# Staking & Earning

Splintershards (SPS) tokens are required to be staked in order to earn SPS staking rewards, participate in governance, or participate in special offers, promotions, and bonuses available to SPS holders.

Staked SPS tokens are not liquid and may not be transferred or sold. Staked SPS tokens may be unstaked over a period of four weeks, with 25% of the total amount of tokens being unstaked becoming available as liquid SPS tokens at the end of each of the four weeks from when the unstaking operation is submitted.

Tokens must be held in a Splinterlands game account (in a Hive blockchain wallet) in order to be able to be staked and earn staking rewards and participate in governance voting.

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