Self-staking managers commit their own ACU behind their fleet and earn the full rate. Delegators lend stake to a manager's commitment and earn the base yield minus that manager's commission, limited by the manager's open delegation capacity (both shown in the table above).

A manager can only accept delegations up to a multiple of their own commitment. Managers at capacity can't take more delegated ACU until they raise self-stake — pick managers with open capacity and healthy fleets.

Slightly, and only when concentrated: below ~250 ACU staked per phone the compute multiplier is within ±4% of 1.0×; above ~1,000 ACU per phone it reaches +15–35% (measured across 1,100+ managers). Full tables and worked examples: Staking × Compute, under Tools.

Stake backing a misbehaving fleet can be slashed. The risk column summarizes recent slash exposure per manager; the Slashing page under Analytics tracks network-wide slash activity so you can judge the base rate before delegating.