# Staking Bucket

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Select the amount of IOTX to be staked and voted to yourself.&#x20;

{% hint style="info" %}
Remember that the self-stake bucket has a 1.2 million IOTX minimum.&#x20;
{% endhint %}

Select the staking duration next, and keep in mind that the longer the duration of your stake, the higher yield you'll receive.&#x20;

Next, you'll be prompted to choose to activate the Stake-Lock which will yield a higher return, but won't allow you to unstake your deposit until the staking period of 365 days has elapsed after you disabling it.&#x20;


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