The Importance of Liquid Stacking
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Stacking, as it stands, isn’t a smooth experience—and it’s become even more complex with the Stacks Nakamoto upgrade:
Each stacking cycle lasts 2 weeks, which means long wait times to unlock and restack
Rewards don’t start immediately—users may wait a full cycle before seeing any yield
A high minimum of around 90,000 STX is required to participate
With Nakamoto live, users must now run a node with liveness to stack directly
StackingDAO was built to solve these issues and make stacking more accessible, efficient, and rewarding.
StackingDAO offers a liquid stacking protocol that provides users with tokenised representations of stacked STX: stSTX and stSTXbtc. Think of it as Lido or Jito, but for Stacks.
Key benefits include:
No more 2-week unstacking delays – With stSTX-STX pools on a DEX, users can trade back to STX anytime (for both stSTX and stSTXbtc)
Instant, continuous yield – Rewards start accruing daily from the moment of deposit
No 90k STX minimum – Users can stack any amount
No need to run a node – StackingDAO handles node liveness post-Nakamoto upgrade
As liquid, yield-bearing assets, stSTX and stSTXbtc are positioned to become core building blocks of the emerging Bitcoin DeFi ecosystem—particularly as collateral. For STX holders, borrowing against these tokens is likely to be the most tax-efficient way to access liquidity.