Non-custodial way is the easiest thing to do to buy HUB. Use the Honee, make a cross-chain of the USDT from BNB Smart Chain or Ethereum via the “Instant deposit” interface, then exchange USDT for HUB.

You can store HUB in the Honee, it is a non-custodial and secure interface. You can also use the Minter Console, which is more suitable for experienced users, as it has a wider, but at the same time more complex functionality.

You can track transactions through blockchain explorers such as Minter Explorer or Chainik. You can insert the wallet address, validator public key, or transaction hash in the search bar.

First of all to increase the security of the network by locking your tokens through delegation.

Secondly to receive rewards by staking, thereby increasing the total number of your tokens.

Thirdly by staking tokens, a lock occurs, consequently out of free circulation. There will be less tokens on the market, and therefore their value will increase.

Delegation is one of the blockchain functions that makes tokens locked for a certain period of time (until the moment of unbond tokens from staking), and also these tokens are not transferred to a third party. So when you send tokens to staking, you are still their full owner.

However, the Minter Hub network lacks a user-friendly and familiar user interface, and it would be quite difficult for an ordinary user to make any transactions. To facilitate delegation for regular users, Interstake One has a custodial delegation feature. You send a HUB to the special address in the Minter network, in return you receive a LIQUIDHUB receipt-token (Liquid Staking Derivative), confirming the ownership of HUB tokens and guaranteeing the possibility to withdraw coins and receive your tokens back after a certain period of unbonding — 21 days. Thus, Minter Hub has 2 delegation options: non-custodial (complex) — without transferring tokens to third parties and custodial (simple) — with transferring tokens to a validator.

Staking rewards come from cross-chain transfers fees over the Minter Hub bridge. They are distributed to delegators in proportion to their stakes.

To withdraw tokens from staking, you will have to make the appropriate transaction in the Minter Hub network if you delegate non-custodially (by yourself) or send LIQUIDHUB tokens to the special address in the Minter network if you delegate through a validator. After these actions, tokens are no longer in delegation and you will not receive staking rewards, but full unlocking of tokens will occur after 21 days.

Unbond or undelegating is the process of returning tokens back to the user’s wallet that were previously staked.

Unbonding period is the time after which tokens are fully unlocked on the user’s wallet.

Yes. The risks may include the fact that if you have delegated your tokens to an untrustworthy validator, the validator may be jailed or slashed, which applies to delegators’ stakes as well, due to its downtime or consensus faults. To prevent possible risks, choose validators more precisely by paying attention to their experience, quality of infrastructure and uptime.