Staking Cardano ($ADA): How to delegate Cardano via ADALite wallet with Ledger Nano

Stake Cardano (ADA) and delegate to Anonstake’s $ADA pool using Ledger Nano and ADALite wallet

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4 min readSep 25, 2020

AdaLite, a lightweight in-browser wallet for Cardano

In 2018, Vacuumlabs decided to help the Cardano ecosystem by developing a light, secure multi-platform wallet that users can access easily with a web-browser without the need to download anything. It also has hardware wallet implementation for Trezor and Ledger Nano. You can find it here: 🔗 https://adalite.io/. 🔗

Risk involved using ADALite:

“AdaLite is not created by Cardano Foundation, Emurgo, or IOHK. The official Cardano team has not reviewed this code and is not responsible for any damage it may cause you. AdaLite does not store your private keys and you are responsible for storing them safely. Please be aware that if your computer is compromised, your mnemonic may be leaked when used as the access method on Adalite. We encourage you to use AdaLite with a hardware wallet for maximum safety. We appreciate feedback, especially a review of the crypto-related code.” as stated in their Github disclaimer.

Step 1: Open wallet using your Ledger Nano

Choose “Unlock with Ledger Nano S/X”
Follow instructions on Ledger screen and initialise export of public key, then confirm export of public key.

**Step 1:** Choose “Unlock with Ledger Nano S/X”

**Step 2:** Initialise export of public key | **Step 3:** Confirm export of public key.

Step 3: Welcome to ADALite wallet dashboard, now you can stake with Anonstake.com

Navigate to “Staking” and proceed to find “Delegate stake”

**Step 1**: Navigate to “Staking” and proceed to find “Delegate stake”

2. You will need Anonstake Stake Pool ID, which we will use to replace ADALite’s Stake Pool ID. ❗️Check out Pool ID below ❗️

          ❗️ Anonstake Stake Pool ID address ❗️
  989d03a92eb15d8649004a9cc0558ae90aa2ac300935ef1ba511d5f0

3. Replace Stake Pool ID by adding Anonstake’s address

4. Press “Delegate” button to initialise staking transaction with Anonstake.

**Step 2:** Copy Anonstake Stake Pool ID address: 989d03a92eb15d8649004a9cc0558ae90aa2ac300935ef1ba511d5f0 | **Step 3:** Replace Stake Pool ID by adding Anonstake’s address | **Step 4**:Press “Delegate” button to initialise staking transaction with Anonstake.

4. Press “Delegate” button to initialise delegation transaction with Anonstake.

5. Confirm your delegation transaction and press “Confirm Transaction”

Congratulations, your $ADA / Cardano is now delegate to Anonstake staking pool and you will start earning your rewards! 🎉🎉🎉

You can check you are one of the delegators here: https://pooltool.io/pool/989d03a92eb15d8649004a9cc0558ae90aa2ac300935ef1ba511d5f0/delegators

Visit explorers to check your balance was captured correctly:

You can check if everything is as you expected on explorers and check balances, transaction history and more! Visit:

Check your delegation transaction on ADALite Dashboard ✅

What is Cardano?

Cardano has been pioneered by a team of academics and engineers with peer review papers. It offers a unique approach to scaling and securing a blockchain network with native digital currency ADA which is used for direct value transfer with capability of handling smart contracts.

Anonstake.com provides public delegation services to retail token holders. Our professional team is passionate about blockchain, new IT technologies and has a mix of youth and experienced team members. We have been contributing to the blockchain industry since 2016 and have the know-how and the hardware capabilities to ensure and design highly available network infrastructure.

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