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Overview

Manta Atlantic Deprecation Notice

Manta Atlantic is being deprecated. Staking rewards stopped on May 1, 2026, and all remaining staked positions are being forcibly unbonded. The parachain slot will expire in late July 2026.

Action Required: Please unstake your MANTA and migrate your assets to Manta Pacific using the Migration DApp. See the Migration FAQ for full details.

Historical Reference

The content below describes how Manta Atlantic staking worked. Staking is no longer active. New staking has not been accepted since March 18, 2026.

Manta Network runs a delegated proof-of-stake (DPoS) consensus mechanism.

Similar to other Layer 1 blockchains, block producers are selected out of a set of candidates based on the total MANTA stake backing each specific block producer candidate - in our case called a collator. In addition, users who don't wish to run their own collator can instead delegate their MANTA token to an existing collator and gain a share of its rewards.

What does this mean for MANTA holders​

  1. High-performing block producers voted in through delegation => cheapest possible gas fees for transactions
  2. Many independent collators => high censorship resistance
  3. You can generate yield on your MANTA by participating in staking rewards

I have staked MANTA — what should I do now?​

Since staking has ended, your immediate next steps are:

  1. Unstake your MANTA — If your position has not yet been forcibly unbonded, initiate unstaking via the Migration DApp. The standard 7-day unbonding period applies.
  2. Migrate to Manta Pacific — Once unbonded, use the Migration DApp to bridge your MANTA to Manta Pacific (or to Polkadot / other parachains via XCM).
  3. Missed the deadline? — Don't worry. A chain state snapshot will be taken before the slot expires. All unmigrated MANTA will be airdropped 1:1 to your corresponding address on Manta Pacific.
note

The automatic 1:1 airdrop applies only to MANTA tokens. Non-MANTA assets (DOT, GLMR, USDt, etc.) must be migrated manually before the chain stops producing blocks.

Historical: How staking worked (for reference)​

Routes to participate (historical)​

  1. Become a Delegator — All you needed was some MANTA and the delegation dApp
  2. Become a Collator Runner — Required technical experience, dedicated hardware, and a larger MANTA bond. See the collator section

What is DPoS?​

In contrast to other PoS Networks​

In contrast to other networks like Ethereum, where no on-chain mechanism exists for multiple token holders to collaborate (staking pools are used as an off-chain crutch here), our DPoS solution allows for people who can't or won't run their own collator node to delegate their token to one or multiple specific collators, thus voting that they do a good job with producing blocks, helping ensure its position in the set of at most 70 active collators and in return share in the block rewards the backed collator obtains. In order create a semi-stable set of collators, these locked tokens are subject to a 7 day waiting period if a user wishes to recover his tokens from a staking lock or change the target collator they're delegating to.

In contrast to Polkadot/Kusama’s NPoS (nominated proof of stake)​

On Polkadot/Kusama, an on-chain election occurs to distribute DOT/KSM tokens among backed nodes, while on Manta a delegator always picks one concrete collator and a concrete number of MANTA they wish to delegate to that collator. This approach is both simpler and less computationally heavy than running a distribution election, which has a nondeterministic execution time - something that must be avoided on Parachains as it can easily lead to chain stalls.