SOPH staking will be discontinued when the Sophon Chain is decommissioned. Staked
positions are transitioned to Ethereum automatically; do not attempt a manual
migration.
What stakers need to do
- Open claim.sophon.com.
- Check for unlocked SOPH and outstanding staking rewards.
- Claim any available amount. SOPH unstaked during the transition is claimable on
Ethereum mainnet.
Staking remains available during the chain wind-down. The final vesting unlock on
the Sophon Chain is scheduled for September 29, 2026 at 00:00 GMT. After that,
vesting and claims continue on Ethereum without user action.
What is migrated automatically
- Staked SOPH positions are migrated to Ethereum automatically.
- vSOPH, the vesting representation of SOPH, is migrated automatically.
- Existing vesting schedules continue without interruption.
Liquid SOPH is different: it does not require a token migration because SOPH is
native to Ethereum. A liquid Sophon balance only needs to be bridged out of the
legacy chain.
Legacy staking model
Staking was introduced to support the planned cryptoeconomic decentralization of
the Sophon Chain’s sequencing function. Rewards were tied to chain gas fees and used
an inverse-square-root utilization model. Because the chain is being decommissioned,
that sequencer-staking roadmap and its gas-funded reward utility are being retired.
The unutilized staking-reward pool and node buybacks contribute to the first
announced burn of more than 46.5 million SOPH. Future SOPH burns are intended to be
funded by a portion of profits from Sophon products.
See the full chain migration guide for dates and withdrawal routes.
