no farm tokens - if the token trades, stakers earn; if it doesn't, they don't. The size of the vault's slice is chosen by the creator at launch and can never be changed - not by the creator, not by the protocol.
A token either has a vault or it doesn't - it's decided at launch. If there's no vault, the vault's would-be share simply goes to the creator instead.
You earn two things
| Reward | How it arrives |
|---|---|
| More of the token | Automatically. Fees flow into the vault and every staked position grows in value. There's nothing to claim - it compounds on its own. |
| ETH | Accumulates per staker as trades happen. Claim it whenever you like with one click - it's yours regardless of when you deposit or withdraw. |
The ETH side is what makes Frontier vaults unusual: you're not just earning exposure to the token you already hold - you're earning ETH on top.
Staking
Deposit the token, receive staked tokens in return - a token called Staked <name> (so staking MOON gets you stMOON). Your staked balance is your receipt: it grows in value as fees arrive, and it's what you hand back when you leave.
Unstaking - three steps
Withdrawals are deliberately not instant. This protects everyone in the vault: nobody can dump their stake the moment a fee wave lands, scoop the rewards, and vanish.
A few things worth knowing:
- Requesting stops your earning. The moment you request, that portion leaves the vault and stops collecting fees. That's the trade: you give up yield to start the exit clock.
- The cooldown is currently one day for new vaults, and can never exceed 90 days - that ceiling is baked into the contract.
- One exit at a time. If you request again while a withdrawal is pending, the amounts merge and the clock restarts.
- Your unclaimed ETH is always yours. Entering, exiting, or transferring staked tokens never loses you ETH you've already earned.
What the protocol can and can't do
The team's controls over a vault are deliberately tiny:
- Adjust the cooldown length (never above 90 days, and never affecting withdrawals already in progress).
- Rescue tokens someone accidentally sent to the vault address - except the staked token and the reward ETH, which can never be touched.
There is no pause button, no way to mint staked tokens, no way to redirect the vault's fees, and no admin path to anyone's stake. What you put in, plus what you earn, is yours.