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# Staking v1

A.K.A. "Soul Hunting"

The initial staking mechanism we chose is "soft staking".

Each Spawnling NFT that isn't listed for sale/auction on a marketplace is considered as (soft) staked simply by user holding it in their Algorand (non-custodial) wallet. The NFTs generate $SOULS and are airdropped to users on a weekly basis.

Staking v2 is planned for further down the roadmap with the additional Spawnling utilties. 

For further details on (current) $SOULS utilities proceed to the next page "$SOULS" ->