To withdraw your Stake, log in to the Staking Dashboard with the FuturePass you used to stake your tokens and select Unstake. There is a 28-day unbonding period for staked tokens before they can be withdrawn.
You may choose to unstake some or all of your staked balance. Please note that a minimum stake of 25 ROOT is required to Nominate your stake. This means that:
If you currently have your stake nominated to one or more Validators and you wish to begin unbonding your ROOT immediately, you must subtract 25 from the full balance to leave 25 ROOT staked after unbonding and withdrawing your tokens
To unstake your entire staked balance, first, select the Change nominations options from the Staking Dashboard, unselect all of the currently nominated Validators, and submit the change—this operation takes 2x Eras to complete. Then, you can return to the Dashboard and begin unbonding your entire staked balance.
When you start unbonding your Stake, you can see how much ROOT is unbonding and how much time is left in the unbonding period by scrolling to the bottom of the Dashboard page to the Pending Actions.
Once the unbonding period has finished, the balance is not automatically returned to your wallet. When the balance is ready to withdraw, a Withdraw button will appear in Pending Actions; select this and submit the transaction to withdraw your ROOT to your FuturePass.
When you begin unbonding your ROOT, you will continue to earn Bootstrap rewards at the Staking rate, meaning that;
If you were Staking, you continue to earn rewards at the same rate until you withdraw your tokens.
If you were Nominating, your rewards rate will be reduced to the Staking rate, but you will continue to earn Bootstrap rewards until you withdraw your tokens.
Your staked balance will continue to earn Bootstrap rewards at the Staking rate until you withdraw your tokens, even after the unbonding period has finished.
If you withdraw your Staked tokens before the end of a Cycle, you will forfeit block rewards and bootstrap rewards earned during that Cycle.
For Nominators, you maintain your share of Work Points earned by your Nominated Validator(s) throughout the Cycle, even if you withdraw your Stake before the end of a Cycle, meaning you will still receive a portion of Vortex rewards based on your share of Work Points at the end of the Cycle.