Hi, Polkadot community!
The majority of Polkadot/Kusama parachains have a staking feature to produce blocks in a censorship-resistant way and incentivize collators/delegators with inflation rewards.
For now, the only way to stake is by using the polkadot.js portal, which is not convenient, due to the UI of polkadot.js, the lack of a proper dashboard for tracking rewards, and the inconvenient UX for managing your stake. The situation becomes even worse when you are a collator/delegator for several parachains because you need to constantly switch tabs.
How do you stake?
Do you face this problem?
Or is it only me who finds it extremely inconvenient?
the only way to stake is by using the polkadot.js portal
This is simply not true for the vast majority of chains. Most chains have some sort of website set up to handle staking (maybe some don’t, but none that I am aware of), and most major wallets have staking for many parachains built-in (e.g. Talisman - Talisman Portal or Nova - Staking FAQ - Nova Wallet Wiki ). sub.id ( https://sub.id/ ) also lets you stake to a few chains using their website.
Some parachain-specific examples off the top of my head:
Polkadot/Kusama relay chain: https://staking.polkadot.network/
Moonbeam: https://apps.moonbeam.network/moonbeam/staking
Interlay: https://app.interlay.io/staking
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Hi Bill!
Thanks for your comment, that’s helpful!
Perhaps, I didn’t explain myself fully in the post.
The problem I face is that when you stake on several parachains it becomes a pain in the ass to track all of your collator/delegator accounts, claim tokens, and check that your delegations are doing fine. Tracking earnings across several apps also doesn’t make things easier.
So my question is how do other people deal with that?
Or maybe there is some app to stake to several parachains at the same time?
Apologies, I didn’t explain myself fully in the post. 
The problem I face is that when you stake on several parachains it becomes a pain in the ass to track all of your collator/delegator accounts, claim tokens, and check that your delegations are doing fine. Tracking earnings across several apps also doesn’t make things easier.
So my question is how do other people deal with that? Or maybe there is some app to stake to several parachains at the same time?