🎁 How to Claim Community Pool Rewards
Understand automatic snapshots, allow up to two weeks for them to begin and manually claim available VLP rewards.
Claim rewards from the Community Pool through My delegation using the wallet that delegated its veV. The system takes reward snapshots automatically for you; you do not need to take them manually. Automatic snapshots may take up to two weeks to begin after delegation.
Understand the Claim Requirements
A claim needs three things: a snapshot recorded automatically for your wallet, rewards funded by paid validator invoices, and a finalized reward epoch. The website shows the state of each epoch (Figure 9.23).
Figure 9.23: Snapshot and claim states
After delegating, you do not need to press Snapshot now or submit a snapshot transaction each epoch. The system handles this automatically, and it may take up to two weeks to begin.
Check Your Rewards and Claim VLP
Connect Your Delegated Wallet
Open My delegation and select Connect Wallet. Use the same wallet that delegated to the pool (Figure 9.24).
Figure 9.24: Use your delegated wallet
Check Your Automatic Snapshots
Open Your pool epochs to view the snapshots the system has recorded for your wallet. You do not need to take a snapshot manually. If you delegated less than two weeks ago, automatic snapshots may not have started yet.
Wait for Funding and Finalization
A pending epoch is not yet ready for claiming. Rewards are funded as validators pay their invoices; an epoch with no settled invoice pays no reward. Wait until the epoch is finalized and a positive claimable amount is shown.
Claim Your VLP
Select Claim VLP for an available epoch. Review and approve the transaction in your wallet. Keep enough SOL for the transaction fee. After confirmation, check the claimed amount and your wallet's VLP balance.
Allow up to Two Weeks for Automatic Snapshots
It may take up to two weeks after delegation for the system to begin taking snapshots for your wallet. You do not need to take them manually while you wait.
This waiting period refers to snapshots beginning, not a guaranteed reward payment date. Rewards become claimable after a snapshot is recorded, validator invoices fund the epoch and the epoch is finalized. An unfunded or pending epoch is not ready to claim.
Understand Your Reward Amount
Your share is proportional to your recorded veV divided by the total recorded power for that reward epoch. The 75% validator fee from Community Pool earnings funds the epoch; the validator retains 25%. Previously claimed amounts are deducted from what remains available to claim.
Rewards are paid in VLP, not additional locked $V. Claiming does not change your lock expiry or automatically compound rewards. See How to deposit and withdraw from the Unstake Pool for VLP mechanics.
Check a Missing Claim
If Claim VLP is unavailable, check the epoch's automatically recorded snapshot, pending or finalized status, funded rewards and already-claimed amount. Compare it with Pool status, then see the Community Pool FAQs. If no snapshot appears more than two weeks after delegation, contact The Vault Discord with your public wallet address.
At launch, each available reward is claimed manually through the website. Batch claiming, automatic claims and claim-and-compound are possible later additions.