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# 🔄 How Delegation Works

### ⚙️ How Delegating Works

#### Step-by-Step Overview

1. **You Stake Your QIE Coins**\
   When you delegate, you lock your QIE coins by assigning them to a validator of your choice.
2. **Validator Includes Your Stake**\
   The validator adds your coins to their total stake, increasing their voting power and influence in the network.
3. **You Earn Daily Rewards**\
   Validators earn rewards from multiple sources and share a portion of those rewards with their delegators every day.

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#### Where Do Validator Rewards Come From?

Validators collect rewards from three main sources:

* **Block Rewards:**\
  Coins newly minted as rewards for producing blocks.
* **Transaction Fees:**\
  Fees paid by users for processing their transactions on the network.
* **Commission from Delegators:**\
  A small percentage fee charged by validators on the rewards they distribute.

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#### How Rewards Are Distributed

* Validators **take their commission fee** from the total rewards they earn.
* The **remaining rewards are shared daily with all delegators**, proportional to the amount they have staked.

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#### Summary Flow

```
You stake QIE coins
       ↓
Validator includes your stake in their total
       ↓
Validator earns rewards (block rewards + fees)
       ↓
Validator takes commission fee
       ↓
Remaining rewards distributed to you daily

```

Delegating is a simple way to participate in network security and earn rewards, without running a validator node yourself.