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# Staking & Unstaking

## Stake

When users deposit NEAR into the TruStake vault to be staked, they receive a balance of TruNEAR at the current TruNEAR / NEAR exchange rate. This serves as a receipt to keep track of their stake.

## Unstake

When users Unstake from the TruStake vault, the equivalent amount of TruNEAR is burnt and their NEAR is unbonded from the validator. For NEAR, the unbonding period is 45-60 hours or approximately 4 epochs. Once this period is over, you can withdraw the non-vested tokens that become transferable.


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